Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Comments in generated file lists?

2008-07-18 07:57:44
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Comments in generated file lists?
From: Arno Lehmann <al AT its-lehmann DOT de>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:57:06 +0200
Hi,

18.07.2008 13:31, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:38:52 +0200, Arno Lehmann said:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 17.07.2008 21:37, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:59:34 -0400, Patrick LeBoutillier said:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We use the following construct to generate the files we want Bacula to
>>>> backup for a specific job:
>>>>
>>>> FileSet {
>>>>         Name = "archiver"
>>>>         Include {
>>>>                 Options {
>>>>                         signature = MD5
>>>>                 }
>>>>                 File = "\\|sh -c '/root/bin/bacula-filelist.sh %v %i'"
>>>>         }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> We would like to be able to include comments in the generated file
>>>> list because we also save it to a file for processing.
>>>> We tried adding a '#' at the beginning of a line but Bacula complains:
>>>>
>>>>   Could not stat #ARCHIVE 
>>>> /home/abc/20080311_dIU4pboPl8JWiGauZNrN0V40rJ45egiW
>>>>
>>>> Is there a supported comment marker for generated file lists?
>>> No, you'll have to filter them within the script, e.g. with grep -v.
>> Or, alternatively, let your script create a list of complete File= 
>> entries... the include syntax works everywhere, so you can generate 
>> output like
>>
>> # home directories
>> File = /home/
>> # data
>> File = /var/
>>
>> and so on.
> 
> That will only work at config-loading time on the Director machine though, so
> not with dynamic \| file lists on the client.

As far as I know - and can understand from reading the code - "|" 
works whenever a configuration file is read or included.

I haven't tried it (at least I don't find any notes about it), but I 
believe including program output is always possible where you can 
include plain text.

Arno

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