From aa2943800f9c00823720af98da036813ebf5cd2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reinhard Tartler Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:01:45 +0100 Subject: initial commit --- contrib/cygwin/README.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contrib/cygwin/README.txt (limited to 'contrib/cygwin/README.txt') diff --git a/contrib/cygwin/README.txt b/contrib/cygwin/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..83f32fd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/cygwin/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + Making boxbackup run as a Windows Service + +For most installations (with the default locations for config files, +etc.) running the install-cygwin-service.pl script will complete the +installation painlessly, and you will have a running bbackupd after +completing the installation, and whenever you reboot. + +Simply run the script: + +perl install-cygwin-service.pl + +The service can be monitored in the Windows Service Manager. It is named +boxbackup. + +For non-standard configurations, there are command-line options to point +the script to the bbackupd.conf config file, and the bbackupd.exe +executable: + +perl install-cygwin-service.pl [-c ] [-e +] + + + Removing the Service + +If you decide not to run backups on a machine anymore, simply remove the +service by running: + +sh remove-cygwin-service.sh + + -- cgit v1.2.3