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authorintrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>2009-01-12 22:47:08 +0000
committerintrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>2009-01-12 22:47:08 +0000
commita1c625fcc3c1bdcc81bb23aee3bea95051d6cc20 (patch)
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parent90a0dc695ad641fb988136cc6f31f44e31771efb (diff)
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add support for 'when = manual' (Closes: #511299)
-rw-r--r--AUTHORS1
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--man/backup.d.53
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/backupninja.in7
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1d852cf..dc0d2bd 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ romain.tartiere@healthgrid.org -- ldap fixes
Adam Monsen - spec file updates
Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org> -- halt loglevel feature
dan@garthwaite.org -- reportspace bugfix
+Tuomas Jormola <tj@solitudo.net> -- "when = manual" option
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 87d3284..58ae954 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ version 0.9.7 -- UNRELEASED
backupninja changes
. fix bug in reportspace, thanks Dan Garthwaite
. do not assume English locale when using date (Closes: #465837)
+ . add 'when = manual' option, that can be used in the global config
+ file or in a given backup action file. Thanks Tuomas Jormola for the
+ preliminary patch (Closes: #511299)
handler changes
maildir:
. fix location of deleted_on file
diff --git a/man/backup.d.5 b/man/backup.d.5
index 5090051..fd5c9b2 100644
--- a/man/backup.d.5
+++ b/man/backup.d.5
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Example templates for the action configuration files can be found in /usr/share/
.SH SCHEDULING
-By default, each configuration file is processed everyday at 01:00 (1 AM). This can be changed by specifying the 'when' option in a backup action's config file or in the global configuration file.
+By default, each configuration file is processed everyday at 01:00 (1 AM). This can be changed by specifying the 'when' option in a backup action's config file or in the global configuration file. Special value 'manual' will disable scheduling for the backup action. It is possible to run the backup action manually by invoking \fBninjahelper(1)\fP with --run command line argument.
For example:
when = sundays at 02:00
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ For example:
when = everyday at 01
when = Tuesday at 05:00
when = hourly
+ when = manual
These values for "when" are invalid:
when = tuesday at 2am
diff --git a/src/backupninja.in b/src/backupninja.in
index 6dee3b6..2a1b76e 100755
--- a/src/backupninja.in
+++ b/src/backupninja.in
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ nowdayofweek=`tolower "$nowdayofweek"`
function isnow() {
local when="$1"
set -- $when
+
+ [ "$when" == "manual" ] && return 0
+
whendayofweek=$1; at=$2; whentime=$3;
whenday=`toint "$whendayofweek"`
whendayofweek=`tolower "$whendayofweek"`
@@ -298,9 +301,9 @@ function process_action() {
ret=$?
IFS=$'\t\n'
if [ $ret == 0 ]; then
- debug "skipping $file because it is not $w"
+ debug "skipping $file because current time does not match $w"
else
- info ">>>> starting action $file (because it is $w)"
+ info ">>>> starting action $file (because current time matches $w)"
run="yes"
fi
done