A filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync
Configuration file requires tabs between elements!Config file version
config_version 1.2
All snapshots will be stored under root directory defined by the script:
include_conf `/home/<<username>>/.config/rsnapshot/set_snapshot_root.sh`
If set to 1, rsnapshot won’t create snapshot_root directory
no_create_root 1
External program dependencies:
cmd_cp /usr/bin/cp
cmd_rm /usr/bin/rm
cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger
cmd_du /usr/bin/du
cmd_rsnapshot_diff /usr/bin/rsnapshot-diff
Backup levels: Must be unique and in ascending order e.g. alpha, beta, gamma, etc.
retain alpha 5
Show equivalent shell commands being executed
verbose 3
If you enable this, data will be written to the file you specify. The amount of data written is controlled by the “loglevel” parameter.
logfile /home/<<username>>/.rsnapshot.log
If enabled, rsnapshot will write a lockfile to prevent two instances
from running simultaneously (and messing up the snapshot_root).
If you enable this, make sure the lockfile directory is not world
writable. Otherwise anyone can prevent the program from running.
lockfile /home/<<username>>/.rsnapshot.pid
Following folders will be backed up:
backup /home/<<username>>/Documents/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/Projects/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.config/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.dotfiles/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.fillets-ng/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.gnupg/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.hedgewars/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.local/share/wesnoth/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.mail/ personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.mozilla/firefox/default personal-laptop/
backup /home/<<username>>/.password-store/ personal-laptop/
This script outputs location which will be used for the backup.
This is required when someone wants to backup to multiple locations.
printf "snapshot_root\t%s" "$RSNAPSHOT_ROOT"