backupninja/man/backupninja.conf.5

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.TH BACKUPNINJA.CONF 5 "October 10, 2005" "riseup" "backupninja package"
.SH NAME 
BACKUPNINJA.CONF \- Configuration file(s) for \fBbackupninja (1)\fP.

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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "/etc/backupninja.conf "
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B backupninja.conf
is the general configuration file. In this file you can set the log level and change the default directory locations.  You can force a different general configuration file with "backupninja -f /path/to/conf".

.SH OPTIONS

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.B loglevel
How verbose to make the logs. 
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5 = Debugging messages
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4 = Informational messages
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3 = Warnings
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2 = Errors
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1 = Fatal errors 

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.B reportemail
Send a summary of the backup status to this email address

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.B reportsuccess
If set to 'yes', a report email will be generated even if all modules reported success.

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.B reportwarning
If set to 'yes', a report email will be generated even if there was no error.

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.B logfile
The path of the logfile.

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.B configdirectory
The directory where all the backup action configuration files live.

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.B scriptdirectory 
Where backupninja handler scripts are found

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.B usecolors
If set to 'yes', use colors in the log file and debug output.

.SH DEFAULTS

loglevel = 4
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reportemail = root
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reportsuccess = yes
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reportwarning = yes
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logfile = /var/log/backupninja.log
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configdirectory = /etc/backup.d
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scriptdirectory = /usr/share/backupninja
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usecolors = yes 

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR backupninja (1), 
.BR ninjahelper (1), 
.BR backup.d (5), 
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.SH AUTHOR
BACKUPNINJA was written by the riseup.net collective.