On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:15, Carl Wilhelm > Soderstrom<[email protected]> wrote: >> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = ... >> The default configuration causes BackupPC to run the >> BackupPC_nightly job >> when there are backup jobs which may need to run during the night... >> Comments, anyone? > > Yes, I would suggest decoupling the start time for the > BackupPC_nightly job from the obscure setting of being the first hour > on which WakeupSchedule is set to. > > I believe it would be much more clear if there was a separate > NightlyWakeupSchedule or such setting that would specify at which time > that process would start running. BackupPC would wake up on either > WakeupSchedule or NightlyWakeupSchedule, and then would decide if it > would run backups or BackupPC_nightly (or both) based on that hour > being on the first, second, or both variables. In that case, it would > also be much easier to set a sensible default time for > BackupPC_nightly to run. > > Also, as an aside, the process should probably be renamed to > BackupPC_daily, as it makes more sense to run it during the day when > backups are not running. Isn't that right? > > Filipe
I don't disagree with you, but for the last paragraph, some environments run backups during the day when the client computers are on. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ 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/
