Re: host specific options and backup over network.

[On 11 Nov, @14:57, Jesper wrote in "[hdup-user] host specific opti ..."]
> Hi.
> 
> Let me first of all congratulate you with hdup, it seems like exactly what
> I need.

thanks, 

> I've got a MAC OS X that I'd like to back up, using my Linux machine as the
> server (the place holding the archive).
> 
> Furthermore, I'd like to be able to manage just one config file,
> that is the same config file for the mac as for the linux machine - which I
> of course need to copy over from time to time.
> 
> The problem is this:
> On the mac "tar" is located one place, on linux it is located in a different
> place.
> 
> When I run hdup like this:
> hdup monthly mac @[email protected]
> 
> then the tar option is correctly read from the mac group on the machintosh,
> but on the linux it seems like it also is using the tar specified in the
> mac group.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?

Don't now yet :) Could you post (or email it to me directly) your config file?

grtz Miek