X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=4bbbcfaa1cc62e3618ed80336449038b8df611dc;hb=0e137607eaa0ac9cc1bc476110b83ff4149c89d5;hp=b012fc48b18959ef0c26b1c8615f72daec27c9d5;hpb=123a13146e19f61a66aadbeb761060c71744e865;p=backup.sh diff --git a/README b/README index b012fc4..4bbbcfa 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ x ssh/openssh x GNU bash x GNU tar x GNU shellutils +x GNU moreutils +x git (backup machine only) How to prepare your computer: x mount your huge partition (we use /backup). @@ -14,9 +16,15 @@ x make it possible for ssh to log in from this computer to your other computers as root without a password. scary. x put this software in a directory (we use /home/backup/) x put the name of your computers in /home/backup/conf/computers.unix +x put the global config file in /home/backup/conf/backup.config, + adjust to taste x the fifth field (of the partitions you want to back up) in /etc/fstab on your clients should be >0 Crontab entry: We use cron to start the script every night. Here is the entry we use: -2 2 * * * /home/backup/backup.sh < /dev/null >> `/home/backup/logfilename.sh` 2>&1 +02 4 * * * /home/backup/backup-cron.sh + +License: This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License, +version 2, or (at your option) any later version of the license. +See the COPYING file.