archive

Archives files organized by type and date

Usage

archive dst

Notes

• Check Makefile for installation
• Check SCRIPT_PATH=archive path for paths
• Android device usually required ARCHIVE_TIME set to no

Options

Environment variables can be defined to modify behaviour

• script library: See documentation for options
• ARCHIVE_DRY: Simulate a archive without actually writing
• ARCHIVE_KEEP: Keep archived files, instead of removing them
• ARCHIVE_TIME: Skip files newer than TIME days
• ARCHIVE_STAT: Which stat specifier to use when sorting
• ARCHIVE_TYPES: Which MIME base type files to include
• ARCHIVE_RSH: Alternative remote shell program with arguments
• ARCHIVE_HOST: Hostname of the remote archive destination
• ARCHIVE_ATIME: Modify access time when processing files
• ARCHIVE_ARGS: Additional arguments for rsync

Configuration

• /src/path/ one per line
• Lines beginning with # or empty are ignored

Per-directory

• .archive-filter with rsync filter directives

Dependencies

Executables must be available in PATH

• script library
• file
• rsync
• rsync-escape