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diff --git a/etc/backup.d/example.rdiff b/etc/backup.d/example.rdiff
index 476cf5a..1fe31bb 100644
--- a/etc/backup.d/example.rdiff
+++ b/etc/backup.d/example.rdiff
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
## passed directly to rdiff-backup
# options = --force
+## default is 0, but set to 19 if you want to lower the priority.
+# nicelevel = 19
+
+## default is yes. set to no to skip the test if the remote host is alive
+# testconnect = no
+
######################################################
## source section
## (where the files to be backed up are coming from)
@@ -18,6 +24,11 @@ type = local
# (you can also use the time format of rdiff-backup, e.g. 6D5h)
keep = 60
+# a note about includes and excludes:
+# all the excludes come after all the includes.
+# otherwise, the order is not taken into account.
+# currently, you cannot do "include = /"
+
# files to include in the backup
# (supports globbing with '*')
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
@@ -40,17 +51,18 @@ include = /var/lib/dpkg/status-old
[dest]
-# only remote type is currently supported
+# default is remote, if set to 'local' then
+# ignore the 'host' and 'user' options.
type = remote
-# the machine which will receive the backups
-host = backuphost
-
# put the backups under this directory
directory = /backups
+# the machine which will receive the backups
+host = backuphost
+
# make the files owned by this user
# note: you must be able to ssh backupuser@backhost
-# without specifying a password
+# without specifying a password (if type = remote).
user = backupuser