NAME

Backup::EZ - Simple backups based on rsync

VERSION

Version 0.40

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".

AUTHOR

John Gravatt, <john at gravatt.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-backup-ez at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Backup-EZ. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Backup::EZ

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2014 John Gravatt.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

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