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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   * restore files files from backup storage
   * restic on linux: mount restic repository with fuse - then you can browse through snapshots and data like in a normal filesystem
   * restore a single database with some comfort
+* a check script shows the local Backupstatus
 
 # How does it work? #
 
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@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+The script `check_clientbackup.sh` reads the logfiles and shows a summary of the last backup.
+
+It returns with exitcode 0 if each backup action was OK (exitcode 0) and the file age of the youngest logfile is younger 24 hours.
+
+```txt
+> ./check_clientbackup.sh
+
+  ___ ___ ___ ___         _______            __
+ |   |   Y   |   |       |   _   .---.-.----|  |--.--.--.-----.
+ |.  |.      |.  |       |.  1   |  _  |  __|    <|  |  |  _  |
+ |.  |. \_/  |.  |___    |.  _   |___._|____|__|__|_____|   __|
+ |:  |:  |   |:  1   |   |:  1    \                     |__|
+ |::.|::.|:. |::.. . |   |::.. .  /
+ `---`--- ---`-------'   `-------'
+
+/home/axel/skripte/client/check_clientbackup.sh
+_______________________________________________________________________________  ___  __   _
+
+LAST LOGS: /home/axel/skripte/client/logs/auto-20221019-171050.log /home/axel/skripte/client/logs/transfer-20221019-171055.log
+
+OK: 9 ... Errors: 0
+
+>>> AGE
+age: 82885 sec ... 23 h
+OK: last backup is younger 24 hours
+
+>>> Summary of database backup actions:
+__DB__couchdb SKIP: couchdb seems not to be here
+__DB__couchdb INFO: /home/axel/skripte/client/localdump.sh backup [couchdb] final returncode rc=0
+__DB__couchdb2 SKIP: couchdb2 config does not seem to be here
+__DB__couchdb2 INFO: /home/axel/skripte/client/localdump.sh backup [couchdb2] final returncode rc=0
+__DB__ldap SKIP: LDAP seems not to be here
+__DB__ldap INFO: /home/axel/skripte/client/localdump.sh backup [ldap] final returncode rc=0
+__DB__mysql SKIP: service [mysql] is not avilable on this machine.
+__DB__mysql INFO: /home/axel/skripte/client/localdump.sh backup  [mysql] final returncode rc=0
+__DB__pgsql INFO: service [pgsql] is not avilable on this machine.
+__DB__pgsql INFO: /home/axel/skripte/client/localdump.sh backup [pgsql] final returncode rc=0
+__DB__sqlite INFO: /home/axel/skripte/client/localdump.sh backup [sqlite] final returncode rc=0
+
+>>> Summary of transfer actions:
+__REPO__ OK, Backup repository already exists.
+__BACKUP__ OK - DIR /var/localdumps/backup
+__BACKUP__ OK - DIR /boot
+__BACKUP__ OK - DIR /etc
+__BACKUP__ OK - DIR /home
+__VERIFY__ OK
+
+>>> Backup repository:
+__LAST__backup  23 h ago
+__LAST__prune   2 days ago
+__LAST__verify  23 h ago
+
+MONITORINFO: Client Backup - WITH transfer - last backup log: auto-20221019-171050.log (23 h ago)  OK: backup is younger than 24 hours  - OK: 10 ... Errors: 0
+STATUS /home/axel/skripte/client/check_clientbackup.sh - final returncode rc=0
+```