X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=8c5340b99d964ce302bc6392cb8588d2c9bbacfb;hb=0e6655b06da00203ce0eabc115f8e0908edf8ce5;hp=23bfbfe8bdeea3358c1f5fd7c91882fe50014ed6;hpb=28db532889a6e5ce57ec9d32bef793c6a621a41c;p=backup-script.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 23bfbfe..8c5340b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -38,17 +38,24 @@ Options: ## Configuration -All default configuration variables are read from `/etc/backup-script.conf` or -from `/etc/backup-script.d/backup-script.conf` (deprecated). The individual -systems are configured using individual files in `/etc/backup-script.d/`, one -for each system to backup (files ending in `*.sh` are skipped, as well as -files named `backup-script.conf`). Please avoid spaces and other "special" -characters! +All default configuration variables are read from the first file found of this +list: `/usr/local/etc/backup-scrupt.conf`, `/etc/backup-script.conf` or +from `/etc/backup-script.d/backup-script.conf` (deprecated). + +All systems which should be backed-up are configured using individual files +in the configuration directory, which is `/usr/local/etc/backup-script.d/` or +`/etc/backup-script.d/` by default (whichever is found first), and can be +specified using the `conf_d` variable in the main configuration file. + +The must be one file for each system to backup (files ending in `*.sh` are +skipped, as well as files named `backup-script.conf`). Please avoid spaces and +other "special" characters! The filename is used as hostname for the system by +default, but this can be overwritten using the `system` configuration variable. Variables in `backup-script.conf` must be prefixed with `default_` to define default values for all systems. -All defaults can be overwritten in individual system configuration files. +All defaults can be overwritten in the individual system configuration files. For example: @@ -96,6 +103,13 @@ Additional parameters for `rsync`. Default: none. Additional (exclude) parameters for `rsync`. Default: none. +*Deprecated! Use "exclude_dirs_add" instead!* + +### [default_]exclude_dirs_add + +Additional directory path names to exclude from the backup. Use full path names +separated by spaces. Default: none. + ### [default_]compress Enable (1) or disable (0) compression. Default: 1 (on).