NAME 

rdup-snap-link, create a hard linked copy of a previous backup

SYNOPSIS 

rdup-snap-link DAYS BACKUPDIR NOW

DESCRIPTION 

rdup-snap-link creates a hard linked copy of a previous backup directory. If such a directory is created rdup-snap-link exists with 0. If a full dump should be performed a 1 is returned. If 2 is returned an error has occured. GNU cp is used for the actual creation of the copy. On non GNU operating systems you may need to install GNU cp.

This utility is called from rdup-simple.

FILES 

/etc/rdup/rdup-snapshot.gnu for the location of GNU cp and GNU date. This is probably only needed on non GNU/Linux systems. This file has the following format:
GNU_DATE=/path/to/gnu_date GNU_CP=/path/to/gnu_cp

For example:

GNU_DATE=/usr/local/bin/date GNU_CP=/usr/local/bin/cp

SEE ALSO 

rdup-backups(1) and rdup-simple(1).