Support changing compressors (e.g. to get zstd or xz).

[backup.sh] / README

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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ 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).
@@ -15,9 +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:
 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.