Continuous backups, variable changes to uppercase, docs update

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c358987..a140605 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ Create a config for your `servername` destination at `~/.config/borger/servernam
     #export BORG_PASSPHRASE='HACKME'
     #export BORG_PASSCOMMAND='pass show backup'
     #export BORG_PASSCOMMAND='keyringer default decrypt borg 2> /dev/null'
-  
-    # Backup config
-    keepdaily="7"
-    keepweekly="4"
-    keepmonth="6"
-    encryption="keyfile"
-    placeholder="{user}"
 
 Then run borger:
 
@@ -47,17 +40,33 @@ following config at `~/.config/borger/my-disk`:
     #export BORG_PASSCOMMAND='pass show backup'
     #export BORG_PASSCOMMAND='keyringer default decrypt borg 2> /dev/null'
 
-    # Backup config
-    keepdaily="7"
-    keepweekly="4"
-    keepmonth="6"
-    encryption="keyfile"
-    placeholder="{user}"
-
 Then run borger normally:
 
     borger my-disk
 
+# Optional config
+
+These include:
+
+    # Optional backup config
+    export KEEPDAILY="7"         # how many days   to keep
+    export KEEPWEEKLY="4"        # how many weeks  to keep
+    export KEEPMONTHLY="6"       # how many months to keep
+    export ENCRYPTION="keyfile"  # encryption strategy, PAY ATTENTION TO THIS
+    export PLACEHOLDER="{user}"  # placeholder to tag archives
+    export INTERVAL="1h"         # interval between backups in the continuous mode
+
+# Continuous backups
+
+If you want to run your backups continuously, use
+
+    borger servername --continuous
+
+By default `borger` waits `1h` before starting the new backup procedure which
+can be adjusted using the `INTERVAL` config variable. See [this
+issue](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/325) for a discussion on
+continous backups.
+
 # Checking your backups
 
 As simply as