On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:32:14PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> I agree - almost every "newbie" that picks up BackupPC makes this > >> mistake - the more experienced you are with old-school config files > >> the MORE likely you are to assume changing this is all you need to do. > >> A note in the docs and/or a link to the "how to change your TOP DIR" > >> page would fix a huge percentage of installation failures. > >> > >> Or just fixing it so changing the config file IS all you have to do :) > > > > If they need to be the same, why do we need the configuration option in the > > first place? > > __TOPDIR__ is a token that gets substituted/replaced during an initial > install (a step that deb/rpm packagers have already done). One of the > places that the actual value is substituted is the value of > $Conf{TopDir} in the config file. But that's not the only place and > that's why you can't change it later.
Well, then we could simply move it out of config.pl into the code which reads config.pl, e.g. have it preloaded into $Config... Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.tisc.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/