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[dss.git] / dss.ggo

diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo
index 38e8637c384b8aa61de4b29c43068294425f59d1..9587dd24c7b11a439b2c63335ba922361e1cf988 100644 (file)
--- a/dss.ggo
+++ b/dss.ggo
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
 
 package "dss"
-version "0.1.4"
+version "0.1.5"
 purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler
 
 dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote
@@ -439,3 +439,23 @@ details="
        becomes low. Use this flag if the file system containing the
        destination directory is used for snapshots only.
 "
+
+option "min-complete" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"Minimal number of complete snapshots to keep"
+int typestr = "num"
+default = "1"
+optional
+details = "
+       This option is only relevant if snapshots must be deleted
+       because disk space gets low.
+
+       dss refuses to remove old snapshots if there are fewer complete
+       snapshots left than the given number. The default value of one
+       guarantees that at least one complete snapshot is available
+       at all times.
+
+       If only <num> complete snapshot are left, and there is not
+       enough disk space available for another snapshot, the program
+       terminates with a \"No space left on device\" error.
+"