[Dirvish] Expiry problems

[Roberto Mello]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Fionn Behrens <fionn at spamfilter.de> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 10.11.2008, 16:00 -0700 schrieb Roberto Mello:
>>
>> Yeah, you have to edit ${VAULT}/divish/default.hist (or whatever your
>> branch is named) and change the dates for expiration.
>
> Uuuuuh. That sounds pretty hackish and like a good chance to mess up the
> entire backup repository...
> Is the format of that file documented anywhere, e.g. which column means
> exactly what?

Why is it likely to mess the whole "repository" (I assume you meant vault)?

The file documents its own format:

#IMAGE  CREATED REFERECE    EXPIRES
2008-03-13-16-58    2008-03-13 16:58:42 default +15 days == 2008-03-28 16:58:40
2008-03-13-22-00    2008-03-13 22:04:13 2008-03-13-16-58    +15 days
== 2008-03-28 22:00:00

Image 2008-03-13-22-00 was created based on 2008-03-13-16-58 and will
expire in 15 days on 2008-03-28 22:00:00.

Not much of a mistery there if you ask me.

Roberto

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