NAME
App::sibs - Simple incremental backup system
VERSION
0.13
DESCRIPTION
"sibs" create backup from your computer to a destination server, using
"rsync".
* Setup
First you need to "setup" sibs. The setup process will create a SSH
key which is uploaded to the "destination" server. The key is
created using "ssh-keygen" and uploaded using "ssh" and "perl".
In addition, this step will create or update a config file. The
default config file is ".sibs.conf" in $HOME, but you can also
specify your own path.
* Backup
The second step will create the actual backup. This step can be
automated in a cronjob, because the key created in the first step
will not require any password to log into the remote backup server.
Example crontab:
0 */4 * * * /usr/local/bin/sibs backup 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
This will create a backup every four hours. The backup will be
"full" each time and kept for a month. Even so, it probably won't
take up too much space, since all the files are hard linked, meaning
an unchanged file will take up the same disk space for each backup.
SYNOPSIS
$ sibs <action> <options> <config file>
$ sibs setup
$ sibs backup
* action: setup, backup, man
* options: --verbose, --silent
* config file: Path to "CONFIG FILE".
CONFIG FILE
The config file is in perl format, and read by perl. This means that any
perl code that exists in the file will be evaluated by perl. The return
value need to be a hash with the config. Example:
{
email => "your@email.com",
exclude => [qw( .cache .gvfs Downloads Dropbox Trash )],
source => [qw( /home/username )],
destination => "rsync://login-username@my.server.com/var/backup/username",
}
Defaults:
* exclude: .cache, .gvfs, Downloads, Dropbox, Trash
* source: $HOME
Default "exclude" may change in future release.
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.
AUTHOR
Jan Henning Thorsen - "jhthorsen@cpan.org"