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# All snapshots will be stored under this root directory.
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snapshot_root /var/cache/rsnapshot/
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# If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
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# snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
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# up to removable media, such as a FireWire drive.
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# up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive.
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# LINUX USERS: Be sure to uncomment "cmd_cp". This gives you extra features.
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# Note: Linux users with gnu cp/coreutils version > 5.3, should leave
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# cmd_cp commented out, since cp fails to create destination directories
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# with a trailing slash for versions 5.3 or later.
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# See the README file or the man page for more details.
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# uncomment this to use the rm program instead of the built-in perl routine.
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# rsync must be enabled for anything to work.
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# rsync must be enabled for anything to work. This is the only command that
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cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
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# Uncomment this to enable remote ssh backups over rsync.
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# Comment this out to disable syslog support.
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cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger
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# Uncomment this to specify a path to "du" for disk usage checks.
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# Uncomment this to specify the path to "du" for disk usage checks.
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# If you have an older version of "du", you may also want to check the
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# "du_args" parameter below.
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# Uncomment this to specify the path to rsnapshot-diff.
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cmd_rsnapshot_diff /usr/bin/rsnapshot-diff
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# Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right
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# before rsnapshot syncs files
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#cmd_preexec /path/to/preexec/script
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# Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right
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#cmd_postexec /path/to/postexec/script
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# BACKUP INTERVALS #
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# Must be unique and in ascending order #
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# The interval names (hourly, daily, ...) are just names and have no influence
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# on the length of the interval. The numbers set the number of snapshots to
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# keep for each interval (hourly.0, hourly.1, ...).
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# keep for each interval (hourly.0, hourly.1, ...).
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# The length of the interval is set by the time between two executions of
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# rsnapshot <interval name>, this is normally done via cron.
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# Feel free to adapt the names, and the sample cron file under /etc/cron.d/rsnapshot
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# All are optional, with sensible defaults #
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# If your version of rsync supports --link-dest, consider enable this.
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# This is the best way to support special files (FIFOs, etc) cross-platform.
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# The default is 0 (off).
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# In Debian GNU cp is available which is superior to link_dest, so it should be
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# commented out (disabled).
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# Verbose level, 1 through 5.
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# 1 Quiet Print fatal errors only
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# 2 Default Print errors and warnings only
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# 3 Verbose Show equivalent shell commands being executed
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# 5 Debug mode More than you care to know
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# 1 Quiet Print fatal errors only
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# 5 Debug mode Everything
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# Same as "verbose" above, but controls the amount of data sent to the
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# logfile, if one is being used. The default is 3.
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logfile /var/log/rsnapshot.log
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# rsync man page for more details.
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#include_file /path/to/include/file
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# Default rsync args. All rsync commands have at least these options set.
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# rsync man page for more details.
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#include_file /path/to/include/file
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### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ###
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#backup root@example.com:/etc/ example.com/
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