On 23.01.2017 11:35, James Pharaoh wrote: > On 23/01/17 09:53, Aki Tuomi wrote: >> >> On 19.01.2017 10:49, James Pharaoh wrote: >>> >>> Dovecot version: 2.2.27 >>> >>> The logical answer seems to be to provide the backup location when >>> performing the local copy for a snapshot, so I run: >>> >>> doveadm backup -A mdbox:/var/mail/mailboxes-backup/%d/accounts/%u >> >> Try doveadm -o mail_home=/var/mail/mailboxes-backup/%d/accounts/%u >> backup -A mdbox:~/ > > This won't work, surely, because I use a similar pattern for the > source, basically without the "-backup" bit. > > If you can confirm this is not supported I'm happy to create a patch > for it myself, it doesn't seem like it will be very difficult. > > James
Oh, then it won't work. The reason this interpolation does not occur is that we consider % a valid path name. We have been considering how to solve this, and possibly it requires some config flag to permit interpolation in mailbox location when given from command line. A patch is welcome, of course, but please keep this is mind. =) Aki
