Monte Milanuk wrote:
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> That's not going to work properly.  You would have to rebuild backuppc
>> to change TOPDIR.  Instead, leave TOPDIR alone and create a link from
>> TOPDIR to /srv/backuppc

> I had to do a system re-install anyway to take care of another problem 
> (not strictly necessary but it was far simpler and probably quicker), 
> and thats what I ended up doing.  I am curious why it wouldn't have 
> worked... or more specifically, if it won't work, why does the program 
> even give you the opportunity to change _TOPDIR_?

If you install from the original sourceforge tarball, you can install anywhere 
you want and the install step modifies some things to the appropriate TopDir. 
If you use a distribution package, someone else has already done that step and 
made the choice for the location.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    [email protected]



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