debian man page for backup-takedown

BACKUP-TAKEDOWN(1)						   Chiark-backup						BACKUP-TAKEDOWN(1)

NAME
       backup-takedown - Bring some system services down for backups

SYNOPSIS
       backup-takedown [freq]

DESCRIPTION
       `backup-takedown'  is for running a reduced level of system services during backups. To use this command you need to configure init by set-
       ting up runlevel 5 to provide the level of services you want, and to run backup-driver automatically on entering runlevel 5.

OPTIONS
       freq   `freq' may be `now', `soon' or nothing depending on the number of warning messages desired - these correspond to warnings.* files.

FILES
       /etc/chiark-backup/warnings.*
	      Files specifying what number and frequency of warnings will be produced.

       /etc/chiark-backup/settings.pl
	      Configuration file for the whole of chiark-backup

AUTHOR
       This Manual page was written by Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> but may be used by anyone.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
       Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

Debian								     July 2003							BACKUP-TAKEDOWN(1)