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.SH "NAME"
ccollect_add_source - create new source for ccollect(1)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fIccollect_add_source\.sh\fR <hostnames to create sources for>
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\.
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.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\.
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.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\.
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.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\.
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.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\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
ccollect(1), ccollect_analyse_logs\.sh, ccollect_delete_source(1), ccollect_list_intervals(1), ccollect_logwrapper(1),
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.SH "AUTHOR"
Nico Schottelius <nico\-ccollect\-\-@\-\-schottelius\.org>
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.SH "RESOURCES"
Main web site: http://unix\.schottelius\.org/ccollect/
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.SH "COPYING"
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)\.
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.SH "NOTES"
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nico-ccollect--@--schottelius.org
.RS 4
\%mailto:nico-ccollect--@--schottelius.org
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