From 0ff8f4b1fe02af09e36680844619323bebeb067b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Noll Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:00:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] dss.ggo: Reorder options and help text. --- dss.ggo | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index 88459cd..9af79d7 100644 --- a/dss.ggo +++ b/dss.ggo @@ -3,32 +3,6 @@ package "dss" version "0.0.1" purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler" -text " -dss snapshot aging is implemented in terms of intervals. There are -two command line options related to intervals: the duration of a -'unit' interval and the number of those intervals. - -dss removes any snapshots older than the given number of intervals -times the duration of an unit interval and tries to keep the following -amount of snapshots per interval: - - interval number number of snapshots - =============================================== - 0 2 ^ (num_intervals - 1) - 1 2 ^ (num_intervals - 2) - 2 2 ^ (num_intervals - 3) - ... - num_intervals - 2 2 - num_intervals - 1 1 - num_intervals 0 - -In other words, the oldest snapshot will at most be unit_interval * -num_intervala old (= 5 days * 4 = 20 days if default values are used). -Moreover, there are at most 2^num_intervals - 1 snapshots in total -(i.e. 31 by default). Observe that you have to create at least -num_intervals snapshots each interval for this to work out. " - - option "config_file" c #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -49,7 +23,17 @@ option "loglevel" l default="4" optional +option "logfile" - +#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +"logfile for the dss daemon process" + + string typestr="filename" + optional + + defgroup "command" +#================= groupdesc=" dss supports a couple of commands each of which corresponds to a different command line option. Exactly one of these options must be given. @@ -94,14 +78,6 @@ details=" as needed and pruned automatically. " -option "logfile" - -#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -"logfile for the dss daemon process" - - string typestr="filename" - optional - section "rsync-related options" #============================== @@ -161,6 +137,30 @@ option "exclude_patterns" e section "Intervals" #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +text " +dss snapshot aging is implemented in terms of intervals. There are +two command line options related to intervals: the duration of a +'unit' interval and the number of those unit intervals. + +dss removes any snapshots older than the given number of intervals +times the duration of an unit interval and tries to keep the following +number of snapshots per interval: + + interval number number of snapshots + =============================================== + 0 2 ^ (num_intervals - 1) + 1 2 ^ (num_intervals - 2) + 2 2 ^ (num_intervals - 3) + ... + num_intervals - 2 2 + num_intervals - 1 1 + num_intervals 0 + +In other words, the oldest snapshot will at most be unit_interval * +num_intervala old (= 5 days * 4 = 20 days if default values are used). +Moreover, there are at most 2^num_intervals - 1 snapshots in total +(i.e. 31 by default). Observe that you have to create at least +num_intervals snapshots each interval for this to work out. " option "unit_interval" u #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.39.2