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5 .TH BACKUPNINJA.CONF 5 "November 19, 2005" "riseup" "backupninja package"
7 BACKUPNINJA.CONF \- Configuration file(s) for \fBbackupninja (1)\fP.
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23 .B "/etc/backupninja.conf "
27 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".
33 How verbose to make the logs.
35 5 = Debugging messages
37 4 = Informational messages
47 Send a summary of the backup status to this email address
51 If set to 'yes', a report email will be generated even if all modules reported success.
55 If set to 'yes', a report email will be generated even if there was no error.
59 The path of the logfile.
63 The directory where all the backup action configuration files live.
67 Where backupninja handler scripts are found
71 If set to 'yes', use colors in the log file and debug output.
75 When to process each configuration file. The value used here will
76 be applied for each configuration file. It is possibile to override
77 this "when" in each each configuration file, see also section
78 "Scheduling" in backup.d(5).
82 when = sundays at 02:00
85 when = everyday at 01 <-- the default
86 when = Tuesday at 05:00
88 These values for 'when' are equivalent:
90 when = tuesday at 05:30
93 These values for 'when' are invalid:
101 If you are using Linux-Vservers (http://linux-vserver.org), there are some
102 special capabilities that different handlers have to make vserver backups easier.
103 See the example configuration files for each handler to configure the vserver specific
116 logfile = /var/log/backupninja.log
118 configdirectory = /etc/backup.d
120 scriptdirectory = /usr/share/backupninja
124 when = everyday at 01:00
134 BACKUPNINJA was written by the riseup.net collective.