[Box Backup] Client on laptop questions/suggestions

[John Pybus]

[Ben, I figured these thoughts would be better mentioned to the list 
than in my reply to you]

I am setting up boxbackup to make encrypted backups of frequently 
disconnected laptops, to a server that is then part of a larger 
scheduled backup regime, and have one or two questions about client use:

My current plan is to use the client in snapshot mode, and then rely on 
cron and some shell scripting to only attempt a backup if connected to 
the server's local network.  I don't want a machine at home on metered 
connections, or connected via meagre shared links at conferences, to use 
bandwidth without user intervention.  It might be a useful feature if 
bbackupd could run in lazy mode but only attempt a backup if on a 
particular subnet.

Given that I'm running in snapshot mode, and that some of the machines 
in question are not overly endowed with RAM, is it possible for bbackupd 
to be started as required and then exit, rather than remain running for 
long periods of time when it won't be doing anything?  If not perhaps 
bbackupctl could be adjusted to operate in this mode?

Yours,

John