On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 03:17:43PM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > 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?
Well yes and no. I agree it could be considered reasonable, but where does the error from the DumpPreUserCmd go otherwise? According to the manual it's supposed to be in the XferLog: Stdout from these commands will be written to the Xfer (or Restore) log file. One example of using these commands would be to shut down and restart a database server, dump a database to files for backup, or doing a snapshot of a share prior to a backup. Example: $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host /usr/bin/dumpMysql'; However this could have been written before $Conf{UserCmdCheckStatus} existed. I make the claim that any output that is generated by a BackupPC_dump command should be placed into the XferLOG (which is arguable misnamed and could be BackupAttemptLOG but such is life). -- -- rouilj John Rouillard System Administrator Renesys Corporation 603-244-9084 (cell) 603-643-9300 x 111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/