On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/25 09:23 , Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> > I would make it consistent with the heirarchy:
> > <hostname>-<backup#>-<share>
> > I'm not sure what date adds since the date is irrelevant unless you
> > are referring to the date of the snapshot in which case it would be an
> > alternative to backup#.
>
> I would prefer date, since the 'backup number' is only relevant within
> BackupPC's universe; whereas the date is relevant to the rest of the world.
>
Concur, plus backup numbers have a shelf life, I have roughly 9 backups.
> > Also, "share" should be optional in case the restore is done at the
> > host level.
>
> Even when restoring an entire host, the share must be specified, correct?
> One problem is that '/' is a character with special meaning on the command
> line; and so we should avoid putting it in filenames. Suggestions?
>
You could substitute "Full" for a root-level restore... So it could be
hostname_20110824_Full.tar or hostname_20110824_etc_home.zip (assuming the
restore is /etc and /home)...The only problem with that is the name can get
long and tedious. Suggestions on that?
--b
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