On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:15:19PM -0600, Deb Baddorf wrote: > >My understanding was that the OP just wanted to run 3-out-of-7, and > >I have *no* idea why that should be any problem at all. > > > >-- > >Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I wasn't the one raising the question. I was just trying to > provide an explanation so that people understood his question. > > He wanted to run backups MTWRF , and have a 3 day dumpcycle. > I.E. Full dumps every 3 days. And he couldn't understand > why his ignoring Sat & Sun caused amanda to always be due for > a full dump on Monday. I think he wanted > > FULL tues wed FULL fri [sat, sun skipped] > mon FULL tues wed FULL [ sat, sun skipped] > mon tues FULL thur fri [sat, sun skipped] > FULL tues wed FULL fri [sat, sun skipped] > > thinking that he'd get a full backup every third day that > he said "amdump" .... and that Sat, Sun would be ignored > if he didn't call amdump those days. But since amanda > knows about a 7 day week ..... she wouldn't forget them. > And I'm not sure if a config can be made, that will to do what > he wanted. > > (Sorry orig user --- I've forgotten your name!)
I think Jeremy ("Jeremy L. Mordkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) understood what was happening, just was looking for a way around amanda's behavior. > Deb Baddorf > >>> End of included message <<< -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)