[Dirvish] Inotify triggered backup

[Red Mop]

Anyone have any corrections for this?

On Tuesday 05 February 2008 03:44:41 pm Red Mop wrote:
> I'm working on an inotify triggered dirvish backup for computers that are
> not always on.  The idea is that a script runs either on boot or in a cron
> job on the client that creates a file on the server via ssh which then
> activates dirvish.  Once it's working, I'll post it for anyone to use.
>
> I have alot of it figured out, though I do have some dirvish querstions.
>
> I don't want to run an expire on a group of images until they are backed
> up.  Thus, I came up with this:
>
> 	dirvish-expire --vault vault
> 	dirvish --config file --vault vault
>
> I just need to know what needs to be in the config file, at minimum.  I
> believe it needs to be a combination of master.conf and the individual
> vault default.conf file.  I believe the following will do what I need.  Can
> anyone confirm this for me?
>
> bank:
>         /home/dirvish/personal
>
> image-default: %Y-%m-%d
> client: yertle
> tree: /home
> xdev: 1
> exclude:
>         lost+found/
>         proc/
>         core
>         **/cache/**
>         **/Cache/**
>         **/.cache/**
>         **/.Cache/**
>
> expire-default: never
> expire-rule:
> #MIN    HR      DOM     MON     DOW     EXPIRE
>  *      *       *       *       *       +4 weeks
>  *      *       *       *       1       +6 months
>  *      *       1       *       *       +7 year
>  *      *       1       1       *       never
>
> log: bzip2
> index: bzip2
> pre-server: /usr/local/sbin/dirvish-pre
> post-server: /usr/local/sbin/dirvish-post