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1 ### DOWNLOAD ###
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3 This package can be downloaded from:
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5 https://sourceforge.net/projects/rsync-backup/files/
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7 ### INSTALL ###
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9 Unpack the archive, copy rsync-backup.conf.sample to /etc/rsync-backup.conf
10 and copy rsync-backup.sh to /usr/bin/rsync-backup.sh (or any location you
11 like). Put the right parameters in /etc/rsync-backup.conf and add a line
12 like the following to /etc/crontab:
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14 30 4 * * * root /usr/bin/rsync-backup.sh | mail -s "Cron <`uname -n`> backup" root &
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16 If you want only a mail in case of error, and an update to nagios about the backup result, use the following instead:
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18 30 4 * * * root /usr/bin/rsync-backup-wrapper.sh
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20 ### DEINSTALL ###
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22 Undo the above.
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24 ### STRUCTURE ###
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26 Rsync-backup is meant to be run from cron. You have to enable keyed login
27 to your backup server, so it can run without human interaction. The script
28 is capable of running only once per day. It is not a problem to run it less
29 often, but keep in mind that the daily backups are not daily. Weekly and
30 monthly will be though.
31 The program keeps track of when the next rotation of a certain target should
32 be done. If you run the backup more than once a day, it will only rotate
33 once, but in all cases it will do rsync. So while snapshots are only made
34 maximum once per day, you can sync more often (overwriting an existing
35 snapshot).
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37 ### BUGS ###
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39 - No man-page yet. Do we need one?
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41 ### FUTURE PLANS / TODO ###
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43 - Also support pulled backups
44 - Check for error conditions
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46 ### ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ###
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48 - All the Open-source developers in the world, for making all the good
49 stuff we need.
50 - Others I forgot. If you think your name should go here, let me know.
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52 ### AUTHOR ###
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54 Wim van Ravesteijn
55 More about me, and to contact me: http://wim.ravesteijn.nl/
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