# Usage

This section is reffering to the /etc/make_backup/make_backup.conf file.

# count_location

Select a file to count block device entries:

count_location="/var/test.txt"

This needs to be the full path to a file (e.g. /path/to/file.txt)

Set the maximum count of block device entries that triggers a backup:

bd_count="5"

This directive cannot be 0 and lower!

Set the main backuping directory:

parent_directory="/change/this/to/backups_dir"

This should be without the / at the end!

Add the files and directories you want to backup in between this lines:

> start items to backup <
/backup/this/file.txt
/backup/this/direcotory/
> end items to backup <

make sure that directories ends with / and files dont!

To control how many backups remain in the chosen backups directory first check if its enabled.

## remove old backups
# yes | no
rm_old_backups="yes"

and make sure its set to yes.

We can change the following directives to control how many backups remain in the chosen backups directory.

The amount of backups in the current month directory.

backup_in_c_month="14"

The amount of backups in past months.

backup_in_month="1"

The amount of months to leave in past year.

month_in_c_year="12"

The amount of months to leave in past year.

month_in_year="1"