-# Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
#
# Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
package "dss"
-version "0.1.4"
+version "0.1.5"
purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler
dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote
becomes low. Use this flag if the file system containing the
destination directory is used for snapshots only.
"
+
+option "min-complete" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"Minimal number of complete snapshots to keep"
+int typestr = "num"
+default = "1"
+optional
+details = "
+ This option is only relevant if snapshots must be deleted
+ because disk space gets low.
+
+ dss refuses to remove old snapshots if there are fewer complete
+ snapshots left than the given number. The default value of one
+ guarantees that at least one complete snapshot is available
+ at all times.
+
+ If only <num> complete snapshot are left, and there is not
+ enough disk space available for another snapshot, the program
+ terminates with a \"No space left on device\" error.
+"