NAME

       rsbackup.cron - cron script for rsbackup

SYNOPSIS

       rsbackup.cron [OPTIONS] FREQUENCY

DESCRIPTION

       rsbackup.cron is invoked from cron to run automated backups, pruning and reporting.

       FREQUENCY  must be one of hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, corresponding to the frequency
       it is invoked at.

OPTIONS

       --dry-run, -n
              Passes the --dry-run option to rsbackup.

       --verbose, -v
              Displays the rsbackup command before executing it.

       --help, -h
              Displays a usage message and terminates.

       --version, -V
              Display version string.

CONFIGURATION

       Configuration is read from /etc/rsbackup/defaults.  This is a shell script fragment and it
       should define the following variables:

       backup Defines  the  frequency  to  attempt  backups,  i.e. to run rsbackup --backup.  The
              default is hourly.

              Use backup policies for full control over the actual backup frequency.

       report Defines the frequency to send an email report.  The default is daily.

       email  Defines the destination address for the email report.

       prune  Defines the frequency of pruning old backups.  The default is daily.

       prune_incomplete
              Defines the frequency of pruning incomplete backups.  The default is dweekly.

   Frequencies
       The possible frequences are hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.

   Example
           #
           # Set backup=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
           # backup attempts. (Use backup policies for fine-grained control over
           # when backups happen.)
           #
           backup=hourly

           #
           # Set report=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
           # email reports.  (Hourly is probably a bit much!)  Only effective
           # if email is not "".
           #
           report=daily

           #
           # Set email=ADDRESS to have the report emailed to that address.
           #
           email=root

           #
           # Set prune=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|never to control frequency of
           # automated pruning of old backups
           #
           prune=daily

           #
           # Set prune_incomplete=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|never to control
           # frequency of automated pruning of incomplete backups
           #
           prune_incomplete=weekly

           #
           # Prefix to the rsbackup command
           # Use 'nice' and/or 'ionice' here.  Remember to quote correctly.
           #
           nicely=

SEE ALSO

       rsbackup(1), rsbackup-mount(1), rsbackup(5).

AUTHOR

       Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>

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