From: Andre Noll Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:42:18 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Improve documentation of --keep-redundant. X-Git-Tag: v0.1.7~21 X-Git-Url: http://git.tue.mpg.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4a8f63a0c7bfc1f92bda9d9e882d0f00cc50e79b;p=dss.git Improve documentation of --keep-redundant. The help text for --keep-redundant was rather convoluted. This commit shortens the text with no essential semantic change. The patch also removes the sentence that encourages to specify this option if the destination directory is only used for snapshots. After all, most file systems allow to create an insane number of files, so keeping snapshots around forever can result in a file system that can no longer be checked or repaired due to the excessive number of used inodes. --- diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index 8a3d304..5b78dda 100644 --- a/dss.ggo +++ b/dss.ggo @@ -454,13 +454,10 @@ option "keep-redundant" k "Prune by disk space only" flag off details=" - If this flag is not given dss removes redundant and outdated - snapshots automatically. - - Otherwise, this feature is deactivated so that snapshots are - only being removed in case disk space or number of free inodes - becomes low. Use this flag if the file system containing the - destination directory is used for snapshots only. + By default, redundant and outdated snapshots are removed automatically + to keep the number of snapshots in harmony with the configured + policy. If this flag is given, dss removes such snapshots only if + disk space or number of free inodes becomes low. " option "min-complete" -