dup: new tmpdir config option, useful when duplicity fills up /tmp

[matthijs/upstream/backupninja.git] / examples / example.dup

diff --git a/examples/example.dup b/examples/example.dup
index f3d39812d2cdb57bb02870a27279928b58eb592c..d490f745f3777458e72f5af8e2b74ecb27b12823 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/example.dup
+++ b/examples/example.dup
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ nicelevel = 19
 # default is yes. set to no to skip the test if the remote host is alive
 #testconnect = no
 
+# temporary directory used by duplicity
+# (default = /tmp or /usr/tmp, depending on the system)
+#tmpdir = /var/tmp/duplicity
+
 ######################################################
 ## gpg section
 ## (how to encrypt and optionally sign the backups)
@@ -55,9 +59,21 @@ password = a_very_complicated_passphrase
 
 [source]
 
-# WARNING: include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing
-# with '*' OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not*
-# supported and will lead to weird behaviour.
+# 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
 include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
@@ -107,8 +123,10 @@ exclude = /home/*/.gnupg
 # bandwith limit, in kbit/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
 #bandwidthlimit = 128
 
-# passed directly to ssh and scp
-sshoptions = -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
+# passed directly to ssh, scp (and sftp in duplicity >=0.4.2)
+# warning: sftp does not support all scp options, especially -i; as
+# a workaround, you can use "-o <SSHOPTION>"
+sshoptions = -o IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
 
 # put the backups under this directory
 destdir = /backups