> On 12 Jul 2024, at 09:50, t.schnei...@disroot.org wrote: > > There's no script (or whatsoever) in this backup functionality. > It's only rsnapshot <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rsnapshot> > (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rsnapshot) and systemd-timer > <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Timers> involved. >
You can change the ExecStart= to use flock, see man flock for details. Off the top of my head something like: ExecStart=flock --exclusive mylock rsnapshot Add in full paths to make it robust. Barry > > Am 2024-07-12 10:35, schrieb Barry Scott: > >> >> >>> On 12 Jul 2024, at 08:34, t.schnei...@disroot.org wrote: >>> >>> Setting the time of day requires detailed knowledge about the runtime of >>> each job. >>> >>> But this forecast is not accurate and this means any setting could result >>> in same error. >>> >> >> Agreed that is a problem with this approach. >> >> Or you have the code that locks wait for the lock to be freed does that help? >> Are you using flock in the script, then its a easy change. >> >> You still cannot ensure the order, but you can ensure that they will all run >> sequentially. >> >> Personally I encode the rules for my incremental vs. full backup into my >> hourly backups script. >> So I only have one timer. >> >> Barry >>
