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- write a manpage
- add note to --exclude=/proc/ vs. --exclude=/proc/*
- rsync_options, example paswd
- rsync_options \n seperated
- Documentation
- write/generate a manpage
- rsync_options \n seperated
DONE
- implement verbosity
o per source (-v to rsync)
o general, very verbose (set -x)
- write a simple manual
- implement parallel execution
- implement general log
- implement source specific log (canceled)
- the name prefix is currently somehow inconsistent
- Documentation
- rsync_options, example paswd
- write a simple manual
- Hints section
- add note to --exclude=/proc/ vs. --exclude=/proc/*

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- for more comfort: 'make</em>
- for rebuilding the generated documentation: additionally <em>asciidoc</em></p>
<h3>2.2. Using ccollect</h3>
<div class="title">When running ccollect, it requires the following tools installed:</div><ul>
<div class="title">Running ccollect requires the following tools installed:</div><ul>
<li>
<p>
<tt>bc</tt>
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20</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<h4>4.3.6. Detailled description of "rsync_options"</h4>
<p>When you create the file "rsync_options" below your source configuration,
<p>When you create the file <tt>rsync_options</tt> below your source configuration,
all the parameters found in this file will be passed to rsync. This
way you may specify a rsync-passwordfile for automatic backup over
the rsync-protocoll.</p>
way you can pass additional options to rsync. For instance you can tell rsync
to show progress ("&#8212;progress") or which -password-file ("&#8212;password-file")
to use for automatic backup over the rsync-protocol.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
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--password-file=/home/user/backup/protected_password_file</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<h2>5. Examples</h2>
<h2>5. Hints</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<h3>5.1. A backup host configuration from scratch</h3>
<h3>5.1. Using rsync protocol without ssh</h3>
<p>When you have a computer with little computing power, it may be useful to use
rsync without ssh, directly using the rsync protocol
(specify <em>user@host::share</em> in <tt>source</tt>). You may wish to use
<tt>rsync_options</tt> to specify a password file to use for automatic backup.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>backup:~# cat /etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/source
backup@webserver::backup-share
backup:~# cat /etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/rsync_options
--password-file=/etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/rsync_password
backup:~# cat /etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/rsync_password
this_is_the_rsync_password</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<p>This hint was reported by Daniel Aubry.</p>
<h3>5.2. Not-excluding top-level directories</h3>
<p>When you exclude "/proc" or "/mnt" from your backup, you may run into
trouble when you restore your backup. When you use "/proc/*" or "/mnt/*"
instead <tt>ccollect</tt> will backup empty directories.</p>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Note</div>
</td>
<td class="content">
<p>When those directories contain hidden files
(those beginning with a dot (<tt>"."</tt>)),
they will still be transferred!</p>
</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<p>This hint was reported by Marcus Wagner.</p>
</div>
<h2>6. Examples</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<h3>6.1. A backup host configuration from scratch</h3>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>srwali01:~# mkdir /etc/ccollect
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srwali01:/etc/ccollect/sources/srwali03# ln -s /mnt/hdbackup/srwali03 destination
srwali01:/etc/ccollect/sources/srwali03# mkdir /mnt/hdbackup/srwali03</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<h3>5.2. Using hard-links requires less disk space</h3>
<h3>6.2. Using hard-links requires less disk space</h3>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>[10:53] srsyg01:sources% du -sh ~/backupdir
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<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
Version 0.2<br />
Last updated 14-Jan-2006 18:36:32 CEST
Last updated 16-Jan-2006 18:44:23 CEST
</div>
</div>
</body>

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Using ccollect
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.When running ccollect, it requires the following tools installed:
.Running ccollect requires the following tools installed:
- `bc`
- `cp` with support for hard links ('cp -al')
- `rsync`
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Detailled description of "rsync_options"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
When you create the file "rsync_options" below your source configuration,
When you create the file `rsync_options` below your source configuration,
all the parameters found in this file will be passed to rsync. This
way you may specify a rsync-passwordfile for automatic backup over
the rsync-protocoll.
way you can pass additional options to rsync. For instance you can tell rsync
to show progress ("--progress") or which -password-file ("--password-file")
to use for automatic backup over the rsync-protocol.
Example:
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Hints
-----
Using rsync protocol without ssh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you have a computer with little computing power, it may be useful to use
rsync without ssh, directly using the rsync protocol
(specify 'user@host::share' in `source`). You may wish to use
`rsync_options` to specify a password file to use for automatic backup.
Example:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
backup:~# cat /etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/source
backup@webserver::backup-share
backup:~# cat /etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/rsync_options
--password-file=/etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/rsync_password
backup:~# cat /etc/ccollect/sources/sample.backup.host.org/rsync_password
this_is_the_rsync_password
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This hint was reported by Daniel Aubry.
Not-excluding top-level directories
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you exclude "/proc" or "/mnt" from your backup, you may run into
trouble when you restore your backup. When you use "/proc/\*" or "/mnt/\*"
instead `ccollect` will backup empty directories.
[NOTE]
===========================================
When those directories contain hidden files
(those beginning with a dot (`"."`)),
they will still be transferred!
===========================================
This hint was reported by Marcus Wagner.
Examples
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