Having read the Description within the files BackupPC_archive and 
BackupPC_archiveHost it appears that BackupPC_archive begins the archive 
creation process and then passes control to BackupPC_archiveHost which uses the 
settings listed in the CGI (ArchiveClientCmd). 

This implies that BackupPC_archive could become a cron job and thereby achieve 
the desired scheduling.  Consequently, creating an archive occurs at a 
predictable date/time which might be beneficial taking into account the archive 
will take longer to complete than a normal full/incremental backup.

Is this analysis correct?

> 
> Adam Goryachev wrote:
> 
> AFAIK, you don't schedule an archive... The scheduling only applies to 
> full/incremental backups.....
> 
> Of course, I could be wrong... but that is my experience and understanding of 
> the docs...
> 
I have only recently begun to explore the use of BackupPC and may be 
investigating areas which are better understood by more experienced users.  In 
my view, if archiving is designed not to make use of the scheduling facility 
built into BackupPc, it is a little confusing for the CGI to present the same 
scheduling options as those available for full/incremental backups.

SamK

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