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diff --git a/beam.conf b/beam.conf
index b101841..7f3ef56 100644
--- a/beam.conf
+++ b/beam.conf
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
[core]
# Location of the state file
-# statfile = /var/spool/beam/beam.state
- statfile = /tmp/beam.state
+ statfile = /var/spool/beam/beam.state
# Directory for temporary files
tempdir = /tmp
#
archivedir = /var/backups
+ # List of items to back up. Each item is described in
+ # section [item NAME]. It is OK to have such sections
+ # declaring NAMEs not listed in core.items.
+ # If this variable is absent or empty, all itmes from all
+ # such sections will be processed.
items = www
# Configure logging
@@ -47,6 +51,9 @@
retain = 8
[backend tar]
+ # Full pathname of the tar binary
+ binary = /bin/tar
+
# Any additional options to pass to tar. Do not place tar operation
# switches (as -c, -t, etc.) here! These will be added automatically
# by appropriate scripts, depending on the operation being performed.
@@ -66,10 +73,17 @@
# This variable must be set
snapshot-dir = /var/lib/backups
-# [item system]
-# backend = tar
-# directory = /
-# file = etc var/spool/cron
+[item system]
+ # Declare the backend to use for that item.
+ backend = tar
+ # The following settings are specific for tar backend:
+ # Name of the directory to archive.
+ directory = /
+ # Whitespace-separated list of file names within that directory
+ # If emtpy, all files will be archived.
+ file = etc var/spool/cron
+ # Additional tar(1) options. These complement backend.tar.options
+ #options =
[item databases]
backend = mysql

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