John Rouillard wrote at about 20:07:04 +0000 on Tuesday, February 24, 2009: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 02:47:52PM -0800, Craig Barratt wrote: > > James writes: > > > I made a script with the following contents as a test and named > > > it startbkpemail.sh (just used the example name from the post) > > > and added the a line '/usr/local/bin/startbkpemail.sh $host > > > $type'; in the DumpPreUserCmd field in the host config - but > > > it is not executing it. Any suggestions? The permissions on the > > > file are 777 for testing so I know that is not the problem. > > > > Is there any error message in the XferLOG file? Does it say it is > > executive your DumpPreUserCmd? > > I was also working with DumpPreUserCmd and having errors when > executing it (I was editing the config.pl file directory and using " > not ' so the variable arguments weren't being passed in > correctly). The script was generating stdout and stderr output, but I > never saw an XferLOG link in the web interface or a non-zero length > xferlog in the filesystem for the dump. There seems to be a problem in > 3.1.0 where the xferlog is not written or preserved if the > DumpPreUserCmd exits with a non-zero exit code. >
I must be missing something, because I would think that the behavior you describe is normal. If DumpPreUserCmd returns an error, then the backup never starts so you don't get an XferLOG file - am I missing something obvious here? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
