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5 .TH BACKUPNINJA.CONF 5 "January 2, 2005" "riseup" "backupninja package"
7 BACKUPNINJA.CONF \- Configuration file(s) for \fBbackupninja (1)\fP.
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23 .B "/etc/backupninja.conf "
29 is the general configuration file. In this file you can set the log level and change the default directory locations. You can force a different general configuration file with "backupninja -f /path/to/conf".
32 To perform the actual backup, backupninja processes each configuration file in /etc/backup.d according to the file's suffix:
34 .sh -- run this file as a shell script.
35 .rdiff -- this is a configuration for rdiff-backup
36 .maildir -- this is a configuration to backup maildirs
37 .mysql -- mysql backup configuration
38 .ldap -- ldap backup configuration
39 .sys -- general system reports
42 Support for additional configuration types can be added by dropping bash scripts with the name of the suffix into /usr/share/backupninja.
45 The configuration files are processed in alphabetical order. However, it is suggested that you name the config files in "sysvinit style."
55 Typically, you will put a '.rdiff' config file last, so that any database dumps you make are included in the filesystem backup. Configurations files which begin with 0 (zero) are skipped.
58 Unless otherwise specified, the config file format is "ini style."
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79 By default, each configuration file is processed everyday at 01:00 (1
80 AM). This can be changed by specifying the 'when' in a config file.
84 when = sundays at 02:00
87 when = everyday at 01 <-- the default
88 when = Tuesday at 05:00
90 A configuration file will be processed at the time(s) specified by the
91 "when" option. If multiple "when" options are present, then they all
92 apply. If two configurations files are scheduled to run in the same
93 hour, then we fall back on the alphabetical ordering specified above.
94 If two configurations files are scheduled close to one another in
95 time, it is possible to have multiple copies of backupninja running if
96 the first instance is not finished before the next one starts.
98 These values for 'when' are equivalent:
100 when = tuesday at 05:30
101 when = TUESDAYS at 05
103 These values for 'when' are invalid:
105 when = tuesday at 2am
114 BACKUPNINJA was written by <elijah@riseup.net>.
116 BACKUPNINJA was packaged by <micah@riseup.net>.
119 This manual page was written by <stefani@riseup.net>.