.TH rsync-backup 8 "7 October 2012" rsync-backup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rsync-backup
-.RB [ \-v ]
+.RB [ \-nv ]
.RB [ \-c
.IR config-file ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B \-V
output).
.TP
+.B \-n
+Don't actually take a backup, or write proper logs: instead, write a
+description of what would be done to standard error.
+.TP
.B \-v
Produce verbose progress information on standard output while the backup
is running. This keeps one amused while running a backup
in this case.
This command clears the
.B like
-list.
+list, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
+policy defined prior to the first
+.B host
+command).
.TP
.BI "like " "host\fR ..."
Declare that subsequent filesystems are `similar' to like-named
Expiry considers each existing dump against the policy lines in order:
the last applicable line determines the dump's fate \(en so you should
probably write the lines in decreasing order of duration.
+.RS
+.PP
+Groups of
+.B retain
+commands between
+.B host
+and/or
+.B backup
+commands collectively define a retention policy. Once a policy is
+defined, subsequent
+.B backup
+operations use the policy. The first
+.B retain
+command after a
+.B host
+or
+.B backup
+command clears the policy and starts defining a new one. The policy
+defined before the first
+.B host
+is the
+.I default
+policy: at the start of each
+.B host
+stanza, the policy is reset to the default.
+.RE
.TP
.BI "retry " count
The