Add option to sort backup directories based on modification time.

By default, ccollect.sh sorts backup directories based on last change
time (ctime).  This adds the option to sort based on modification
time (mtime).

I have updated doc/ccollect.text but it needs some work to simplify
and explain the issue.
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jll2 2009-06-25 20:35:13 -07:00
parent 97df2c14de
commit 010449bafa
2 changed files with 21 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ while [ "${i}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
c_pre_exec="${backup}/pre_exec"
c_post_exec="${backup}/post_exec"
for opt in exclude verbose very_verbose rsync_options summary delete_incomplete \
remote_host rsync_failure_codes ; do
remote_host rsync_failure_codes mtime ; do
if [ -f "${backup}/$opt" -o -f "${backup}/no_$opt" ]; then
eval c_$opt=\"${backup}/$opt\"
else
@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ while [ "${i}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
fi
done
#
# With mtime option, sort backup directories with mtime (default is ctime)
#
if [ -f "$c_mtime" ] ; then
TSORT="t"
fi
#
# Marking backups: If we abort it's not removed => Backup is broken
#
@ -496,9 +503,6 @@ while [ "${i}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
#
# Check for backup directory to clone from: Always clone from the latest one!
#
# Use ls -1c instead of -1t, because last modification maybe the same on all
# and metadate update (-c) is updated by rsync locally.
#
last_dir="$(pcmd ls -${TSORT}p1 "${ddir}" | grep '/$' | head -n 1)" || \
_exit_err "Failed to list contents of ${ddir}."

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@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ Additionally a source may have the following files:
- `delete_incomplete` delete incomplete backups
- `remote_host` host to backup to
- `rsync_failure_codes` list of rsync exit codes that indicate complete failure
- `mtime` Sort backup directories based on their modification time
Example:
@ -584,6 +585,18 @@ be left in the destination directory indicating failure of this backup. If
you have enabled delete_incomplete, then this backup will be deleted during
the next ccollect run on the same interval.
mtime
^^^^^
By default, ccollect.sh chooses the most recent backup directory for cloning or
the oldest for deletion based on the directory's last change time (ctime).
With this option, the sorting is done based on modification time (mtime). With
this version of ccollect.sh, the ctime and mtime of your backups will normally
be the same and this option has no effect. However, if you, for example, move
your backups to another hard disk using cp -a or rsync -a, you should use this
option because the ctimes are not preserved during such operations.
If you have any backups in your repository made with ccollect version 0.7.1 or
earlier, do not use this option and do not move your repository.
Hints
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