The typo in README was introduced two years ago in commit
05e75054
(README: Explain that there are no incremental backups) while the
one in INSTALL is more than five years old, see commit
a0b6810b (doc:
Add a second example config file).
rsync-option "--exclude-from=/etc/dss.exclude"
# don't cross filesystem boundaries
rsync-option "--one-file-system"
- # maintain 2^6 - 1 = 63 snaphots
+ # maintain 2^6 - 1 = 63 snapshots
num-intervals "6"
The /etc/dss.exclude file could look like this (see rsync(1) for
dss is also user-friendly because users can browse the snapshot
directories without admin intervention and see the contents of the file
-system at the various times a snapshot was taken. Each snaphot looks
+system at the various times a snapshot was taken. Each snapshot looks
like a full backup, so users can easily restore accidentally removed
files by using their favorite file browser to simply copy files from
the snapshot directory back to the live system.