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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] File nameing tweaks possible?
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Andrew Ferguson |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] File nameing tweaks possible? |
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:25:54 -0500 |
On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Chad McKay wrote:
2. Change the file naming convention to preserve the original
extension
The reason being, I'd like my users to be able to open the older
versions,
if they need to, right from a samba share. And, of course it would
be much
more convenient for them to open the file with the correct extension
rather
than renaming/copying it. E.g. if the file was saved as:
Test.2008-11-17-T17:54:21-05:00.txt rather than:
Test.txt.2008-11-17-T17:54:21-05:00.snapshot
It would appear to the program as the correct file type and open.
Then they
could save it where they like with a new name.
That's going to be much harder, because rdiff-backup relies on those
extensions to determine what to do with the files. Also, remember that
rdiff-backup will opportunistically compress non-zero files as well
(.gz) -- it won't compress the binary files whose extensions are in
Globals.no_compression_regexp_string.
In short, I second the suggestion that you use one of the web
interfaces or archfs to accomplish the same goal of giving users
access to their files.
If you want to explore moving the extension, here are some places to
start looking:
rpath.py::get_incfile_info()
longname.py::get_next_free()::scan_next_free()
increment.py::get_inc()
Although that's a short list of what I can find with some quick
grepping, the hard part will be making sure that everything still
works...
Andrew