From 26914abe62d760c5b91bc4c17558166fc3011c43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rawtaz Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:03:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note about scheduling to backup section Explains that restic doesn't have built-in scheduling and mentions a few keywords one can search for. --- doc/040_backup.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst index 850952f07..4ef95205c 100644 --- a/doc/040_backup.rst +++ b/doc/040_backup.rst @@ -483,6 +483,16 @@ The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots with the ``forget`` command. The command ``tag`` can be used to modify tags on an existing snapshot. +Scheduling backups +****************** + +Restic does not have a built-in way of scheduling backups, as it's a tool +that runs when executed rather than a daemon. There are plenty of different +ways to schedule backup runs on various different platforms, e.g. systemd +and cron on Linux/BSD and Task Scheduler in Windows, depending on one's +needs and requirements. When scheduling restic to run recurringly, please +make sure to detect already running instances before starting the backup. + Space requirements ******************