Les, I believe that under the Mandriva package we are allowed to change the TopDir and it is in the config.pl file. When I originally started Backuppc it was complaining that it could not create a hardlink under /backups/pc/XXXX and /backups/cpool. It wasn't looking at /var/lib/backuppc. Even with version 3.0 I had TopDir set to /backups and backups were being created under /backups.
Perhaps it has been 'failing', but I had valid backups that I have restored from. Whether it was wasting space I don't know, perhaps it was. Also, even though I cannot currently do backups I can restore from existing backups and the restore is coming from /backups. Based upon that I would say that the Mandriva package allows the change of the TopDir. ____________________________________________________ David Williams -----Original Message----- From: Les Mikesell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00 PM To: [email protected]; General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] External WD Worldbook Device David Williams wrote: > The top level directory is mounted to /backups > > There is no symlinking going on. I have changed the appropriate config to > point to /backups. You can't change the location in the config in pre-packaged versions. There have been about a million discussions on this list about that issue. If you get the original package from sourceforge and install yourself, you have a chance to pick the location. In the RPM and deb packaged versions included in distributions, someone has already made that choice and you can't change it. > This has been working like this for a few years now. Or failing... The older version just didn't test. You'll end up with working backup copies but no pooling if the links don't work so it wastes a lot of space. -- Les Mikesell [email protected] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 06:52:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
