################################################################################# # RCS-DESC DUMP.CYCLES FILE # RCS-DESC # RCS-DESC This is the file 'dump.cycles'. It defines what to backup, and is # RCS-DESC the entry point into the configuration tables. # $Id: dump.cycles,v 1.2 1993/10/13 20:39:54 alexis Exp $ ################################################################################# # # A record may span more than one line providing it is terminated with a # backslash. Comments are anything after a hash sign. Blank lines are # ignored. Fields consisting of more than one word must be enclosed in # double quotes. # # # The fields are: # entry-tag used as a parameter to dump indicate which backup to do, # e.g. root, "my home", wholedisk1, "whole disk 1" # source-device source device or directory depending on how the # backup method will interpret it. normally this should # be the directory to backup. e.g. /home, /usr/local # text-id text string used in displaying information about the # current backup. currently not used. # e.g. "The Root Filesystem" # method-tag pointer to dump.methods file indicating what backup # method to use. e.g. cpio, "my method 1" # destination-device destination device, directory or file depending on how # the backup method will interpret it. normally this # should be the device to backup to e.g. /dev/tape, # /dev/fd0 # verification-flag set to 'y' is verification is required. # release-count after how many newer backups should this media be reused # 1 means that a disk/tape may be used at the next backup # that will include the same data, 2 means that at the # second backup that includes this same data. Note that # the special value 0 means to release only when no other # disks are available. currently not used. expected in # version 0.20t # backup-cycle defines the levels of backups to be made. backup level # 0 is defined as a total backup. other backup levels # as defined as all the files that have changes since the # last backup with a lower backup level number. A dash # indicates that no backup should be made this time. # e.g. 0 -, 0 3 2 3 1 3 2 3, 0 1 2 3 4 5 # root / "Root fs" cpiol /dev/fd0 y 1 1 2 local /usr/local "local fs" cpiol /dev/fd0 y 1 0 1 2 3 homes /home "home fs" cpiol /dev/fd0 y 1 0 - # # Below are entries used in development and testing. # test.sinix /home/alexis/pers/dev "t" script1 /tmp/x y 1 0 1 2 test.linux /home/alexis/dev "t" script1 /tmp/x y 1 0 1 2