NAME
       rsbackup.cron - cron script for rsbackup

SYNOPSIS
       rsbackup.cron [OPTIONS] FREQUENCY

DESCRIPTION
       rsbackup.cron  is  invoked  from cron to run automated backups, pruning
       and reporting.

       FREQUENCY must be one of hourly, daily, weekly or monthly,  correspond-
       ing to the frequency it is invoked at.

OPTIONS
       --dry-run, -n
              Passes the --dry-run option to rsbackup.

       --verbose, -v
              Displays the rsbackup command before executing it.

       --help, -h
              Displays a usage message and terminates.

       --version, -V
              Display version string.

CONFIGURATION
       Configuration  is  read  from  /etc/rsbackup/defaults.  This is a shell
       script fragment and it should define the following variables:

       backup Defines the frequency to attempt backups, i.e. to  run  rsbackup
              --backup.  The default is hourly.

              Use backup policies for full control over the actual backup fre-
              quency.

       report Defines  the  frequency to send an email report.  The default is
              daily.

       email  Defines the destination address for the email report.

       prune  Defines the frequency of pruning old backups.   The  default  is
              daily.

       prune_incomplete
              Defines  the  frequency  of pruning incomplete backups.  The de-
              fault is dweekly.

   Frequencies
       The possible frequences are hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.

   Example
           #
           # Set backup=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
           # backup attempts. (Use backup policies for fine-grained control over
           # when backups happen.)
           #
           backup=hourly

           #
           # Set report=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly to control frequency of
           # email reports.  (Hourly is probably a bit much!)  Only effective
           # if email is not "".
           #
           report=daily

           #
           # Set email=ADDRESS to have the report emailed to that address.
           #
           email=root

           #
           # Set prune=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|never to control frequency of
           # automated pruning of old backups
           #
           prune=daily

           #
           # Set prune_incomplete=hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|never to control
           # frequency of automated pruning of incomplete backups
           #
           prune_incomplete=weekly

           #
           # Prefix to the rsbackup command
           # Use 'nice' and/or 'ionice' here.  Remember to quote correctly.
           #
           nicely=

SEE ALSO
       rsbackup(1), rsbackup-mount(1), rsbackup(5).

AUTHOR
       Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>