X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=8dd3846bb3cd8aa5c4264b84c2ef6756fed2f991;hp=2229586a16ea8fc52082e15d6a9a1fa4b44f0770;hb=c2510797579203c7fd6bef531f29726a56055298;hpb=0f61bf1dbb81ef81dbdb98149ca97740ef62c604 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 2229586..8dd3846 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ Type make -in the dss source directory to build the dss executable. You -likely need a recent version of gnu gengetopt, -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gengetopt/, to compile dss. +in the dss source directory to build the dss executable and copy it to +some directory that is included in your PATH, e.g. to $HOME/bin or to +/usr/local/bin. + +Note that you'll likely need a recent version of +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gengetopt/ (gnu gengetopt) to compile dss. dss is known to compile on Linux, MacOS, Solaris, FreeBSD and -NetBSD. However, it is run-tested on Linux only. +NetBSD. However, it is run-tested only on Linux. -Also make sure that rsync, http://rsync.samba.org/, is installed on +Also make sure that http://rsync.samba.org/ (rsync) is installed on your system. Version 2.6.1 or newer is required. Example: @@ -36,21 +39,21 @@ as follows: Then execute the commands mkdir /baz/qux - ./dss --run + dss --run In order to print the list of all snapshots created so far, use - ./dss --list + dss --list Yes, it's really that easy. Of course, dss supports many more features and config options such as taking snapshots from remote hosts and several hooks that are executed on certain events, for example whenever a snapshot was created successfully. Try - ./dss -h + dss -h for an overview of all supported command line options or - ./dss --detailed-help + dss --detailed-help for the full help text.