Hi, thanks for helping, Hannes. I just had pretty busy days and didnt get around to respond.
On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 09:10:45PM +0200, Hannes von Haugwitz wrote: > if [ -f "disklist" ]; then > while read -r host dev rest; do > - if echo "${host}" | grep -q '^\\(#.*\\)\\?$'; then continue; fi > + if echo "${host}" | grep -q '^(#.*)?$'; then continue; fi > dev="$(echo "${dev}" | sed 's|[/:]|_|g;s|\\"||g')" > if ! skip_multiline_dle; then > printf > "!/@@{AMANDA_INDEXDIR}/%s/%s/@@{YEAR4D}[0-9]{4}_[0123]\\.gz$ f\\n" "${host}" > "${dev}" how about cat --squeeze-blank disklist | while read ... done ? That being said, I'm contemplating to introduce the concept of "user-maintained rules" where the maintainers explicitly ask users to help with certain rules. I haven't used amanda in years, and it is pretty hard to maintain, debug and keep current complex rules for a package that we don't use ourselves. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421