NAME

       simplebackup.conf - configuration file for simplebackup(1)

DESCRIPTION

       This file contains the configuration for the backups done by simplebackup(1).

SYNTAX

       This  file  is a bash(1) shell script.  It is used to set some shell variables and a shell
       function that are used by the backup script.  Be careful  in  what  you  write  here:  the
       configuration  file  is sourced and all commands within are executed on the beginning of a
       backup.

VARIABLES

       SILENT If set to true, simplebackup will print only errors and warnings.

       TARGETDIR
              This is the directory where the backup is written to.  Be sure to have enough  free
              disk space here.

       WORKDIR
              This  is the directory where the backup is prepared.  Disk space needed here is the
              sum of all data to be backed up.  This directory will be  deleted  on  startup,  so
              don't point to anyting important.

       BACKUPDIRS
              These paths and their subdirectories are to be backed up while crossing file system
              boundaries.  Use : to separate multiple paths.

       BACKUPDIRS_ONEFS
              These paths and  their  subdirectories  are  to  be  backed  up.   No  file  system
              boundaries will be crossed.  Use : to separate multiple paths.

       NAME   This is the name of the backup.  It is later prepended with a timestamp.

       LOCKFILE
              This  lockfile  is  used  to  detect  another running backup.  You can run multiple
              different  backups  in  parallel  by  using  different   lockfiles   in   different
              configurations.

       NICELEVEL
              Nice  level  to  run  with.   20 is low priority, 0 is normal, -20 is high priority
              (only root can do this).

       CHROOT Chroot path.  If you want to backup another system that is reachable via your  file
              system,  you  have  to  point  this  variable to the other system's root directory.
              Leave empty for normal operation.

FUNCTIONS

       extracommands()
              These commands are executed before the backup.  Here you can dump  databases,  save
              your  partition  layout etc.  Put additional files to be backed up into $WORKDIR or
              subdirectories thereof.  extracommand() is  executed  before  entering  a  possible
              $CHROOT.

       postcopy()
              These  commands  are executed after copying all files into the $WORKDIR, but before
              putting them into the backup archive.  If some files need to be excluded  from  the
              $BACKUPDIRS  then  delete  them  here.   postcopy()  is executed outside a possible
              $CHROOT.

       postbackup()
              These commands are executed after the backup.  The new backup filename is available
              as $BACKUPFILE.

SEE ALSO

       simplebackup(1), expirebackups(1)

AUTHOR

       simplebackup was written by Christian Garbs <mitch@cgarbs.de>.

COPYRIGHT

       simplebackup is licensed under GNU GPL v2 or later