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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) |