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diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo
index 8f1ec5cf8d3ce50194a81f569b8195eb6562a618..9587dd24c7b11a439b2c63335ba922361e1cf988 100644 (file)
--- a/dss.ggo
+++ b/dss.ggo
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 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 "0.1.3"
+version "0.1.5"
 purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler
 
 dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote
@@ -145,6 +145,25 @@ details="
        received. See also the --exit-hook option.
 "
 
+groupoption "kill" K
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"Kill a running dss process"
+group="command"
+details="
+       This sends SIGTERM to the dss process that corresponds to the
+       given config file. If --dry-run is given, the PID of the dss
+       process is written to stdout, but no signal is sent.
+"
+
+groupoption "reload" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"force a running dss process to reload its config file"
+group="command"
+details="
+       This differs from --kill only in that SIGHUP rather than SIGTERM
+       is sent to the dss process.
+"
+
 ###############################
 section "Rsync-related options"
 ###############################
@@ -269,7 +288,7 @@ option "pre-create-hook" r
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Executed before snapshot creation"
 string typestr="command"
-default = "/bin/true"
+default = "true"
 optional
 details="
        Execute this command before trying to create a new snapshot.
@@ -288,7 +307,7 @@ option "post-create-hook" o
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Executed after snapshot creation"
 string typestr="command"
-default = "/bin/true"
+default = "true"
 optional
 details="
        Execute this after a snapshot has successfully been
@@ -305,7 +324,7 @@ option "pre-remove-hook" -
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Executed before snapshot removal"
 string typestr="command"
-default = "/bin/true"
+default = "true"
 optional
 details="
        Execute this command before removing a snapshot. The full
@@ -327,7 +346,7 @@ option "post-remove-hook" -
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Executed after snapshot removal"
 string typestr="command"
-default = "/bin/true"
+default = "true"
 optional
 details="
        Execute this after a snapshot has successfully been removed. As
@@ -340,7 +359,7 @@ option "exit-hook" e
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Executed if run command exits"
 string typestr="command"
-default = "/bin/true"
+default = "true"
 optional
 details="
        This hook is only used if the --run command was given which
@@ -401,7 +420,8 @@ details="
        Note that not every file system supports the concept of inodes.
        Moreover it is not possible to reliably detect whether this is
        the case. Therefore this feature is disabled by default. It's
-       safe to enable it for ext3 file systems on linux though.
+       safe to enable it for ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems on linux
+       though.
 
        A value of zero (the default) deactivates this check.
 "
@@ -419,3 +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.
+"