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| author | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2003-09-09 18:02:01 +0000 |
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| committer | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2003-09-09 18:02:01 +0000 |
| commit | 940ad410b941c5d0e5a5c62f901900978af8963a (patch) | |
| tree | 209b60c8ac7b7f4c6f500122065a3ec9e9f40341 | |
| parent | bbc31802633f6df26391a3ab3991cef9e1eefefb (diff) | |
| download | rdiff-backup-940ad410b941c5d0e5a5c62f901900978af8963a.tar.gz | |
Added section on exit status
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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 07b892b..8fa7816 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -885,6 +885,15 @@ option. The log file is not compressed and can become quite large if rdiff-backup is run with high verbosity. +.SH EXIT STATUS + +If rdiff-backup finishes successfully, the exit status will be 0. If +there is an error, it will be non-zero (usually 1, but don't depend on +this specific value). When setting up rdiff-backup to run +automatically (as from +.BR cron (8) +or similar) it is probably a good idea to check the exit code. + .SH BUGS rdiff-backup uses the shell command .BR mknod (1) |