Brian Jobling wrote:
>
> Hello
>
>  
>
> Can you let me know if you are able to backup files newer than a
> certain date.
>
>  
>
> For example I wish to perform a full backup, but only on files newer
> than 1^st October 2009.
>
>  
>
> Thanks
>
>  
>
> Brian.
>
>  
>
>  
>

You may be able to do this with an external script. I'm currently
testing such an approach for different reasons, but it may be useful in
your case too.


Define a fileset that delegates all the decisions regarding which file
to include/exclude to an external script:

FileSet {  
    Name = test-fileset
    Include {
        Options {
          ....
        }
        Options {
            # Skip everything
            wild = "*"
            Exclude = yes
        }
      
        # generate file set at the client
        File = "\\|/path/to/fileset/generation/script/on/client/box
<script parameters>"
   
}                                                                               
                                      

}


The script itself should include any logic you need for selecting files,
e.g.

#! /bin/bash
find / -newermt 'Oct 1 2009' | sort -r

which will find files/directories/named pipes etc. with a modification
time newer than the specified date (note that the resulting list must be
reverse sorted, to prevent directory contents from being excluded).

Caveats:
0) the script is too simple
1) this is unix specific of course (I'm considering python for a cross
platform solution)
2) the script resides at the client
3) unlike fileset modifications, script modifications will not trigger a
full backup

There may be other gotchas, but as I said, I'm still playing around with
this.

Hope this is more helpful than confusing :-)
Avi


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day 
trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on 
what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with
Crystal Reports now.  http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users