Re: "wildcard" datestamp match in dumpspecs?

Nathan,

The '*'could be handle for the datestamp.
Do you want to make a patch?

Jean-Louis

On 09/11/17 02:00 PM, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote:
> (Looks like this question about wildcarding the datestamps in dumpspecs
> still applies in v3.5, so bumping this thread.)
>
> Nathan
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:55:11 -0400, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote:
> > (Amanda v3.4.5:)
> >
> > The amanda-match.7 man page includes the following example in the DUMP
> > SPECIFICATIONS section:
> >
> > amtool MyConfig www1 /var/www '*' www2 /var/www '*'
> > All dumps of /var/www on www1 and www2 (assuming amtool does not
> > require a level argument)
> >
> > However, in my tests using amvault, "*" is not valid for the datestamp.
> >
> > $ amvault TestBackup --dest-storage TestOffsite --dry-run '*' '*' '*' 1
> > amvault: Illegal datestamp expression *
> >
> > similarly:
> > $ amvault TestBackup --dest-storage TestOffsite --dry-run '*' '*' '' 1
> > amvault: Illegal datestamp expression
> >
> > while e.g.
> >
> > $ amvault TestBackup --dest-storage TestOffsite --dry-run '*' '*' '2' 1
> > does produce a list of all the level-1 dumps.
> >
> > Am I correct that "2" is currently the best "wildcard" to use for
> > place-holding the datestamp position in a dumpspec?
> >
> > Is there any reason '*' couldn't be handled as a special exception in
> > match.c:match_datestamp(), so that field would behave similar to the
> > host and disk fields?
> >
> > Nathan
>
>
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