Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: ohsnap
Version: 0.1.0a-20120508
Summary: A tarsnap backup manager
Home-page: http://packages.python.org/ohsnap
Author: Shawn Siefkas
Author-email: shawn@siefk.as
License: BSD
Description: README
        ======
        
        This package contains a `pyCLI`_ application that manages `tarsnap`_ backups and
        retention policies.
        
        .. _pyCLI: http://packages.python.org/pyCLI/
        .. _tarsnap: http://www.tarsnap.com/
        
        
        The ``ohsnap`` command
        ----------------------
        
        ``ohsnap`` will allow a user to create backups with retention policies.
        
        Usage
        -----
        
        Basic usage info is display when running ``ohsnap`` with no arguments.
        
         $ ohsnap
         
         usage: ohsnap [-b BINARY] {backup,list,purge}
         ohsnap: error: too few arguments
        
        Combining ``-h`` or ``--help`` with any subcommand will provide more detailed
        info.
        
         $ ohsnap -h backup
        
         usage: backup [-h] [-l LOGFILE] [-q] [-s] [-v] [-C CWD] [-n NAME]
                      [-r RETENTION]
                      [path [path ...]]
        
         positional arguments:
          path                  paths to backup
        
         optional arguments:
          -h, --help            show this help message and exit
          -l LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE
                                log to file (default: log to stdout)
          -q, --quiet           decrease the verbosity
          -s, --silent          only log warnings
          -v, --verbose         raise the verbosity
          -C CWD, --cwd CWD     directory to run the backup from
          -n NAME, --name NAME  archive name
          -r RETENTION, --retention RETENTION
                                integer and time identifier e.g. 1h, 3d, 6y
        
        Example
        -------
        
        To backup the spam and eggs directories with 1 day retention:
        
         $ ohsnap backup --retention 1d --name spam-eggs spam eggs
        
        To list existing archives created by the ohsnap manager:
        
         $ ohsnap list
        
        To purge archives that have outlived their retention policy:
        
         $ ohsnap purge
        
Keywords: backup tarsnap
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
