Brien writes: > How can I get this to work? I am storing the data inside lasttime.txt > (don't ask why) :-) > > $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=`cat lasttime.txt` $fileList+'; > > the shell command within ` ` does not get executed, so of course this > doesn't work at all. Any ideas?
BackupPC doesn't use a shell for executing these commands, so shell substitutions like `...` don't work. You can set $Conf{TarClientCmd} to execute a shell script that can do any argument processing you want. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/