[flexbackup-help] Problem with labeling backups from a Windows share

[Holger K. <ku...@el...>]

Hi,

The "label" feature ($label = 'true'; in the config file) uses touch to 
create a file named with the information about the current backup job. This 
file is stored within the source tree of the files to be backed up and then 
deleted after completion.

If you backup a Windows share the filename of this file can not contain any 
colons, which are used as delimiters for the timestamp. Colons are not 
allowed in a Windows file name and touch will fail with an error message 
that the file can not be found.

As a workaround the label option in the config file can be set to "false" 
and the backup will work fine from a windows share.

To fix this I would suggest to alter the timestamp not to contain any colons.

Observed on:
-OS: Freebsd 4.9
-Flexbackup: 1.2.1

Regards,

Holger