cya mydata - multiple source directories

[cspaniard]

The mydata command and profiles are a great addition to cya.

It would be even more flexible if you could define multiple sources for the same profile.

For example:

MYDATA_johnfiles="/home/john/Downloads/ /home/john/Documents/ /mnt/wd-password/john/"

This syntax would be easy to understand since rsync works the same way. All paths (except last one) would be copied to "destination" (last one).

Needless to say that I would keep it with full paths (like in the example), so source paths do not have to share parent folder.

We do have configuration files in multiple directories in our PBX that could benefit from this enhancement.

That would be very flexible and powerful.

[cleverwise]

Yeah I thought about multiple source directories but decided against it. However I'll revisit that choice based on a few reasons. I figured just setup multiple profiles and run them.

mydata johndocs
mydata johndls

[cspaniard]

Since profiles in general tend to group things, settings, jobs, etc... It feels strange that to do one job you would need more than one profile. As a user, you will need to remember that 2 or 3 profiles always have to be executed together to do the entire job.

The workaround feels backwards... but that is just me... ;)

[cleverwise]

True. I did consider both when originally coding this function. I'll take another look.

[cleverwise]

Included in 2.3.4+

[cspaniard]

Ver 2.3.4
Although I agree with the documentation that this is a extremely powerful option, I cannot get it work.
It does not give any errors. I does not seem to do anything.

I checked my syntax 3 times and it seems to be correct according to documentation. I must be doing something wrong, but I don't know what else to check.

[cleverwise]

I would need to see what you are including.

[cspaniard]

MYDATA_johnfiles="/home/dsanroma/Descargas/Vuelo/Malaga/:Vuelo;/home/dsanroma/Descargas/Vuelo/Aeropuertos/:info /mnt/"

[cleverwise]

Okay well your backup will need to have /mnt/Vuelo/ and /mnt/info/ thus do they exist?

CYA will not create those directories in case those are external mounts. So your manual backup locations need to created by you.

[cspaniard]

I see... makes sense.... I did not see that explanation in the documentation... is it there ? should it be ? ;)