#930 Issue closed: Missing information about RSYNC using in man page

Labels: enhancement, documentation, fixed / solved / done

tcerna opened issue at 2016-07-18 13:10:

  • rear version (/usr/sbin/rear -V):
    rear-1.17.2
  • OS version (cat /etc/rear/os.conf or lsb_release -a):
    RHEL-7.2 Server
  • rear configuration files (cat /etc/rear/site.conf or cat /etc/rear/local.conf):
# cat /etc/rear/local.conf 
OUTPUT=ISO
OUTPUT_URL="rsync://$IP_ADDRESS/mnt/rear"
BACKUP=RSYNC

  • Brief description of the issue:

    In manual page is written that BACKUP_URL is necessary to specified when using BACKUP=NETFS, not for BACKUP=RSYNC. Copy&paste from man page:

When using BACKUP=NETFS you should provide the backup target location through the BACKUP_URL variable. Possible BACKUP_URL settings are:

But when I run rear -v mkbackup, error message is appeared:

ERROR: Missing BACKUP_URL=rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT][::]/PATH !
Aborting due to an error, check /var/log/rear/rear-rearclient.log for details
Terminated
  • Current result:
# rear -v mkbackup
Relax-and-Recover 1.17.2 / Git
Using log file: /var/log/rear/rear-rearclient.log
ERROR: Missing BACKUP_URL=rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT][::]/PATH !
Aborting due to an error, check /var/log/rear/rear-rearclient.log for details
Terminated

  • Expected result:

    There should be information about this necessity in man page and documentation.

gdha commented at 2016-08-05 20:41:

Man page and default.conf were already updated. Still need to check the user docs. Seems doc/user-guide/03-configuration.adoc need some updates as well

jsmeix commented at 2016-10-04 08:12:

I close it because it is fixed.

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