NAME

Backup::EZ - Simple backups based on rsync

VERSION

version 0.46

SYNOPSIS

use Backup::EZ;

my $ez = Backup::EZ->new;
$ez->backup;

DESCRIPTION

Backup::EZ is backup software that is designed to be as easy to use as possible, yet provide a robust solution

If you only want to run backups, see the included command line utility "ezbackup". See the README for configuration instructions.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

optional args: conf => $config_file dryrun => $bool, exclude_file => $rsync_excl_file

get_conf_dirs

Returns a list Backup::EZ::Dir objects as read from the conf file.

dump_conf

Does what it says.

backup

Invokes the backup process. Takes no args.

expire

Expire backups. Gets a list of current backups and removes old ones that are beyond the cutoff (see "copies" in the conf file).

get_backup_host

Returns the backup_host name.

get_dest_dir

Returns the dest_dir.

get_list_of_backups

Returns an array of backups. They are in the format of "YYYY-MM-DD_HH:MM:SS".