ccollect(1)

1. NAME

ccollect - (pseudo) incremental backup with different exclude lists using hardlinks and rsync

2. SYNOPSIS

ccollect.sh [args] <interval name> <sources to backup>

3. DESCRIPTION

ccollect is a backup utility written in the sh-scripting language. It does not depend on a specific shell, only /bin/sh needs to be bourne shell compatibel (like dash, ksh, zsh, bash, …).

For more information refer to the manual titled "ccollect - Installing, Configuring and Using" (available as text (asciidoc), texinfo or html).

4. OPTIONS

-a, --all: Backup all sources specified in /etc/ccollect/sources
-e, --errors: Log only errors
-h, --help: Show the help screen
-j [max], --jobs [max]: Specifies the number of jobs to run simultaneously. If max is not specified then parallelise all jobs.
-l FILE, --logfile FILE: Log to specified file
-p, --parallel: Parallelise backup processes (deprecated from 2.0)
-s, --syslog: Log to syslog with tag ccollect
-V, --version: Show version and exit
-v, --verbose: Be very verbose (uses set -x)

5. LOGGING MECHANISM

ccollect logging depends on running in non-interactive/interactive mode and on specified optins. The mechanism behaves as the following:

non-interactive mode

standard output goes to syslog
optional: specify logging into file
log all output by default
optional: log only errors

interactive mode

standard output goes to stdout
log only errors
optional: log into syslog or file
- log all output by default
- optional: log only errors

6. SEE ALSO

ccollect_add_source(1), ccollect_analyse_logs(1), ccollect_logwrapper(1) ccollect_delete_source(1), ccollect_list_intervals(1)

7. AUTHOR

Nico Schottelius <nico-ccollect--@--schottelius.org>

8. RESOURCES

Main web site: http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/ccollect/