diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst index d36986441..2e68527e2 100644 --- a/doc/040_backup.rst +++ b/doc/040_backup.rst @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ attributes have to match for its contents to be presumed unchanged: * Modification timestamp (mtime). * Metadata change timestamp (ctime). * File size. - * Inode number (internal number used to reference a file in a filesystem). + * inode number (internal number used to reference a file in a filesystem). The reason for requiring both mtime and ctime to match is that Unix programs can freely change mtime (and some do). In such cases, a ctime change may be @@ -482,13 +482,12 @@ want to save the access time for files and directories, you can pass the ``--with-atime`` option to the ``backup`` command. Note that ``restic`` does not back up some metadata associated with files. Of -particular note are:: - - - file creation date on Unix platforms - - inode flags on Unix platforms - - file ownership and ACLs on Windows - - the "hidden" flag on Windows +particular note are: + * File creation date on Unix platforms + * inode flags on Unix platforms + * File ownership and ACLs on Windows + * The "hidden" flag on Windows Reading data from a command *************************** @@ -514,7 +513,6 @@ Restic uses the command exit code to determine whether the command succeeded. A non-zero exit code from the command causes restic to cancel the backup. This causes restic to fail with exit code 1. No snapshot will be created in this case. - Reading data from stdin *********************** @@ -555,7 +553,6 @@ the pipe and act accordingly (e.g., remove the last backup). Refer to the `Use the Unofficial Bash Strict Mode `__ for more details on this. - Tags for backup *************** @@ -684,7 +681,6 @@ The external programs that restic may execute include ``rclone`` (for rclone backends) and ``ssh`` (for the SFTP backend). These may respond to further environment variables and configuration files; see their respective manuals. - Exit status codes *****************