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diff --git a/examples/example.rsync b/examples/example.rsync index a2795db..2b5eaa1 100644 --- a/examples/example.rsync +++ b/examples/example.rsync @@ -36,9 +36,33 @@ backupdir = myserver #tmp = /tmp # specify backup storage format: short, long or mirror (i.e, no rotations) +# +# In the short format, incremental backups are rotated every day the handler +# runs an by a finite number of times (backup.0, backup.1, backup.1, etc), so +# if you want to have incremental backups for longer periods (like months) you +# have to configure rotations for 30 or more using the "days" parameter at the +# [general] section in the handler config. +# +# The short format is better described here: +# http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/#Incremental +# +# The long format is inspired by the maildir handler and allows keeping backups +# of longer periods (weeks and months) using less rotations as it stores +# the increments in folders like daily.1, weekly.1, monthly.1 and has three +# rotation parameters: +# +# keepdaily = number of daily backup increments +# keepweekly = number of weekly backup increments +# keepmonthly = number of monthly backup increments +# format = short # for short storage format, specify the number of backup increments (min = 2, set to 1 or less to disable) +# +# Note that setting days = 0 is almost the same as using format = mirror except +# that with the days config your backup gets a .0 suffix at the destination +# folder, making it easier to turn it later to an incremental backup. +# days = 7 # for long storage format, specify the number of daily backup increments |