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>>> When I create a volume with only 16 characters, it works fine. I think >>> there must be some padding or "reserved" space within the 32 allotted >>> characters. From looking at the message above (1st item to follow) and >> >> Right, volume replicas get ".?" siffixes and there is also possible >> ".backup" > > Ok, so it looks that the volume name has a 30 character [usable space] > limitation, or a 23 character [usable space] limitation if, I assume > during the volume creation process, one selects backup = y. After some testing, I see that I assumed wrong. When does .backup get appended to the volume name in lieu of .0? I haven't been able to create a volume is such a way as to see the .backup text appended to a volume name in the volume list. > As a side note, I'd think that for use in a limited space field, something > along the lines of ".bak" or even ".b" would be preferrable over > ".backup". Is this trivial to change, or would it be a monumental > refactor? Obviously related to the above for determining difficulty. Hopefully this is something simple enough that I can draft up a patch for -- while I don't know that I would be up for increasing or removing the limitation, I should be able to manage making the volume name length a constant. > Regardless, what does setting up backup to yes actually mean in the volume > creation process? > > I found this, but the information contained wasn't useful ;) > http://coda.wikidev.net/The_Coda_Administration_and_User_Manual#The_Backup > _System What facility/application is used to do the backups? Where are they stored? Other questions, but I hope some will be answered when I know the backup facility used. A pointer to documentation is welcome. Regards, -Don {void}Received on 2010-02-12 19:00:33