How to add a version number to the backup files in S3 [#18325]

Submitted by jfquestiaux on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 01:37

Hi,

I have enabled backups to my S3 bucket but since the files have always the same name, I can have only one version of them since the old ones get overwritten. I read in the documentation that is possible to add a "timestamp" to the file name, but I am not sure that is possible for backups to S3, and if so, how to implement it.

Status:

Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 13:24 Comment #1

Sure, it is possible .. the backup filename or bucket can be contain codes like %d , %m and %Y for the current day, month and year respectively. Make sure you check the "Use strftime" box on the backup form though, so that these codes will be substituted with the current date at backup time.

Submitted by Issues on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 13:23 Comment #2

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.