## default is yes. set to no to skip the test if the remote host is alive
# testconnect = no
+## default is not to limit bandwidth.
+## set to a number in bytes/second to limit bandwidth usage. Use a negative
+## number to set a limit that will never be exceeded, or a positive number
+## to set a target average bandwidth use. cstream is required. See cstream's
+## -t option for more information. 62500 bytes = 500 Kb (.5 Mb)
+# bwlimit = 62500
+
######################################################
## source section
## (where the files to be backed up are coming from)
# how many days of data to keep
# (you can also use the time format of rdiff-backup, e.g. 6D5h)
+# (to keep everything, set this to yes)
+#keep = yes
keep = 60
-# a note about includes and excludes:
-# All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is
-# not otherwise taken into account. Symlinks are backed up as
-# symlinks, they are not followed! This means you must specify
-# the real canonical path of a directory for it to actually
-# get included.
+# A few notes about includes and excludes:
+# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*'
+# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path
+# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the
+# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to
+# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead.
+# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following
+# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor
+# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up :
+# include = /home/user/Mail
+# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to
+# write :
+# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail
+# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
# files to include in the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
include = /var/backups
include = /etc
# vsinclude will add to the include list /vservers/foo/home, /vservers/bar/home
# and /vservers/baz/home.
# Vservers paths are derived from $VROOTDIR.
-# vsinclude supports globbing with '*'.
# files to exclude from the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
#exclude = /home/*/.gnupg
######################################################
host = backuphost
# make the files owned by this user. you must be able to
-# `su -c ssh backupuser@backhost` without specifying a password.
+# `su -c "ssh backupuser@backhost"` without specifying a password.
# only use if "[dest] type = remote"
user = backupuser