Kim Scarborough wrote at about 14:12:32 -0500 on Thursday, November 3, 2022: > FWIW, the log directory in Arch Linux is /var/log/backuppc, and it's not > a symlink.
Ahhh.. you are right... LogDir is separately configurable from TopDir. > > On 11/3/22 14:04, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > Les Mikesell wrote at about 13:58:26 -0500 on Thursday, November 3, 2022: > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 1:39 PM<backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Also, /var/log/BackupPC is a weird location unless it is a link to > > > > something like TopDir/log in which case it should contain files of > > > > form LOG.z and LOG.N.z -- but again these are not the relevant log > > > > files. > > > > > > > > Reading the documentation would be a helpful thing to do -- it was > > > > written for a purpose! > > > > > > The log location is almost certain a distribution-packaging choice, so > > > along with recommending reading documentation you might also point out > > > that the source documentation may not match what is actually installed > > > and running. > > > > > > > I think it must be a link to TopDir/log since in my understanding of > > the BackupPC codebase, references are relative to TopDir -- unless the > > distro > > decided to essentially rewrite tons of core code. My guess is the > > distro wanted to put a link under /var/log so that newbie users could > > find the log files even if they are not aware of the backuppc dir > > structure. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project:https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
