rsbackup.cron

NAME

rsbackup.cron - cron script for rsbackup

SYNOPSIS

rsbackup.cron [OPTIONS] FREQUENCY

DESCRIPTION

rsbackup.cron is invoked from cron to run automated backups, pruning and reporting.

FREQUENCY must be one of hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, corresponding to the frequency it is invoked at.

OPTIONS

--dry-run, -n

Passes the --dry-run option to rsbackup.

--verbose, -v

Displays the rsbackup command before executing it.

--help, -h

Displays a usage message and terminates.

--version, -V

Display version string.

CONFIGURATION

Configuration is read from /etc/rsbackup/defaults. This is a shell script fragment and it should define the following variables:
backup

Defines the frequency to attempt backups, i.e. to run rsbackup --backup. The default is hourly.

Use backup policies for full control over the actual backup frequency.

report

Defines the frequency to send an email report. The default is daily.

	email		Defines the destination address for the email report.
	prune		Defines the frequency of pruning old backups. The default is daily.

prune_incomplete

Defines the frequency of pruning incomplete backups. The default is dweekly.

Frequencies

The possible frequences are hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.

Example

#
# Set backup=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
# backup attempts. (Use backup policies for fine-grained control over
# when backups happen.)
#
backup=hourly

#
# Set report=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
# email reports. (Hourly is probably a bit much!) Only effective
# if email is not "".
#
report=daily

#
# Set email=ADDRESS to have the report emailed to that address.
#
email=root

#
# Set prune=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|never to control frequency of
# automated pruning of old backups
#
prune=daily

#
# Set prune_incomplete=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|never to control
# frequency of automated pruning of incomplete backups
#
prune_incomplete=weekly

#
# Prefix to the rsbackup command
# Use ’nice’ and/or ’ionice’ here. Remember to quote correctly.
#
nicely=

SEE ALSO

rsbackup(1), rsbackup-mount(1), rsbackup(5).

AUTHOR

Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>