fixed bug with __star__ and sys handler.

well, not really, but i worked around a bug that i don't understand.

backupninja

@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ function getconf() {
 
 	# replace * with %, so that it is not globbed.
 	ret="${ret//\\*/__star__}"
-	ret="${ret//\*/__star__}"
 
 	# this is weird, but single quotes are needed to 
 	# allow for returned values with spaces. $ret is still expanded

changelog

-version 0.4.3 -- Jan 20 2005
+version 0.4.3 -- ????
 	results of handlers are now read line by line. 
-	changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is not necessarily days now.
+	changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
+		not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
+		rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
 	added dup handler (still pretty beta)
 	added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
 	added --run option (runs the specified action file)
 	improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
+    added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
 
 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
 	fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.

etc/backup.d/example.sys

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # this config file will save various reports of vital system information.
 # by default, all the reports are enabled and are saved in /var/backups.
 #
+# requires dpkg, sfdisk, and hwinfo
+#
 # (1) a list of all the packages installed and removed.
 #     this file can be used to restore the state of installed packages
 #     by running "dpkg --set-selections < dpkg-selections.txt
@@ -14,8 +16,7 @@
 #     (MAKE SURE YOU PARTITION THE CORRECT DISK!!!)
 #
 # (3) hardware information. 
-#     a simple report is generated of the kernel modules, the devices,
-#     and the model of the hardware which 'discover' is able to detect.
+#     detailed information on most important aspects of the hardware.
 #
 
 # here are the defaults, commented out:
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 # packagesfile = /var/backups/dpkg-selections.txt
 
 # partitions = yes
-# partitionsfile = /var/backups/partitions.*.txt
+# partitionsfile = /var/backups/partitions.__star__.txt
 
 # hardware = yes
 # hardwarefile = /var/backups/hardware.txt

handlers/sys

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 #     (MAKE SURE YOU PARTITION THE CORRECT DISK!!!)
 #
 # (3) hardware information. 
-#     write to a text file the important things which hwinfo can discover.
+#     write to a text file the important things which hwinfo can gleen.
 #
 
 getconf packages yes
 getconf packagesfile /var/backups/dpkg-selections.txt
 
 getconf partitions yes
-getconf partitionsfile '/var/backups/partitions.*.txt'
+getconf partitionsfile /var/backups/partitions.__star__.txt
 
 getconf hardware yes
 getconf hardwarefile /var/backups/hardware.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ if [ "$hardware" == "yes" ]; then
 	fi
 	touch $hardwarefile
 	echo -e "\n\n====================== summary ======================\n" >>  $hardwarefile
+	debug "hwinfo --short --cpu --network --disk --pci  >> $hardwarefile"
 	hwinfo --short --cpu --network --disk --pci  >> $hardwarefile
 	for flag in cpu network disk bios pci; do
 		echo -e "\n\n====================== $flag ======================\n" >>  $hardwarefile