Reorganize config for rolling backup strat

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/squashfu.conf b/squashfu.conf
index 5cc77f4..6f5eb4e 100644
--- a/squashfu.conf
+++ b/squashfu.conf
@@ -13,10 +13,29 @@ COLOR=true
 # by the actual backup (and inside this root).
 BKUP_ROOT="/mnt/Gluttony/squashup"
 
+# Location of the 
+BINS_DIR="${BKUP_ROOT}/bins"
+
+# Cheezy name, important file. This is a catalog of your incrementals.
+# Bad things will happen if this file is corrupted or lost.
+BINVENTORY="${BKUP_ROOT}/bin.list"
+
 # Filename for the seed generated. You shouldn't need
 # to change this
 SEED="${BKUP_ROOT}/$HOSTNAME-seed.sfs"
 
+# The minimum number of incrementals Squashfu will maintain. In other
+# words, if you set this to 10, you will always be able to roll back
+# 10 backups.
+MIN_BINS=3
+
+# The maximum number of incremenetals Squashfu will maintain. When this
+# number is reached, Squashfu will automatically merge the oldest
+# incrementals until the MIN_BINS is reached. If you set your min and
+# max to be the same value, Squashfu will recompress after every backup.
+# Depending on how big your total backup size is, this may not be wise.
+MAX_BINS=10
+
 # This is an optional offset for determining what bin is used
 # for a nightly backup. If you run your backups in the early
 # morning for the previous day's work, you'll want to set this
@@ -31,26 +50,6 @@ MODIFIER=0
 # not be created properly. See 'man rsync' for more info.
 RSYNC_OPTS=("-Rua" "--delete" "--stats")
 
-# This option determines whether the previous week's seed
-# and bins are kept when creating a fresh seed for the next
-# week. If this value is anything besides 1, the seed and bins
-# will be discarded. If you have room for a second seed,
-# keep this enabled until you are sure everything is working
-# correctly.
-KEEP_LAST_WEEK=true
-
-# Set this to the day of the week you want a resquash to occur.
-# Days are numbered according to the output of 'date +%u' -- 1
-# through 7, with 1 being Monday, 7 being Sunday. This setting 
-# will not honor the MODIFIER setting above. 
-#
-# WARNING: If this number is out of bounds or this day is missed, 
-# you MUST request the resquash manually (see help for how to do this).
-# This is again compared to the output of 'date +%u' but does NOT take 
-# into account the MODIFIER above.
-RESQUASH_DAY=7
-
-
 # The following defines what will and won't be backed up. The format 
 # is that of a heredoc. Multiple include and exclude heredocs are NOT
 # supported, although this config can be overridden in a separate config