diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 664000a9baf5d4dd7d28723effe2f6ad99a70042..f3c4f69ac58deb86822a32cd03fb67b1a0f29dc5 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# functions
+# FUNCTIONS
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 function showHelp(){
@@ -59,17 +59,15 @@ EOFhelp
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# checks
+# MAIN
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
-
-  # --- read schedulerdata
+  # --- read backup config data
   j_read
 
-
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; 
-do
+  # --- handle params
+  while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; 
+  do
 
     case "$1" in
         -h|-\?|--help)
@@ -120,33 +118,44 @@ do
 
   done
 
-  # update logfile after param overrides
+  # --- update logfile after param overrides
   _j_setLogfile
 
-  # show infos
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# show infos
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
   cfg_type=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "type")
   cfg_full=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "full")
   cfg_startfull=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "start-time-full")
-  
+
   test -z "${cfg_full}${cfg_startfull}" || cfg_info="INFO: Type is [auto]; ignoring config for full backup: [full = $cfg_full ... start-time-full = $cfg_startfull]"
 
   JOBDEF_STARTTIME=$(date +%H%M)
   STORAGE_BIN=$( _j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "bin" )
+  STORAGE_BASEDIR=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "storage")
 
   cat << EOFbackupinfo
 
     CONFIG:
-    Used Backup tool : $STORAGE_BIN
-    Backup type      : $(_j_getvar ${STORAGEFILE} "type")
-      $( test "$cfg_type" = "auto" && echo "$cfg_info" )$( test "$cfg_type" = "auto" || echo "INFO: full backup: $cfg_info" )
+      Used Backup tool : $STORAGE_BIN
+      Backup type      : $(_j_getvar ${STORAGEFILE} "type")
+        $( test "$cfg_type" = "auto" && echo "$cfg_info" )$( test "$cfg_type" = "auto" || echo "INFO: full backup: $cfg_info" )
 
     EFFECTIVE:
-    type             : $JOBDEF_TYPE $JOBDEF_AUTO
-    donefile         : $JOB_DONEFILE
-    log              : $JOB_LOGFILE
+      type             : $JOBDEF_TYPE $JOBDEF_AUTO
+      log              : $JOB_LOGFILE
+
+      target           : ${STORAGE_BASEDIR}$( test -z "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" && echo "NONE (local backup dumps only; no transfer)")
 
 EOFbackupinfo
 
+  test -z "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" || (
+    echo "      dirs to transfer : "
+    j_getDirs2Backup | sed "s#^#                         #g"
+    echo
+  )
+
   j_requireUser "root"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -157,7 +166,9 @@ EOFbackupinfo
 
     sleep 3
 
-    # ----- local dumps
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
+    # local dumps
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
     echo "INFO: $(date) - starting backup ... type $JOBDEF_TYPE - time $JOBDEF_STARTTIME " | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
     touch "${JOB_DONEFILE}.01.START"
@@ -168,12 +179,14 @@ EOFbackupinfo
     "${DIR_SELF}"/localdump.sh ALL | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
     rcBackup=$?
     echo "INFO: $(date) - local backups were finished" | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
-
+    echo
     sleep 2
 
-    # ----- transfer
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
+    # transfer
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    if [ -x "${DIR_SELF}/transfer.sh" ]; then
+    if [ -n "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" ] && [ -x "${DIR_SELF}/transfer.sh" ]; then
 
       # transfer files
       cat "$STORAGEFILE" >>"$JOB_LOGFILE"
@@ -184,15 +197,18 @@ EOFbackupinfo
       rcTransfer=$?
 
     else
-      echo "SKIP - transfer.sh not found; all files will be kept on local filesystem only" | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
+      echo "SKIP - No backup of dirs to a backup target." | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
     fi
 
     rcBackup=$rcBackup+rcTransfer
 
-
     echo "INFO: $(date) - DONE" | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
     touch "${JOB_DONEFILE}.03.DONE"
 
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
+    # cleanup
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
+
     echo
     echo "INFO: $(date) - compress older logs"
     echo find "${DIR_LOGS}" -name "*.log" -mtime +2 -print -exec gzip {} \;
@@ -204,6 +220,10 @@ EOFbackupinfo
     find "${DIR_LOGS}" -mtime +28 -delete -print
     echo
 
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
+    # finish
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------
+
     echo STATUS $0 exit with final returncode rc=$rcBackup | tee -a "$JOB_LOGFILE"
     echo
     echo "log for this executed job is"