samba - Jun 2013 - str[fp]time - what is this and can I add padding? smb.conf

I'm wanting to extend vfs shadow_copy2 in samba a little and want to add
additional information to the snapshot name - it's parsed by str[fp]time
with
the format:

 %Y%m%d-%H%M%S

I want to add a 6 arbitrary characters to the beginning or end of this and
still have it parsed correctly.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

PS Check out
http://www.edplese.com/blog/2009/12/02/samba-shadow_copy2-enhancements/ for
further details

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 04:23:56PM +0100, Tom Jermy
wrote:
> I'm wanting to extend vfs shadow_copy2 in samba a little and want to
add
> additional information to the snapshot name - it's parsed by
str[fp]time with
> the format:
> 
>  %Y%m%d-%H%M%S
> 
> I want to add a 6 arbitrary characters to the beginning or end of this and
> still have it parsed correctly.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
Can't you just hand-parse the 6 characters first before handing the rest
over to str[fp]time ? So long as you know they're going to be there of
course. I'm not quite sure what you're after here.

I like the look of the ZFS shadow copy work ! Please finish up and
submit it so we can get it into master.

Cheers,

	Jeremy.