NAME

       st_snapshot.hourly - wrapper for st_snapshot

SYNOPSIS

       st_snapshot.hourly

DESCRIPTION

       st_snapshot.hourly is a wrapper for st_snapshot.  st_snapshot.hourly is to be run from cron.

       It checks existence of the files /etc/systraq/i_want_a_broken_systraq and
       /etc/systraq/systraq_is_unconfigured . The file i_want_a_broken_systraq typically is empty; if it exists,
       st_snapshot.hourly exits immediately. Existence of this file "breaks" systraq: systraq will no longer
       warn when system configuration files changes, but will remain silent. If systraq_is_unconfigured exists,
       its contents are displayed and st_snapshot.hourly exits. The file systraq_is_unconfigured typically holds
       instructions on how to configure systraq, an example systraq_is_unconfigured file is shipped with the
       systraq tarball. If both files are missing, st_snapshot is called with appropriate arguments, either in
       "root" or in "public"-mode, depending on the ST_MODE environment variable.

       Since the systraq tarball behaves sanely on a fresh default install, systraq_is_unconfigured is not
       installed by default. However, people preparing systraq binary packages typically can make good use of
       this file.

       When systraq is installed from tarball the systraq cronjobs are not enabled. One typically enables them
       after having configured systraq, especially after the st_snapshot listfiles snapshot_pub.list,
       snapshot_pub.homelist, snapshot_root.list and snapshot_root.homelist in /etc/systraq are created.
       However, binary systraq packages typically enable the cronjobs without enforcing one-fits-all listfiles
       on the user.

ENVIRONMENT

       ST_MODE
           If set to "root", run st_snapshot in root-mode.

       ST_SUM
           Command for calculating file checksums. E.g. sha256sum, sha512sum, sha384sum, sha224sum or sha1sum.
           If unset, sha256sum is used. If unset and sha256sum is not found on the system while md5sum is found,
           md5sum is used and a warning is printed. Else, the script prints an error message and exits. ST_SUM
           is passed to and used by st_snapshot.

FILES

       /etc/systraq/i_want_a_broken_systraq, /etc/systraq/systraq_is_unconfigured.

SEE ALSO

       st_snapshot (1), The systraq Manual.

VERSION

       20160803

AUTHOR

       Joost van Baal <joostvb-systraq-20151105@mdcc.cx>
           Author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2001-2016 Joost van Baal

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.