Joe, Your desires are orders :-)
... a proper (small) man page http://dragoman.org/tym Regards Tomas On 26 Jul 2012, at 21:42, jose...@main.nc.us wrote: > No good deed goes unpunished ;) > > Very nicely coded script, but it's a bit dense. I'm good at bash and can > survive in rsync, but could you provide a description of what it actually > does so I don't have to spend a long time analysing the code? > > Does it keep multiple versions like the name implies? > > Will it survive directory names with embedded blanks (in the parameters)? > At first glance, this looks like a problem, but I may have missed > something. > > Why trap so many signals? If something goes wrong, do I have to kill -9 > to stop it? > Does one of those keep it running when you logoff? I don't see a nohup in > the script. > > I've seen some methods that use hard links to make subsequent backups > smaller. I haven't quite figured out how that works, but it doesn't look > like you use it. > > What does your script do if the destination runs out of space or isn't > mounted? > > TIA > Joe > >> http://dragoman.org/tym >> >> Regards >> Tomas >> -- >> Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. >> To unsubscribe or change options: >> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync >> Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> > > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html