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author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2016-02-12 13:51:50 +0200 |
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committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2016-02-12 13:54:50 +0200 |
commit | 0b3ccc928a56a3ee5ab29a87e2f24e053896017f (patch) | |
tree | c5907ba57200d31455af9a819f11b3e2c17d6f36 /manual | |
parent | d892d31c87d342b5c728b439756bd075bc602e6e (diff) | |
download | obnam-0b3ccc928a56a3ee5ab29a87e2f24e053896017f.tar.gz |
Fix description of force-lock: always all locks
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-rw-r--r-- | manual/en/060-backing-up.mdwn | 21 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/manual/en/060-backing-up.mdwn b/manual/en/060-backing-up.mdwn index 5c5c4538..ee28d6e2 100644 --- a/manual/en/060-backing-up.mdwn +++ b/manual/en/060-backing-up.mdwn @@ -451,27 +451,18 @@ happen if Obnam is interrupted by the user before it's finished. The Obnam command `force-lock` deals with this situation. It is dangerous, though. If you force open a lock that is in active use by -a running Obnam instance, there will likely to be some stepping of -toes. The result may, in extreme cases, even result in repository -corruption. So be careful. +any running Obnam instance, on any client machine using that +repository, there will likely to be some stepping of toes. The result +may, in extreme cases, even result in repository corruption. So be +careful. If you've decided you can safely do it, this is an example of how to do it: obnam -r /media/backups/tomjon-repo force-lock -Note that some of the locks are per-client, to prevent you from -accidentally running Obnam twice for the same client, which would -result in standing on your own toes: kind of impressive, but -uncomfortable and not recommended. - -If you need to force open a lock for specific client, you can specify -the client name explicitly: - - obnam --client-name magrat \ - -r /media/backups/tomjon-repo force-lock - -(Long line broken to two for typographical reasons.) +It is not currently possibly to only break locks related to one +client. Consistency of live data ------------------------ |