Backup::EZ(3)

NAME
Backup::EZ - Simple backups based on rsync

VERSION
Version 0.34

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:

•   RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Backup-EZ>

•   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

    <http://annocpan.org/dist/Backup-EZ>

•   CPAN Ratings

    <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Backup-EZ>

•   Search CPAN

    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Backup-EZ/>

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:

<http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0>

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