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Re: archival AFS backup

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sat Feb 15 15:38:00 1997

To: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>, Yonah Schmeidler <yonah@MIT.EDU>,
        sipb-afsreq@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 15 Feb 1997 15:37:53 -0500
In-Reply-To: Sam Hartman's message of 15 Feb 1997 13:26:30 -0500

Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU> writes:

> 
> >>>>> "Derek" == Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
> 
>     Derek> Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU> writes:
>     >> > - what should it be called? (iap-97? spring-97?)  something
>     >> clever
> 
>     Derek> I recommend the name "sipb-archive-1997-MM-DD"
> 
> 	I don't like storing the date in the name because it's already
> in a different record in the database.  I certainly think storing more
> than the month is wrong.  How about sipb-archive/jan97 (sipb-archive
> as the dumpset, jan97 as the level)

I really Really REALLY want to use a 4-digit year.  I'd also like the
year to be first, so the listing shows in chronological order by
default.  How about:
	sipb-archive/1997-01
 or
	sipb-archive/1997-jan

-derek

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