Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote at about 08:31:01 -0500 on Thursday, August 25, 
2011:
 > 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.

My point was more that the date should refer to the time of the backup
not of the restore.

 > 
 > > 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?

I think one should use the encoding used for the share name in the pc
tree. There are characters other than '/' that could cause problems
such as special or foreign characters on one client that might not be
allowed or present on the server.

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