[bugfix] relative $CCOLLECT_CONF

When the path to the cconfig-dir is specified relative in $CCOLLECT_CONF,
ccollect will fail at the second backup run.

ccollect.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CPOSTEXEC="$CDEFAULTS/post_exec"
 
 TMP=$(mktemp /tmp/$(basename $0).XXXXXX)
 VERSION=0.4.2
-RELEASE="2006-XX-XX"
+RELEASE="2006-06-17"
 HALF_VERSION="ccollect $VERSION"
 FULL_VERSION="ccollect $VERSION ($RELEASE)"
 
@@ -378,13 +378,16 @@ while [ "$i" -lt "$no_sources" ]; do
    echo "Creating $destination_dir ..."
    mkdir $VVERBOSE "$destination_dir"
 
+   #
+   # make an absolute path, perhaps $CCOLLECT_CONF is relative!
+   #
+   abs_destination_dir=$(cd $destination_dir; pwd)
+
    # only copy if a directory exists
    if [ "$last_dir" ]; then
       echo "$($DDATE) Hard linking..."
       cd "$last_dir"
-      pax -rwl -p e $VVERBOSE .  "$destination_dir"
-      # old, gnu cp specific
-      # cp -al $VVERBOSE "$last_dir" "$destination_dir"
+      pax -rwl -p e $VVERBOSE .  "$abs_destination_dir"
    fi
 
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -402,7 +405,7 @@ while [ "$i" -lt "$no_sources" ]; do
 
    rsync -a $VERBOSE $RSYNC_EXTRA $EXCLUDE $SUMMARY \
       --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded \
-      "$source" "$destination_dir"
+      "$source" "$abs_destination_dir"
    
    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
       echo "rsync reported an error. The backup may be broken (see rsync errors)"

doc/TODO

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- ssh / rsync problem
+   -> ssh noch nie genutzt
 - add --version, -V
 - hint: : in path  / sed / general problem
 - hint: backuping backup

doc/ccollect.text

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ccollect - Installing, Configuring and Using
 ============================================
 Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-ccollect__@__schottelius.org>
-0.4.1, for ccollect 0.4-0.4.1, Initial Version from 2006-01-13
+0.4.2, for ccollect 0.4-0.4.2, Initial Version from 2006-01-13
 :Author Initials: NS
 
 (pseudo) incremental backup
@@ -71,6 +71,44 @@ subdirectory:
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+Quick start
+-----------
+For those who do not want to read the whole long document:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# get latest ccollect tarball from http://unix.schottelius.org/ccollect/
+# replace 0.4.1 with the current version
+wget http://unix.schottelius.org/ccollect/ccollect-0.4.1.tar.bz2
+
+# extract the tarball, change to the newly created directory
+tar -xvjf ccollect-0.4.1.tar.bz2
+cd ccollect-0.4.1
+
+# create mini-configuration
+# first create directory structure
+mkdir -p miniconfig/defaults/intervals
+mkdir miniconfig/sources
+
+# create a sample interval
+echo 42 > miniconfig/defaults/intervals/testinterval
+
+# create destination directory, where the backups will be kept
+mkdir ~/DASI
+
+# create sample source, which will be saved
+mkdir miniconfig/sources/testsource
+# We will save '/bin' to the directory '~/DASI'
+echo '/bin' > miniconfig/sources/testsource/source
+ln -s ~/DASI miniconfig/sources/testsource/destination
+# We want to see what happens and also a small summary at the end
+touch miniconfig/sources/testsource/verbose
+touch miniconfig/sources/testsource/summary
+
+# do the backup
+CCOLLECT_CONF=./miniconfig ./ccollect.sh testinterval testsource
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 Requirements
 ------------