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).