WARNING - this file is out of date !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 <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
+# Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
+#
+# 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
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