From cf22c5268d15a3bbf9fb9e38070cf0bf08acaf6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralph Ronnquist Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 19:39:31 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] documentation --- timeliner-cron.8.adoc | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ timeliner.8.adoc | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 timeliner-cron.8.adoc diff --git a/timeliner-cron.8.adoc b/timeliner-cron.8.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c08608e --- /dev/null +++ b/timeliner-cron.8.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ += timeliner-cron(8) +:doctype: manpage + +== 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 diff --git a/timeliner.8.adoc b/timeliner.8.adoc index ab57385..b9e349d 100644 --- a/timeliner.8.adoc +++ b/timeliner.8.adoc @@ -47,3 +47,11 @@ rolling window of only the few most recent daily backups. The remote 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 -- 2.39.5