X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dss.ggo;h=b5eeec91ac89e32ed3ee3550fc50bad74737b345;hp=bca3fff2d5764a2f934e9d842c2ea9142052e3fa;hb=2be48c0ac582aca639003528eeae2250af42471b;hpb=9cae8db21f58ffa7dc5805dc564a7fe988c14c01 diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index bca3fff..b5eeec9 100644 --- a/dss.ggo +++ b/dss.ggo @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -# Copyright (C) 2008 Andre Noll +# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Andre Noll # # Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING. package "dss" -version "0.1.1" +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 +277,39 @@ details=" store them in a database for further analysis. " +option "pre-remove-hook" - +#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +"Executed before snapshot removal" +string typestr="command" +optional +details=" + Execute this command before removing a snapshot. The full + path to the snapshot about to be deleted is passed to the + command as the first argument. If the command returns with + a non-zero exit status, no snapshot is being removed and the + operation is retried later. + + For example, one might want to execute a script that checks + whether the snapshot to be deleted is currently used by + another process, e.g. by a tape-based backup system that runs + concurrently to dss. + + Another possible application of this is to record disk-usage + patterns before and after snapshot removal. +" + +option "post-remove-hook" - +#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +"Executed after snapshot removal" +string typestr="command" +optional +details=" + Execute this after a snapshot has successfully been removed. As + for the pre-remove hook, the full path of the removed snapshot + is passed to the hook as the first argument. The exit code + of this hook is ignored. +" + option "exit-hook" e #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Executed if run command exits"