backup2l - low maintenance backup tool

Dear John,

in the present version it is not easily possible.

But you may try the following:

In file '/usr/bin/backup2l', function 'do_backup()': Change the order of the following code:


# Run pre-backup
echo "Running pre-backup procedure..."
PRE_BACKUP

# Operate in destination directory
cd $BACKUP_DIR
rm -fr $TMP.*

# Remove old backups...
echo
echo "Removing old backups..."
name_cleanup # should not do anything in normal cases
compute_level_and_bids $1
SAVED_LEVEL=$LEVEL


into:


# Operate in destination directory
cd $BACKUP_DIR
rm -fr $TMP.*

name_cleanup # should not do anything in normal cases
compute_level_and_bids $1
SAVED_LEVEL=$LEVEL

# Run pre-backup
echo "Running pre-backup procedure..."
PRE_BACKUP

# Remove old backups...
echo
echo "Removing old backups..."


Then the variables NEW_BID and LEVEL will be defined in your pre-backup script and contain the BID and level of the new backup.

Gundolf