BACKUP-NICE

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NAME

backup-nice - run a backup command nicely

SYNOPSIS

	backup-nice		<COMMAND> [<ARG>]...
	backup-nice		<OPTION>...

DESCRIPTION

Run a backup command with idle I/O priority (whose impact on normal system activity should be zero), with an adjusted niceness (which affect process scheduling) and with minimized effect on file system cache provided that the commands ionice(1), nice(1) and nocache(1) are available.

OPTIONS

-h, --help[=<FORMAT>]

Show this help message and exit.

-V, --version

Show version information and exit.

OPERANDS

<COMMAND> [<ARG>]...

A backup command to be executed.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018 - 2022 Eero Häkkinen <Eero+rsync-backup@Häkkinen.fi>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

SEE ALSO

backup-help(1), backup-prepare(1), backup-rsync(1)

ionice(1), nice(1), nocache(1)
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