From 31b90624c8132b4463dea30501565d936daec202 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:38:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add How can I prevent missing the right time to enter my password? to faq --- doc/ccollect.text | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ccollect.text b/doc/ccollect.text index 4755a75..f51f5ae 100644 --- a/doc/ccollect.text +++ b/doc/ccollect.text @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ du -s ~/DASI /bin Cutting and pasting the complete section above to your shell will result in the download of ccollect, the creation of a sample configuration and the -execution of two backups. +execution of some backups. Requirements @@ -200,7 +200,13 @@ Using ccollect Installing ---------- Either type 'make install' or simply copy it to a directory in your -$PATH and execute 'chmod *0755* /path/to/ccollect.sh'. +$PATH and execute 'chmod *0755* /path/to/ccollect.sh'. If you would +like to use the new management scripts (available since 0.6), copy +the following scripts to a directory in $PATH: + +- `tools/add_ccollect_source.sh` +- `tools/list_ccollect_intervals.sh` +- `tools/delete_ccollect_source.sh` Configuring @@ -241,7 +247,8 @@ Interval definition ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The interval definition can be found in '$CCOLLECT_CONF/defaults/intervals/' or '/etc/ccollect/defaults/intervals'. -Each file in this directory specifies an interval. The name of the file is the same as the name of the interval: `intervals/''`. +Each file in this directory specifies an interval. The name of the file is +the same as the name of the interval: `intervals/''`. The content of this file should be a single line containing a number. This number defines how many versions of this interval are kept. @@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ Additionally a source may have the following files: - `pre_exec` program to execute before backing up *this* source - `post_exec` program to execute after backing up *this* source - - `delete_incomplete` + - `delete_incomplete` delete incomplete backups Example: @@ -493,6 +500,9 @@ df -h df -h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Detailed description of "delete_incomplete" +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + Hints ----- @@ -611,6 +621,9 @@ This leads to - more transferred files - much greater disk space usage, as no hardlinks can be used +If the whole `ccollect` process was interrupted, `ccollect` (since 0.6) can +detect that and remove the incomplete backups, so you can clone from a complete +backup instead. When backing up from localhost the destination is also included. Is this a bug? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -630,7 +643,6 @@ permissions. Try `chmod 0755 /etc/ccollect/sources/'yoursource'/*_exec``. Why does the backup job fail when part of the source is a link? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - When a part of your path you specified in the source is a (symbolic, hard links are not possible for directories) link, the backup *must* fail. @@ -671,6 +683,18 @@ However, you can backup directories containing symbolic links /home/user/nico/projekte and oeffentlich/computer/projekte). +How can I prevent missing the right time to enter my password? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +As `ccollect` first deletes the old backups, it may take some time +until `rsync` requests the password for the `ssh` session from you. + +The easiest way not to miss that point is running `ccollect` in `screen`, +which has the ability to monitor the output for activity. So as soon as +your screen beeps, after `ccollect` began to remove the last directory, +you can enter your password (have a look at screen(1), especially "C-a M" +and "C-a _", for more information). + + Examples -------- @@ -901,4 +925,3 @@ Truncated output from `ps axuwwwf`: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see, six processes are deleting old backups, while one backup (ddba034) is already copying data. -