Re: [Duplicity-talk] [PATCH] Warn if '--full-if-older-than' date is coming up soon

[edgar . soldin]

On 20.05.2012 05:22, Ed Blackman wrote:
> I run daily incremental duplicity backups with the --full-if-older-than 
> option to do full backups on a fixed schedule every X days.  I got tired of 
> doing the date math to figure out whether a full backup was coming up soon, 
> so I edited the duplicity script to add a notice message to the backup output 
> if the full backup was coming soon (within 5 days).
> 
> It works great for me, so I thought I would share it.  Patch attached.  It 
> applies cleanly against the current version in BZR.
> 
> It's not the cleanest code: the 5 days is hard-coded, and maybe the notice 
> message could be better worded.  But it works for me.
> 

Good idea. How about simply stating the days until the next full per default? 
Why exactly do you need to do when the next full is up?

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