X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dss.ggo;h=1772b99da180cfa4029c258768cd4015dac88ca8;hp=8037373321acbde3327966e9fe997a749b5c01f8;hb=d184cc0fa0368ca089b1ae6f2162ccfc224bf28c;hpb=c6c724ea61eb12710954d8e2043ca56b54f3e334 diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index 8037373..1772b99 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 @@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ groupoption "run" R group="command" details=" This is the main mode of operation. Snapshots will be created - as needed and pruned automatically. + in an endless loop as needed and pruned automatically. The loop + only terminates on fatal errors or if a terminating signal was + received. See also the --exit-hook option. " ############################### @@ -271,6 +273,22 @@ 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" ############################### @@ -332,8 +350,8 @@ details=" If this flag is not given dss removes redundant and outdated snapshots automatically.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. "