On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote: > Hello Heath, > > On 04/12/2014 04:19 PM, Heath Petersen wrote: >> http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION001450000000000000000 >> does not mention the comma operator. That is what I was going by. I >> guess I should have tried it. Thanks for the information and quick >> reply. > I think you are right that the comma operator is not specified, but if > you look at the BNF, you will see that multiple keywords for both months > and days can be specified by separating them with spaces, which is > actually the most common way of doing it. The BNF also shows the range > specifications.
I am not fluent in BNF but still don't see where it shows that you can separate them by spaces. Would you mind cutting and pasting that part in a reply so I can understand it? >> >> Also, http://blog.bacula.org/support/feature-requests/ states to >> submit feature requests in this manner. I will do it the way you >> mention in the future. > Thanks for noting that, the old website was rather difficult to maintain > and modify, so it tended to get out of date quickly. The new site under > Wordpress is much easier to update, so I have updated the page you refer > to adding the preferred way to submit Feature Requests. > Thanks for updating this. I know how hard it is to keep documents / web pages up to date. > Thanks for using Bacula, > > Best regards, > Kern > >> Thank you. >> >> >> Heath Petersen >> >> Email: he...@hpetersenfamily.com >> >> Cell: 507-220-2485 >> >> >> >> Health Services Leader >> >> Southwest Minnesota Chapter, Worthington >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:38 AM, Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote: >>> Hello Heath, >>> >>> Thanks for using Bacula. >>> >>> I guess it is not much fun to read such a large manual, so perhaps I could >>> suggest that it is fun to go off to a Bacula Admin I course -- all students >>> love it, and in that course you learn about Bacula without having to read >>> the manual. You also learn that commas between items such as Months and >>> days of the week are perfectly well handled by Bacula. The same is true >>> for ranges of months and days by separating the start and end days with a >>> hyphen. >>> >>> Bottom line: this has been implemented in Bacula from the beginning. >>> >>> By the way, the best place to file a feature request is in the bugs >>> database (features section). >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Kern >>> >>> On 04/12/2014 12:22 AM, Heath Petersen wrote: >>> >>> Item 1: Allow combinations of parameters separated by commas >>> in job schedules >>> Date: 11 April 2014 >>> Origin: Heath Petersen <he...@hpetersenfamily.com> >>> Status: >>> >>> What: The ability to allow combinations of parameters >>> separated by commas would clean up some schedule >>> definitions. >>> >>> Why: An example is the easiest way to explain this - >>> >>> Schedule { >>> Name = "dailyWithFullEveryOtherMonth" >>> >>> Run = Level=Full Jan 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Level=Differential Feb 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Level=Full Mar 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Level=Differential Apr 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> . >>> . Shortened for readability. >>> . >>> Run = Level=Differential Dec 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Incremental Mon-Sat >>> at 23:05 >>> } >>> >>> Could be simplified to - >>> >>> Schedule { >>> Name = "dailyWithFullEveryOtherMonth" >>> >>> Run = Level=Full Jan,Mar,May,Jul,Sep,Nov 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Level=Differential Feb,Apr,Jun,Aug,Oct,Dec 1st Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th Sun >>> at 23:05 >>> Run = Incremental Mon-Sat >>> at 23:05 >>> } >>> >>> Notes: Comma operators could be allowed in the specification of the >>> month, >>> weekday, and time. Program logic would have to expand to all >>> combinations. >>> Ex: Jan,Feb 1st Sun,Wed would have to expand to Jan 1st Sun, Jan >>> 1st Wed, >>> Feb 1st Sun, Feb 1st Wed. >>> >>> >>> ---------- >>> >>> Heath Petersen >>> >>> Email: he...@hpetersenfamily.com >>> >>> Cell: 507-220-2485 >>> >>> >>> >>> Health Services Leader >>> >>> Southwest Minnesota Chapter, Worthington >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Put Bad Developers to Shame >>> Dominate Development with Jenkins Continuous Integration >>> Continuously Automate Build, Test & Deployment >>> Start a new project now. Try Jenkins in the cloud. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13600_Cloudbees >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bacula-devel mailing list >>> Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel >>> >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate Development with Jenkins Continuous Integration Continuously Automate Build, Test & Deployment Start a new project now. Try Jenkins in the cloud. http://p.sf.net/sfu/13600_Cloudbees _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
