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| author | Laurent Cozic <laurent22@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-04-25 16:07:47 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-04-25 16:07:47 +0100 |
| commit | cffc330ff502a3f9014b893685a6f16f51d11bd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 927548f099ae28988c89e50ab5dc2f6b99e2a03f /README.md | |
| parent | 4b15ea8f7547daeb34092351d6d5b2743e05fe05 (diff) | |
Update README.md
Moved `flock` information under Example and shortened it
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@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ On OS X, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it 0 */1 * * * if [[ -d /mnt/backup ]]; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi +* The use `flock` is recommended so that only one instance of the script runs at a given time: + + flock -n /tmp/rsync_tmbackup.lock rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup + ## Exclude file An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compatible with the `--exclude-from` parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial](https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information. |
