Update of /cvsroot/bobs/bobs/man
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Modified Files:
Makefile.in bobs.1
Log Message:
Start cmdloop from /etc/init.d/cmdloopd instead of using check_loop in /etc/crontab.
Index: Makefile.in
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RCS file: /cvsroot/bobs/bobs/man/Makefile.in,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -d -r1.2 -r1.3
--- Makefile.in 24 Apr 2003 06:16:00 -0000 1.2
+++ Makefile.in 28 Mar 2004 22:33:23 -0000 1.3
@@ -75,14 +75,16 @@
install_sh = @install_sh@
myBOBSDATA = @myBOBSDATA@
myCRONDIR = @myCRONDIR@
-myCRONTABDIR = @myCRONTABDIR@
myHTTPDUSER = @myHTTPDUSER@
+myLOGDIR = @myLOGDIR@
myMANDIR = @myMANDIR@
myPASS = @myPASS@
+mySYSCONFDIR = @mySYSCONFDIR@
myWEBDIR = @myWEBDIR@
myrealBOBSDATA = @myrealBOBSDATA@
myrealCRONDIR = @myrealCRONDIR@
-myrealCRONTABDIR = @myrealCRONTABDIR@
+myrealLOGDIR = @myrealLOGDIR@
+myrealSYSCONFDIR = @myrealSYSCONFDIR@
myrealWEBDIR = @myrealWEBDIR@
man1_MANS = bobs.1
Index: bobs.1
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RCS file: /cvsroot/bobs/bobs/man/bobs.1,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -d -r1.1 -r1.2
--- bobs.1 20 Apr 2003 08:02:57 -0000 1.1
+++ bobs.1 28 Mar 2004 22:33:23 -0000 1.2
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
is a backup system that uses hard disks as backup media.
Files are fetched from other computers and stored in
directories on the computer where bobs is installed.
+The low cost of large disk drives often makes this solution
+less costly than expensive tapes or other backup media.
.B bobs
is accessed through a couple of web interfaces. The
@@ -43,16 +45,16 @@
.RE
.SH FILES
-.I /etc/crontab
+.I /etc/init.d/cmdloopd
.RS
A
-.I check_loop
+.I cmdloopd
script is installed that makes sure the
.I cmdloop
script is running in the background.
.I cmdloop
-interacts with the web interface to display the
-status of files being restored.
+is like a daemon that runs the bobs commands
+in the background.
.RE
.I /etc/cron.daily/backup.php
.RS
@@ -65,6 +67,19 @@
.I /var/bobsdata
.RS
Default destination of the backed up files.
+.RE
+.I /var/log/bobs.log
+.RS
+Output from
+.I cmdloop
+is written to
+.I /var/log/bobs.log.
+This is useful to look for errors
+from cmdloop. For some types of backups the list of files
+backed up are written to
+.I /var/log/bobs.log.
+.RE
+
.SH BUGS
The user restore interface will not work until at least one backup
has been sussessfully completed.
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