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-# BashUP
+# Bashup
 
-A set of bash scripts for managing backups.
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+A set of bash scripts for managing backups.
+
+## Quickstart
+
+Create a backup directory or mount. For example, make a directory named /mnt/backups and create an NFS mount for that directory.
+
+```bash
+cd /usr/local/src/
+wget https://git.stack-source.com/msb/bashup/archive/master.tar.gz -O bashup.tar.gz
+tar zxvf bashup.tar.gz
+cd bashup
+cp bashup-*.sh /usr/local/sbin/
+chmod 750 /usr/local/sbin/bashup-*.sh
+chown root:root /usr/local/sbin/bashup-*.sh
+nano /usr/local/etc/bashup.cnf
+crontab -e
+```
+
+The "nano /usr/local/etc/bashup.cnf" command is optional. Do this if you need to override any of the settings at the top of the bashup scripts.
+For the crontab add an entry for each of the "bashup-backup-*.sh" scripts that you'd like to run. For example, to back up files at 3:01 am every day add this crontab:
+`1 3    * * *   /usr/local/sbin/bashup-backup-files.sh`
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