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diff --git a/doc/backup.conf.5in b/doc/backup.conf.5in index aa0bfe8..5f3c707 100644 --- a/doc/backup.conf.5in +++ b/doc/backup.conf.5in @@ -46,6 +46,39 @@ utilities will first look for an executable file named If not found, they will fall back to using \fB/usr/bin/ssh\fR. It is the responsibility of the administrator to provide for authentication on the remote system, e.g. by using shared-key authentication. +.TP +.B backup_retain_interval +Sets the interval, in weeks, during which old backups and snapshots +are retained. Empty value or zero means never delete the backups. + +This variable is used by +.BR backup (1), +which calls +.BR backup-cleaner (1) +if it is set. +.SH S3 SETUP +To keep archives in a +.B s3 +bucket you will need the +.BR s3backer (1) +utility. +.TP +.B backup_bucket_name +Sets the name of the +.B s3 +bucket to keep the archives in. +.TP +.B backup_mp_s3backer +Defines mount point for the "raw" bucket. + +Default value is +.BR /mnt/s3backer . +.TP +.B backup_mp_s3 +Defines mount point for the actual s3-backed filesystem. + +Default value is +.BR /mnt/s3 . .SH TAR SETUP Tar setup variables control additional options and arguments passed to .BR tar (1). @@ -180,14 +213,16 @@ Two special variables, called hooks, allow you to supply arbitrary procedures to be run before and after backup. .TP .B prologue_hook -This variable contains the name of a shell procedure or external -program to be called before starting backup (or restore). The hook is -called without arguments. By default, this variable is empty. +This variable contains a whitespace-separated list of the commands to +be invoked before starting backup (or restore). The commands are +started in order of their appearance in the list and are called +without arguments. By default, this variable is empty. .TP .B epilogue_hook -This variable contains the name of a shell procedure or external -program to be called after backup (or restore) is finished. The hook -is called without arguments. By default, this variable is empty. +This variable contains a whitespace-separated list of the commands to +be invoked after the backup (or restore) has finished. The commands are +started in order of their appearance in the list and are called +without arguments. By default, this variable is empty. .SH EXAMPLES A simple configuration file for backing up the contents of .BR /etc, @@ -222,7 +257,8 @@ system_files="etc home" .sp .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR restore (1), -.BR backup (1). +.BR backup (1), +.BR backup-cleaner (1). .SH AUTHORS Sergey Poznyakoff .SH "BUG REPORTS" |