Networker

Re: [Networker] Backup times in mminfo

2006-02-14 12:28:56
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backup times in mminfo
From: Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:26:33 -0800
> 
> I am trying to write a perl script that generates a customized  
> report. One of the things I need to include in this report is the  
> start time and end time for each save set. I am trying to interpret  
> the man page for mminfo on which fields provide this information, but  
> the documentation is not at all clear. I thought sscomp would be the  
> actual time in hours:minutes:seconds mm/dd/yy (or some other similar  
> format) for when a saveset completes, but it just gives the date; no  
> time. In fact, all those fields that say they report the time for  
> some event are only 9 characters wide and report only the date, not  
> the full time.

You need to increase the width of the field so the time will display.  I
think 18 is sufficient.  sscreate(18),sscomp(18).

I wish both of those had an 'nsavetime' equivalent for date parsing...

-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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