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Add mention in documentation about multiple backup scheduling needs (#511).

Dan Helfman 3 years ago
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@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ perform any merging of configuration files by default. If you'd like borgmatic
 to merge your configuration files, see below about configuration includes.
 to merge your configuration files, see below about configuration includes.
 
 
 Additionally, the `~/.config/borgmatic.d/` directory works the same way as
 Additionally, the `~/.config/borgmatic.d/` directory works the same way as
-`/etc/borgmatic.d`. If you need even more customizability, you can specify
-alternate configuration paths on the command-line with borgmatic's `--config`
-flag. See `borgmatic --help` for more information.
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+`/etc/borgmatic.d`.
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+If you need even more customizability, you can specify alternate configuration
+paths on the command-line with borgmatic's `--config` flag. (See `borgmatic
+--help` for more information.) For instance, if you want to schedule your
+various borgmatic backups to run at different times, you'll need multiple
+entries in your [scheduling software of
+choice](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#autopilot),
+each entry using borgmatic's `--config` flag instead of relying on
+`/etc/borgmatic.d`.
 
 
 ## Configuration includes
 ## Configuration includes