On 3/26/17 6:30 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Alexander Moisseev <mois...@mezonplus.ru 
> <mailto:mois...@mezonplus.ru>> wrote:
> 
>       But you have specified --config-dir instead of --config-path .
> 
>     Probably https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/79 
> <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/79> would help with your issue if 
> you have to use --config-dir .
> 
> 
> Perhaps... I tried just changing the dir to path and got the following:
> 
> Is this a new installation or upgrade for BackupPC?  If this is
> an upgrade please tell me the full path of the existing BackupPC
> configuration file (eg: /etc/BackupPC/config.pl <http://config.pl>).  
> Otherwise, just
> hit return.
> 
> --> Full path to existing main config.pl <http://config.pl> [/etc/BackupPC/]
> The file '/etc/BackupPC/' is not a regular file.
> Need to specify a valid --config-path for upgrade
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.eRP9qR (%install)
> 
It won't work.
The configure.pl expects a full path including configuration file name as a 
value of the --config-path option.
You can't specify a directory. But there is a special case: an empty string.
That's why Craig suggested to use "--config-path ''" <-- empty string
It is an equivalent of "hit return" in interactive mode.

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