On 2013-03-15, Tanstaafl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would anyone who is using rsnapshot be willing to share their crontab
> entries?
# crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.XXXXfEjZZL installed on Thu May 26 14:47:04 2011)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42
vixie Exp $)
3 0 1 * * /usr/bin/rsnapshot monthly
3 1 * * 6 /usr/bin/rsnapshot weekly
3 3 * * * /usr/bin/rsnapshot daily
> I'm especially interested in how best to test for the
> existence/availability of a remotely mounted filesystem, and run the
> backup if it exists and abort if it doesn't.
rsnapshot has an option specifically for that (which I use to handle
the case where my Firewire backup drive is disconnected or powered
down_).
>From /etc/rsnapshot.conf:
# If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
# snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
# up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive.
#
no_create_root 1
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