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Overwrite settings for folders in config file

Open l0ser140 opened this issue 5 years ago • 0 comments

I tried to use a construct like this:

[/mnt/backup/*/]
weekly = 4
monthly = 12
yearly = always
ionice = idle

[/mnt/backup/archive*/]
monthly = always

[/mnt/backup/archive2/]
weekly = 52

Each block generates folders for run, so construction above generate list with duplicates:

  1. /mnt/backup/archive1
  2. /mnt/backup/archive2
  3. /mnt/backup/arch
  4. /mnt/backup/archive1
  5. /mnt/backup/archive2
  6. /mnt/backup/archive2

But settings applies only from [/mnt/backup/*/] entry, order does not matter.

I suggest to implement ability to overwrite settings for folders.  

l0ser140 avatar Sep 14 '20 14:09 l0ser140