Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
>>> Sorry, /etc/BackupPC/config.pl is 2165 lines long.
>>> I've no intention of reading that.
>>> Life is too short.
>> If you're serious about doing backups, I recommend you really read
>> through the configuration. I read all of it and afterwards I
>> understood a lot more about how BackupPC works, what it's doing
>> exactly and what kind of things can be changed and tweaked. 
> 
> You are a guru.
> I am just a newbie user.
> I feel I am inundated with far too much information.
> My RAM is full.
> I want to learn the minimum necessary to play music on my laptop.
> run BackupPC, etc.
> I don't want to tweak anything, unless that is essential.

No one but you can possibly know what is essential.

> I assume the distributor has done that for me,

The config file is entirely optional settings that would be essential to 
change in some situation - that why they are configurable.

> If I have a few spare brain-cells left after this,
> I would rather use them learning Italian.

You don't have to memorize them, just make sure they are set to what you 
want to happen.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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