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

[Rob G. <ro...@cr...>]

Huh. Python is weird. Strikes me as odd that it needs to be and/or can be
single quoted in the script, but not in the ini file.

Obviously that's how it works, for whatever reason.

Thank you for your replies, and for the help!


Robert Gerber
402-237-8692
ro...@cr...

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 6:23 PM Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users <
bac...@li...> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Bill Arlofski
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