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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux //@// schottelius.org>
+# Date: 27-Jan-2007
+# Last Modified: -
+# Description:
+#
+
+ccollect=../ccollect.sh
+testdir="$(dirname $0)/test-backups"
+confdir="$(dirname $0)/test-config"
+source="$(hostname)"
+source_source="/tmp"
+interval="taeglich"
+
+
+# backup destination
+mkdir -p "$testdir"
+source_dest="$(cd "$testdir"; pwd -P)"
+
+# configuration
+mkdir -p "${confdir}/sources/${source}"
+ln -s "$source_dest" "${confdir}/sources/${source}/destination"
+echo "$source_source" > "${confdir}/sources/${source}/source"
+touch "${confdir}/sources/${source}/summary"
+touch "${confdir}/sources/${source}/verbose"
+
+mkdir -p "${confdir}/defaults/intervals/"
+echo 3 > "${confdir}/defaults/intervals/$interval"
+
+# create backups
+
+CCOLLECT_CONF="$confdir" "$ccollect" "$interval" -p -a
+touch "${source_source}/$(date +%s)-$$.1982"
+
+CCOLLECT_CONF="$confdir" "$ccollect" "$interval" -p -a
+touch "${source_source}/$(date +%s)-$$.42"
+
+CCOLLECT_CONF="$confdir" "$ccollect" "$interval" -p -a
+
+du -sh   "$testdir"
+du -shl  "$testdir"
+
+echo "Delete $testdir and $confdir after test"