Les,

I believe that under the Mandriva package we are allowed to change the
TopDir and it is in the config.pl file.  When I originally started Backuppc
it was complaining that it could not create a hardlink under
/backups/pc/XXXX and /backups/cpool.  It wasn't looking at
/var/lib/backuppc.  Even with version 3.0 I had TopDir set to /backups and
backups were being created under /backups.

Perhaps it has been 'failing', but I had valid backups that I have restored
from.  Whether it was wasting space I don't know, perhaps it was.  Also,
even though I cannot currently do backups I can restore from existing
backups and the restore is coming from /backups.  Based upon that I would
say that the Mandriva package allows the change of the TopDir.
____________________________________________________
David Williams


-----Original Message-----
From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00 PM
To: dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com; General list for user discussion,
questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] External WD Worldbook Device

David Williams wrote:
> The top level directory is mounted to /backups
> 
> There is no symlinking going on.  I have changed the appropriate config to
> point to /backups.

You can't change the location in the config in pre-packaged versions. 
There have been about a million discussions on this list about that 
issue.  If you get the original package from sourceforge and install 
yourself, you have a chance to pick the location.  In the RPM and deb 
packaged versions included in distributions, someone has already made 
that choice and you can't change it.

>  This has been working like this for a few years now.

Or failing... The older version just didn't test.  You'll end up with 
working backup copies but no pooling if the links don't work so it 
wastes a lot of space.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com



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