Bowie Bailey wrote:> On 9/13/2015 10:58 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> >> I take it then that there is no CLI method >> of setting up and running BackupPC ? > > Sure there is. All of the configuration is stored in text config > files. There is a main config file for global options and each host has > a config file in it's own directory.Yes, it was pointed out to me that there are instructions in <http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html> in Step-7:-Talking-to-BackupPC. I note that these instructions end by advising the user not to follow them, but to set up the GUI method. Incidentally, I've been running BackupPC on my CentOS-7 server for about a week now, and I notice that no config file is created in /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/helen, where helen is the host-name. It seems the GUI method stores the config file somewhere else. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin
On 9/18/2015 8:39 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:> Bowie Bailey wrote: > >> On 9/13/2015 10:58 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> I take it then that there is no CLI method >>> of setting up and running BackupPC ? >> Sure there is. All of the configuration is stored in text config >> files. There is a main config file for global options and each host has >> a config file in it's own directory. > Yes, it was pointed out to me that there are instructions in > <http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html> > in Step-7:-Talking-to-BackupPC. > I note that these instructions end by advising the user not to follow them, > but to set up the GUI method. > > Incidentally, I've been running BackupPC on my CentOS-7 server > for about a week now, and I notice that no config file is created > in /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/helen, where helen is the host-name. > It seems the GUI method stores the config file somewhere else.The GUI config editor is just an alternative to hand editing. It uses the exact same files. Keep in mind that the config files are stored separately from the backups. On my system, the backups are under /data/BackupPC and the config files are under /etc/BackupPC. -- Bowie
Bowie Bailey wrote:> On 9/18/2015 8:39 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:>> Incidentally, I've been running BackupPC on my CentOS-7 server > The GUI config editor is just an alternative to hand editing. It uses > the exact same files. > > Keep in mind that the config files are stored separately from the > backups. On my system, the backups are under /data/BackupPC and the > config files are under /etc/BackupPC.You are quite right. The info about directories to backup is in the file /etc/BackupPC/pc/helen.pl . I had been looking for a file called config. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin