Custom backup name

[AlbatorV]

@Jon

Added Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: [Behavior] config_backup_name which lets you configure the default config backup filename template. It supports date/time strings and environment variables.

I like this new feature but how to add simple text string?
I want to set D#yyyyMMdd_T#HHmmss - Directory Opus Backup but result is...

[Leo]

Thanks!

We'll change how it works in 13.3.2 to avoid problems with other characters in the string being interpreted as date/time codes.

[AlbatorV]

@Jon

The config_backup_name option in Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced now requires that date and time codes are enclosed in {} brackets to disambiguate them from any text which might come after them. So e.g. the default is now %USERNAME% - %HEADER% - {D#yyyy-MM-dd} {T#HH-mm}.

Text after date and time is not display...

Directory Opus Backup - {D#yyyyMMdd}{T#HHmmss} -> OK
{D#yyyyMMdd}{T#HHmmss} - Directory Opus Backup -> NOK, display ony date and time

[lxp]

The time code seems to use UTC instead of local time. Is this intended?

[Leo]

@AlbatorV

Text after date and time is not display...

Thanks! Will be fixed in 13.3.4.

@lxp

The time code seems to use UTC instead of local time. Is this intended?

That may have been me worrying about people doing hourly backups when DST changes, but it's probably better off using local time by default. I'll change it to local time, and might add a way to specify UTC by editing the template.