Re: [qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-12-09 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 05:26:54AM +0100, tetrahedra via qubes-users wrote: I've created a script and user-mode anacrontab to automatically remind the user if it's been more than N days since the last backup. Are the qubes-community-docs the best place to document this, or is there a better

Re: [qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-11-25 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 04:12:25AM +0100, tetrahedra via qubes-users wrote: The built-in Qubes backup functionality is great but it's very easy to forget to run a backup and end up going days (or weeks, or months...) without it. MacOS has a handy feature where it will remind you if it has been

Re: [qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-11-22 Thread Steve Coleman
On 2019-11-22 04:41, Bernhard wrote: > However, I am stuck on how to determine how many days it has actually been since the last backup. >>> >>> What you are looking for is this command: >>> >>> qvm-prefs --get $vm backup_timestamp > > Nice. In case of a "manual backup", can you also set the

Re: [qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-11-22 Thread Bernhard
However, I am stuck on how to determine how many days it has actually been since the last backup. What you are looking for is this command: qvm-prefs --get $vm backup_timestamp Nice. In case of a "manual backup", can you also set the variable that way? Like qvm-prefs --set $vm

Re: [qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-11-21 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:04:59AM -0500, Steve Coleman wrote: However, I am stuck on how to determine how many days it has actually been since the last backup. What you are looking for is this command: qvm-prefs --get $vm backup_timestamp Perfect, thank you! -- You received this message

Re: [qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-11-21 Thread Steve Coleman
On 2019-11-20 22:12, tetrahedra via qubes-users wrote: > The built-in Qubes backup functionality is great but it's very easy to > forget to run a backup and end up going days (or weeks, or months...) > without it. > > However, I am stuck on how to determine how many days it has actually > been

[qubes-users] Days since last backup

2019-11-20 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
The built-in Qubes backup functionality is great but it's very easy to forget to run a backup and end up going days (or weeks, or months...) without it. MacOS has a handy feature where it will remind you if it has been more than 10 days since your last backup. This would be great to have in