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+
+== NAME
+
+timeliner-cron - cron.hourly script to call `timeliner` for keeping a
+backup timeline of selected directories
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+
+/etc/cron.hourly/timeliner-cron
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+
+The `timeliner-cron` script is intended to run as a `cron.hourly`
+script for maintaining a daily backup timeline as a succession of
+directories. The script includes detail configuration settings of
+which directory tree(s) to back up and how; whether to keep a local,
+mixed, remote or encrypted timeline. It is best re-configured using
+`dpkg-econfigure`, as in
+
+  # dpkg-reconfigure timeliner
+
+== SEE ALSO
+
+*timeliner(8)*
+
+== AUTHOR
+
+Copyright 2024 Ralph Ronnquist <rrq@rrq.au>

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 timeline is built by making a hard link copy of the most recent prior
 day before using `rsync` to copy the next day snapshot. The local
 recent day snapshot is synchronised hourly to the remote host.
+
+== SEE ALSO
+
+*timeliner-cron(8)*
+
+== AUTHOR
+
+Copyright 2024 Ralph Ronnquist <rrq@rrq.au>