X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dss.ggo;h=12871eaa9eabd78bb8006f2ca2b636b2c486dd92;hp=8a3d304d6fcef2c1c1e9bf41c2acfc539bd2824e;hb=c92370affe722f38a85a41d1b5524e4a102b8f4d;hpb=52b2ca93729d41dc41b811493c560d63637c9d9f diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index 8a3d304..12871ea 100644 --- a/dss.ggo +++ b/dss.ggo @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING. package "dss" -version "0.1.6" +version "0.1.7" purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote @@ -38,14 +38,12 @@ option "daemon" d #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Run as background daemon" flag off -dependon="logfile" details=" - Note that dss refuses to start in daemon mode if no logfile - was specified. This option is mostly useful in conjunction - with the -R option described below. + This option is mostly useful in conjunction with the -R option + described below. - Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as - background daemon by sending SIGHUP. + Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as background + daemon by sending SIGHUP. " option "dry-run" D @@ -77,10 +75,14 @@ option "logfile" - "Logfile for the dss daemon process" string typestr="filename" optional +default="/dev/null" details = " This option is only honored if both --run and --daemon are - given. Otherwise it is silently ignored and log output is - written to stderr. + given. Otherwise it is silently ignored and log output is written + to stderr. + + The default value means that nothing will be logged in daemon mode + unless this option is given. " ################## @@ -454,13 +456,10 @@ option "keep-redundant" k "Prune by disk space only" flag off details=" - If this flag is not given dss removes redundant and outdated - snapshots automatically.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 number of free inodes - becomes low. Use this flag if the file system containing the - destination directory is used for snapshots only. + By default, redundant and outdated snapshots are removed automatically + to keep the number of snapshots in harmony with the configured + policy. If this flag is given, dss removes such snapshots only if + disk space or number of free inodes becomes low. " option "min-complete" -