X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dss.ggo;h=099df4cd163765da66e2ba7eb1dca26789af1ed4;hp=4ff2a6c93acf79fc25fcc4df9e73e050ad72ec39;hb=5c196687e13874271961dc293aafa2b3bb5f2f64;hpb=b0c424e83b666ec4bbd5c1566acc495d68c527e4 diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index 4ff2a6c..099df4c 100644 --- a/dss.ggo +++ b/dss.ggo @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING. package "dss" -version "0.0.5" +version "0.1.2" purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote @@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ string typestr="option" optional multiple details=" - These option may be given multiple times. The arguments passed - to that option are passed verbatim to the rsync command. + This option may be given multiple times. The given argument is + passed verbatim to the rsync command. Note that in order to use + rsync options that require an argument, you have to specify the + option and its argument as separate --rsync-options, like this: + + --rsync-option --exclude --rsync-option /proc " ################### @@ -273,6 +277,22 @@ details=" store them in a database for further analysis. " +option "exit-hook" e +#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +"Executed if run command exits" +string typestr="command" +optional +details=" + This hook is only used if the --run command was given which + instructs dss to run in an endless loop. The exit-hook gets + executed whenever this endless loop terminates. The reason + for terminating the loop is passed as the first argument. + + One possible application for this hook is to send email to the + system administrator to let her know that no more snapshots + are going to be created. +" + ############################### section "Disk space monitoring" ############################### @@ -334,8 +354,8 @@ details=" If this flag is not given dss removes redundant and outdated snapshots automatically. - Otherwise, this feature is deactivated so that snapshots - are only being removed in case disk space or inode ratio + Otherwise, this feature is deactivated so that snapshots are + only being removed in case disk space or number of free inodes becomes low. Use this flag if the file system containing the destination directory is used for snapshots only. "