Re: [Bacula-users] baculabackupreport ini variable quoting issue

[Bill A. <wa...@pr...>]

On 2/25/25 5:05 PM, Rob Gerber wrote:
> Bill, I'm adopting your baculabackupreport python script and I've found some strange behavior.
> 
> I have copy and pasted some variables from the script into the ini file. I didn't change many of the ones I pasted in, I more 
> wanted to 'bookmark' them by putting them in the ini file so I could find them easily later if I decided to experiment with 
> them.
> 
> The trouble I've encountered a couple times now is that sometimes the script doesn't like the variables as originally quoted 
> in the script.
> 
> For example, I copied over this variable, exactly as you see it here:
> alwaysfailcolumn = 'jobname'    # Column to colorize for "always failing jobs" (column name, row, none)
> 
> But now the previously correctly working script says this:
> 
> [bacula@td-bacula baculabackupreport]$ /opt/baculabackupreport/email_daily.sh
> - Reading configuration overrides from config file '/opt/baculabackupreport/my.ini', section 'DEFAULT' (if exists), and 
> section 'Daily'
> 
> The 'alwaysfailcolumn' name ''jobname'' not valid or not in cols2show.
> 
> It looks like the script handles the single quoted variables fine when they're in the script itself, but tries to add them 
> when the variable is in the ini. The trouble goes away if I remove the single quote marks.
> 
> Even more weird, other single quoted variables copied from the ini into the script seem to work fine (those variables are 
> also not modified from their default).
> 
> as an example, the script seems fine with this in the ini:
> ignore_jobs_lst = ['Job1', 'Job2']
> or this:
> ignore_warn_on_zero_inc_jobs = 'Job1 Job2'
> 
> This isn't too difficult to work around, and once I have it set up I won't be changing variables much at all, if ever. Still, 
> I thought I'd bring it to your attention as a low priority thing I found.
> 
> I have attached my ini file, just in case you think it's relevant.
> 
> Regards,
> Robert Gerber
> 402-237-8692
> ro...@cr... <mailto:ro...@cr...>


Hello Rob... I just looked at your attached config file...

Take a look at line #14 in the notes at the top. :)

----8<----
# - Values must not be quoted (see examples below)
----8<----

I remember running into the problem/issue/question when I started working with the ini file. And I thought I had documented 
it somewhere. I guess I did afterall. :)


Best regards,
Bill

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Bill Arlofski
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