>>>>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:09:03 +0200, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Monday 10 April 2006 13:15, Martin Simmons wrote: > > >>>>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:22:59 +0200, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>>> said: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > It seems that it is becoming more frequent (probably because of the > > > increasing number of Bacula users) that users submit support questions to > > > the bugs database. This morning a user submitted a bug stating that the > > > WildFile option was broken. Normally, I would have dismissed this as a > > > support problem because most of us realize that wild-cards and regexes > > > are awfully tricky. > > > > > > However, this user presented a *really* simple case with debug output, so > > > I took a look at it, and surprise both WildFile and RegexFile are broken > > > because they match against the full path and filename rather than just > > > the filename. > > > > > > I wonder how many users have torn out their hair trying to figure out why > > > WildFile or RegexFile didn't work :-( > > > > Are you really sure that is a bug? I think the word "filename" in the > > documentation is ambiguous, but when it says "No directories will be > > matched by this directive" it does not mean that the matching is performed > > only on the basename part. > > > > The examples in "A Windows Example FileSet" are also written to assume that > > WildFile compares the whole name. > > > > The current behaviour is very useful because it allows files in selected > > directories to be matched, without accidentally matching subdirectories (as > > Wild will do). > > > > After a little more thought about this, I'm not so sure I should change the > behavior. It is not what I had originally intended (I didn't program it), but > to change it now, given all the examples in the doc would create a number of > problems. > > I think the best solution is to ensure that the documentation is extremely > clear, then if there is really a demand, implement a new option such as > WildFilename that matches against only the filename (basename).
Yes, that's probably the best thing. There are a couple of unix examples using .journal and .autofsck in the doc that need fixing. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
