Rsnapshot v1.3.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2008-08-31 // over 15 years ago
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix help message mixup in lines between -c and -t.
    • โž• Add more specific error messages for not currently implemented potential per backup point options, like cmd_preexec.
    • ๐Ÿ‘ Allow named pipe as logfile - suggested by Patrice Levesque.
    • Include rsnapshot-copy script written by Matt McCutchen.
    • ๐Ÿ‘ Allow backticks in include_conf.
    • ๐Ÿ”€ Apply fix-sync_first-rollback.diff patch from Matt McCutchen (02 Apr 2008).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix bug with link_dest not being used on second and later backups when you have link_dest 1 and sync_first 1. (Ignore $sync_dir_was_present)
    • Patch from Adam Greenbaum to allow passing of ssh arguments correctly.
    • David Grant added rsync_numtries to rsnapshot.conf.
    • ๐Ÿง Applied Ben Low's Linux LVM patch.
    • Added stop_on_stale_lockfile, thanks to Henning Moll.
    • ๐Ÿ’ป Michael Ashley's fix for filter/space problems on the rsync command line.
    • โœ‚ Remove trailing whitespace from command names in rsnapshot.conf.
    • Warn about extra spaces between tab and argument.
    • โž• Added multi-line config options, thanks to Dieter Bloms.
    • The 'interval' config option is now called 'retain'.
    • chdir to avoid an obscure bug in some versions of GNU rm.
    • Changed use_lazy_deletes option to use _delete.$$ directories.
    • Added note about -H and hard links to docs for rsync_short_args.
    • Include rsnapshot-diff.1 in rpm.
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix bug with rsnapshot sync the first time (when .sync does not exist) trying to copy hourly.0 to .sync, even if hourly.0 doesn't exist. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413439