Andreas Schnederle-Wagner - Futureweb.at wrote at about 15:41:11 +0000 on 
Thursday, August 28, 2014:
 > The Reason we did this ist o avoid custom Config Files for each Host.
 > We only need to create the Host with name 'ctDIR8' and everything works like 
 > a charm ... so only the"hosts" file needs tob e changed when adding/removing 
 > Hosts ...
 > 
Please DO NOT top-post -- it makes reading threads very difficult.

You do not need custom Config Files for each host. You could put Perl
code in config.pl if you want... and putting custom code in a config
file is IMHO a much better option than patching a perl module.

 > 
 > Andreas Schnederle-Wagner
 > Futureweb OG
 > Innsbrucker Str. 4
 > 6380 St. Johann
 > 
 > schnederle AT futureweb DOT at
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 > 
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 > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
 > Von: backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org [mailto:backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org] 
 > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. August 2014 17:00
 > An: General list for user discussion, questions and support
 > Betreff: Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request
 > 
 > Andreas Schnederle-Wagner - Futureweb.at wrote at about 14:31:49 +0000 on 
 > Thursday, August 28, 2014:
 >  >    Hello,
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    is it possible to have variable substitution at run-time for
 >  >    “RsyncShareName“?
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    Following Scenario:
 >  > 
 >  >    -          Server Directory Structure
 >  > 
 >  >    o   /ctDIR1
 >  > 
 >  >    o   /ctDIR2
 >  > 
 >  >    o   /ctDIR3
 >  > 
 >  >    o   …
 >  > 
 >  >    -          Within /etc/hosts we have:
 >  > 
 >  >    o   *IP-1*          ctdir1
 >  > 
 >  >    o   *IP-1*          ctdir2
 >  > 
 >  >    o   *IP-1*          ctdir3
 >  > 
 >  >    o   *IP-2*          ctdir4
 >  > 
 >  >    o   *IP-2*          ctdir5
 >  > 
 >  >    o   *IP-3*          ctdir6
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    Hosts within BackupPC: ctDIR1, ctDIR2, ctDIR3, …
 > 
 > It's not clear to me what are you trying to do?
 >  > 
 >  >    Since no variable substitution is possible at the Moment (and Hosts
 >  >    within BackupPC ignore Case Sensitivity …) this was only possible by
 >  >    patching the Rsync.pm File …
 > 
 > While it's not clear to me what you are actually trying to do, there is a 
 > *lot* that you can do short of patching the Rsync.pm file.
 > 
 > - You can have separate config files per host
 > - You can put arbitrary executable Perl code within any host config file that
 >   is evaluated at run time which can be used to conditionally set
 >   variables like RsyncShareName at run time.
 > - Several of the variables (e.g., DumpPreUserCmd) can even take raw perl
 >   code as an argument that is executed when the corresponding routine
 >   is run.
 > 
 > In all I have been able to do some really funky things in my config files by 
 > inserting my own Perl code to make the configuration do what I want...
 > 
 > So long as version 4.x still uses a similar structure for the config file, I 
 > would imagine that one will still have plenty of flexibility and power to 
 > allow for run-time type configuration capabilities.
 > 
 > 
 >  >    As BackupPC 4 will use C-compiled Rsync it’s not that easy anymore to
 >  >    get this Patch into …
 > 
 > I would try to avoid a patch or Rsync.pm even in 3.x
 > 
 >  > 
 >  >    So I hope it will be possible to have Variables within “RsyncShareName“
 >  >    (and have $HOST be Case-Sensitive for this Case ;-))
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    Thank you
 >  > 
 >  >    Andreas Schnederle-Wagner
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    Andreas Schnederle-Wagner
 >  > 
 >  >    Futureweb OG
 >  > 
 >  >    Innsbrucker Str. 4
 >  > 
 >  >    6380 St. Johann
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    [1]schnederle AT futureweb DOT at
 >  > 
 >  >    [2]www.futureweb.at
 >  > 
 >  >    [3]www.ortsinfo.at
 >  >
 >  > 
 >  >    Fon: +43 (0) 5352 65335-0
 >  > 
 >  >    Fax: +43 (0) 5352 65335-777
 >  > 
 >  >    Gratis über Skype anrufen | Skype-ID: futureweb
 >  >
 >  > References
 >  > 
 >  >    1. mailto:schnederle AT futureweb DOT at
 >  >    2. http://www.futureweb.at/
 >  >    3. http://www.ortsinfo.at/
 >  > 
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