On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Kern Sibbald <kern AT sibbald DOT com> wrote:
> Hello Heath,
>
> On 04/12/2014 04:19 PM, Heath Petersen wrote:
>> http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION001450000000000000000
>> does not mention the comma operator. That is what I was going by. I
>> guess I should have tried it. Thanks for the information and quick
>> reply.
> I think you are right that the comma operator is not specified, but if
> you look at the BNF, you will see that multiple keywords for both months
> and days can be specified by separating them with spaces, which is
> actually the most common way of doing it. The BNF also shows the range
> specifications.
I am not fluent in BNF but still don't see where it shows that you can
separate them by spaces. Would you mind cutting and pasting that part
in a reply so I can understand it?
>>
>> Also, http://blog.bacula.org/support/feature-requests/ states to
>> submit feature requests in this manner. I will do it the way you
>> mention in the future.
> Thanks for noting that, the old website was rather difficult to maintain
> and modify, so it tended to get out of date quickly. The new site under
> Wordpress is much easier to update, so I have updated the page you refer
> to adding the preferred way to submit Feature Requests.
>
Thanks for updating this. I know how hard it is to keep documents /
web pages up to date.
> Thanks for using Bacula,
>
> Best regards,
> Kern
>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Heath Petersen
>>
>> Email: Heath AT HPetersenFamily DOT com
>>
>> Cell: 507-220-2485
>>
>>
>>
>> Health Services Leader
>>
>> Southwest Minnesota Chapter, Worthington
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:38 AM, Kern Sibbald <kern AT sibbald DOT com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello Heath,
>>>
>>> Thanks for using Bacula.
>>>
>>> I guess it is not much fun to read such a large manual, so perhaps I could
>>> suggest that it is fun to go off to a Bacula Admin I course -- all students
>>> love it, and in that course you learn about Bacula without having to read
>>> the manual. You also learn that commas between items such as Months and
>>> days of the week are perfectly well handled by Bacula. The same is true
>>> for ranges of months and days by separating the start and end days with a
>>> hyphen.
>>>
>>> Bottom line: this has been implemented in Bacula from the beginning.
>>>
>>> By the way, the best place to file a feature request is in the bugs
>>> database (features section).
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Kern
>>>
>>> On 04/12/2014 12:22 AM, Heath Petersen wrote:
>>>
>>> Item 1: Allow combinations of parameters separated by commas
>>> in job schedules
>>> Date: 11 April 2014
>>> Origin: Heath Petersen <Heath AT HPetersenFamily DOT com>
>>> Status:
>>>
>>> What: The ability to allow combinations of parameters
>>> separated by commas would clean up some schedule
>>> definitions.
>>>
>>> Why: An example is the easiest way to explain this -
>>>
>>> Schedule {
>>> Name = "dailyWithFullEveryOtherMonth"
>>>
>>> Run = Level=Full Jan 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Level=Differential Feb 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Level=Full Mar 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Level=Differential Apr 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> .
>>> . Shortened for readability.
>>> .
>>> Run = Level=Differential Dec 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Incremental Mon-Sat
>>> at 23:05
>>> }
>>>
>>> Could be simplified to -
>>>
>>> Schedule {
>>> Name = "dailyWithFullEveryOtherMonth"
>>>
>>> Run = Level=Full Jan,Mar,May,Jul,Sep,Nov 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Level=Differential Feb,Apr,Jun,Aug,Oct,Dec 1st Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th Sun
>>> at 23:05
>>> Run = Incremental Mon-Sat
>>> at 23:05
>>> }
>>>
>>> Notes: Comma operators could be allowed in the specification of the
>>> month,
>>> weekday, and time. Program logic would have to expand to all
>>> combinations.
>>> Ex: Jan,Feb 1st Sun,Wed would have to expand to Jan 1st Sun, Jan
>>> 1st Wed,
>>> Feb 1st Sun, Feb 1st Wed.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Heath Petersen
>>>
>>> Email: Heath AT HPetersenFamily DOT com
>>>
>>> Cell: 507-220-2485
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Health Services Leader
>>>
>>> Southwest Minnesota Chapter, Worthington
>>>
>>>
>>>
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