various improvements mostly email

[distro-setup] / btrbk-run

diff --git a/btrbk-run b/btrbk-run
index 187a29a86bcab7a1e1218e94adfea65c664eeddc..f3589700b35729fa4cbb691e265a83e64c11658a 100644 (file)
--- a/btrbk-run
+++ b/btrbk-run
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fi
 # set default targets
 if [[ ! -v targets && ! $source ]]; then
   if [[ $HOSTNAME != "$MAIL_HOST" ]] && $cron ; then
-    echo "We are not MAIL_HOST, nothing to do"
+    echo "MAIL_HOST=$MAIL_HOST, nothing to do"
     exit 0
   fi
   case $HOSTNAME in
@@ -255,8 +255,16 @@ else
 
   sshable=()
   sshfail=()
+  min_idle_ms=$((1000 * 60 * 15))
   for h in ${targets[@]}; do
     if zone=$(ssh root@$h "mkdir -p /mnt/root/btrbk && date +%z"); then
+      if $cron && DISPLAY=:0 xprintidle; then
+        # This is a separate ssh because xprintidle can fail and thats ok.
+        # Ignore this host. i sometimes use a non-main machine for testing or web browsing, knowing that
+        # everything will be wiped by the next backup, but I dont want it to happen as Im using
+        # it from cronjob.
+        continue
+      fi
       sshable+=($h)
       if [[ $zone != $local_zone ]]; then
         die "error: dont confuse yourself with multiple time zones. $h has different timezone than localhost"