X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=backup%2Fiwjbackup.txt;h=3b09433d185b84440c2eb3f35d57f6818553590b;hb=460e29f1c9232dafbdc161bf67d3e956d23eeb6b;hp=1424a3a98abd20043d5a818956cb5a45add8a17f;hpb=8e5f50513299d7d7f15d958579dc0b0751923ed1;p=chiark-utils.git diff --git a/backup/iwjbackup.txt b/backup/iwjbackup.txt index 1424a3a..3b09433 100644 --- a/backup/iwjbackup.txt +++ b/backup/iwjbackup.txt @@ -5,14 +5,38 @@ source is the sources, as always :-> WARNING - this file is out of date ! +# iwjbackup.txt +# Documentation file +# +# This file is part of chiark backup, a system for backing up GNU/Linux and +# other UN*X-compatible machines, as used on chiark.greenend.org.uk. +# +# chiark backup is: +# Copyright (C) 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson +# Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell +# +# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the +# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software +# Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. +# +# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY +# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS +# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more +# details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +# 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + + The three tarfiles in this directory should go in the following places (the paths can probably be configured/hacked, but this is where they are on my system and on chiark): -etc.tgz : /etc/backup/ +etc.tgz : /etc/chiark-backup/ lib.tgz : /usr/local/lib/backup/ -var.tgz : /var/local/backup/ +var.tgz : /var/lib/chiark-backup/ NOTE: these versions are not those used on chiark; they are somewhat modified by me (couple of extra features and @@ -24,7 +48,7 @@ them except maybe last-tape (which you want to change anyway). You'll also need to recompile readbuffer and writebuffer unless you're using SPARClinux :-> -Contents of /etc/backup/: +Contents of /etc/chiark-backup/: warnings.* : files defining how many warnings you get as the system is brought down to do backups. The defaults are fine. settings.pl : generic config file: in particular, the name of