On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:11, Johan Walles <johan.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> reopen 523923 > thanks > > 2010/1/7 Guillaume Delacour <g...@iroqwa.org>: > > Hello, > > > > the rsnapshot package already have a cron script > > (/etc/cron.d/rsnapshot), you only have to uncomment the lines to > > activate the jobs. > > That script is broken on systems like desktops that aren't up all the > time. The daily, weekly and monthly snapshots are all taken at night, > so if you have your system on during the day only you won't get > anything but daily snapshots. > > My script works fine regardless of whether or not the system is constantly > up. > Johan's script has been very useful to me. I've been using it for months with no issues to report. If you're not satisfied with the added dependency, please consider at least its functionality. Maybe you could get by with suggesting Ruby instead of having a strong dependency, given that the user has to take an explicit action to activate the jobs, as you said.
