From 4059c5e12e671cef6553f4bc3a134a5c570fdf5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 17:47:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] New config option "ping"

Default ist "1", ping the remote host to check if it is alive.
Set to "0" to always force rsync(1) to start.
---
 bin/backup-script | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/backup-script b/bin/backup-script
index 21685f8..d1164a0 100755
--- a/bin/backup-script
+++ b/bin/backup-script
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ for f in $sys; do
 	ssh_args_add=""
 	rsync_args_add=""
 	compress=1
+	ping=1
 	local=0
 
 	case "$system" in
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ for f in $sys; do
 	target="$target/$system"
 	mkdir -p "$target"
 
-	if [ "$local" -eq 0 ]; then
+	if [ "$local" -eq 0 -a "$ping" -ne 0 ]; then
 		# Check if system is alive
 		ping -c 1 "$system" >/dev/null 2>&1
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-- 
2.39.2