From 897c4487decbe13e0a13d63fc0ce1f36ea78491f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:16:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add mention in documentation about multiple backup scheduling needs (#511). --- docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups.md | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups.md b/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups.md index f756b52..baa97de 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups.md +++ b/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups.md @@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ perform any merging of configuration files by default. If you'd like borgmatic to merge your configuration files, see below about configuration includes. Additionally, the `~/.config/borgmatic.d/` directory works the same way as -`/etc/borgmatic.d`. If you need even more customizability, you can specify -alternate configuration paths on the command-line with borgmatic's `--config` -flag. See `borgmatic --help` for more information. +`/etc/borgmatic.d`. +If you need even more customizability, you can specify alternate configuration +paths on the command-line with borgmatic's `--config` flag. (See `borgmatic +--help` for more information.) For instance, if you want to schedule your +various borgmatic backups to run at different times, you'll need multiple +entries in your [scheduling software of +choice](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#autopilot), +each entry using borgmatic's `--config` flag instead of relying on +`/etc/borgmatic.d`. ## Configuration includes