On 08/25 10:45 , Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> 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.

Certainly!

> 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.

ok.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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