rsbackup 8.0 | pre-volume-hook / post-volume-hook is executed even if there is no backup necessary

[Richard Kettlewell]

On 30/08/2023 14:26, Samuel Wolf wrote:
>> Assuming you also have the cronjobs from the Debian package, you have a
>> line in /etc/crontab asking for a daily backup, and line in
>> /etc/rsbackup/defaults asking for rsbackup.cron to do a daily backup.
>> So, two attempts at a backup per day in total.
> 
> Thanks Richard, that make sense!
> 
> Is it possible to disable backup in /etc/rsbackup/defaults?
> 
> # Set backup=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
> # backup attempts. (Use backup policies for fine-grained control over
> # when backups happen.)
> 
> There is no "never" option in the help text or do a simply uncomment
> "#backup" work?
> Or is there any other workaround I don't see?

You can probably write backup=never.

ttfn/rjk