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.SH "NAME"
ccollect_add_source \- create new source for ccollect(1)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fIccollect_add_source\&.sh\fR <hostnames to create sources for>
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
ccollect_add_source\&.sh creates a new backup source for use with ccollect(1)\&. It copies the files from to the source directory with the hostname below \fI$CCOLLECT_CONF/sources\fR\&. It is designed to run on a backup server to create new directories for new hosts\&.
.SH "FILES"
.PP
$CCOLLECT_CONF/defaults/sources
.RS 4
Main configuration directory\&. $CCOLLECT_CONF is
\fI/etc/ccollect\fR, if unset\&. All the following files reside below this directory\&.
.RE
.PP
exclude, summary, intervals, pre_exec, post_exec, rsync_options, verbose, very_verbose
.RS 4
Those are the standard configuration files known by ccollect(1)\&. If the file exist it will be copied to the newly created source\&. Directories (\fIintervals\fR) are copied recursively\&.
.RE
.PP
destination_base
.RS 4
A link to the directory where to store the backups\&. Below this directory
ccollect_add_source\&.sh
will create a directory with the hostname you specified on the command line\&. A common valua for
destination_base
is
\fI/home/server/backup\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
source_prefix, source_postfix
.RS 4

source_prefix
is put before the hostname,
source_postfix
is appended after it\&. A common value for
source_prefix
maybe
\fIroot@\fR
and
\fI:/\fR
for
source_postfix\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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ccollect(1), ccollect_analyse_logs\&.sh, ccollect_delete_source(1), ccollect_list_intervals(1), ccollect_logwrapper(1),
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Nico Schottelius <nico\-ccollect\-\-@\-\-schottelius\&.org>
.SH "RESOURCES"
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Main web site: http://www\&.nico\&.schottelius\&.org/software/ccollect/
.SH "COPYING"
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Copyright (C) 2007\-2008 Nico Schottelius\&. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3)\&.