From 52109733736bd4bc080330f10f33c47cf7a81c4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Huber <shuber2@gmx.at>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 08:41:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Updating usage text and man page

---
 shbackup         |  4 ++--
 shbackup.1       | 12 +++++++-----
 shbackup.docbook | 13 ++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shbackup b/shbackup
index cd24437..f8f8c26 100755
--- a/shbackup
+++ b/shbackup
@@ -597,8 +597,8 @@ def printUsage():
     print("  -h, --help                 print this usage text")
     print("  -c, --conf <configfile>    use given configuration file")
     print("                             default: /etc/shbackup.conf")
-    print("  -e, --epoch <epoch>        force to create backup for given epoch:")
-    print("                             year, month, week, day, hour, sporadic")
+    print("  -e, --epoch <epoch>        force to create backup for given epoch, which")
+    print("                             can be 'sporadic' or one of the configured epochs")
     print("  -m, --mode <mode>          override mode: full, diff, or incr")
     print("  -v, --verbose              be more verbose and interact with user")
     print("  --verbosity LEVEL          set verbosity to LEVEL, which can be")
diff --git a/shbackup.1 b/shbackup.1
index 28efa25..e2b5fc6 100644
--- a/shbackup.1
+++ b/shbackup.1
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ shbackup \- a simple backup solution
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBshbackup\fR is a simple backup solution
 which packs user-defined file sets with tar. Each
-backup belongs to an epoch, which can be year, month,
-week, day, hour or sporadic. The backup can be made
+backup belongs to an epoch, which is 'sporadic' or one
+of the user-defined epochs. Standard epochs are year,
+month, week, day, or hour. The backup can be made
 either full, differential or incremental.
 \fBshbackup\fR takes care for pruning old
-backups. The user defines for each epoch the number of
+backups. The user defines for every epoch the number of
 backups to keep, except for 'sporadic'. Sporadic
 backups need to be removed manually.
 .SH COMMANDS
@@ -50,8 +51,9 @@ Use given configuration file instead of
 .TP 
 \*(T<\fB\-e, \-\-epoch EPOCH\fR\*(T>
 Do not determine epoch automatically, but
-use EPOCH, which can be year, month,
-week, day, hour, sporadic.
+use EPOCH, which can be sporadic or one
+of the epochs defined in the
+configuration file.
 .TP 
 \*(T<\fB\-m, \-\-mode MODE\fR\*(T>
 Instead of configured mode use MODE,
diff --git a/shbackup.docbook b/shbackup.docbook
index b3bc0a0..36741d9 100644
--- a/shbackup.docbook
+++ b/shbackup.docbook
@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@
 		<para>
 			<command>shbackup</command> is a simple backup solution
 			which packs user-defined file sets with tar. Each
-			backup belongs to an epoch, which can be year, month,
-			week, day, hour or sporadic. The backup can be made
+			backup belongs to an epoch, which is 'sporadic' or one
+			of the user-defined epochs. Standard epochs are year,
+			month, week, day, or hour. The backup can be made
 			either full, differential or incremental.
 
 			<command>shbackup</command> takes care for pruning old
-			backups. The user defines for each epoch the number of
+			backups. The user defines for every epoch the number of
 			backups to keep, except for 'sporadic'. Sporadic
 			backups need to be removed manually.
+
 		</para>
 	
 	</refsect1>
@@ -104,8 +106,9 @@
 			<term><option>-e, --epoch EPOCH</option></term>
 			<listitem>
 				<para>Do not determine epoch automatically, but
-					use EPOCH, which can be year, month,
-					week, day, hour, sporadic.</para>
+					use EPOCH, which can be sporadic or one
+					of the epochs defined in the
+					configuration file.</para>
 			</listitem>
 		</varlistentry>	
 	
-- 
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