[BackupPC-users] Backuppc: BackupFilesOnly-string being read incorrect (bpc 3

2009-02-03 Thread exarkun
I am having the same exact problem using Fedora 9. Very frustrating, as I cannot figure out how to fix it and my backups are not working now. I am using: BackupPC-3.1.0-3.fc9.noarch samba-client-3.2.7-0.23.fc9.x86_64 samba-3.2.7-0.23.fc9.x86_64 +---

Re: [BackupPC-users] DumpPreUserCmd to send an email before and after backup

2009-02-03 Thread Les Stott
Nick Smith wrote: > Wow, that looks pretty impressive! I would like to try something like > that out at my site. > I had a couple questions. > > Where are the variables defined? aka $user $host $3 etc? > Are they internal backuppc variables already defined or do i need to > do that somewhere? > > t

Re: [BackupPC-users] multiple pre/post commands

2009-02-03 Thread Matthias Meyer
Try something like this: /usr/local/bin/mypreexec $host -f -q -x -w 10 -s $share -t $cmdType Notify: all "-?" parameters will perform actions in my script "mypreexec". $host as well as $cmdType will be filled by backuppc with the documented values. br Matthias -- Don't Panic --

Re: [BackupPC-users] how to make a backup available as a backup basis for another client?

2009-02-03 Thread Matthias Meyer
Les Mikesell wrote: > > You get new directories and attrib files in each run. The only plain > file in the list does have the same inode number - and a count of 4 links. > Yes, you are right :-) cp -rl /var/lib/backuppc/pc/host1/0 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/host2/0 do what I want. Also cp -al /var/

Re: [BackupPC-users] Starting backup from command line

2009-02-03 Thread Les Mikesell
Knaupp, Thomas wrote: >>> is it possible to initiate a backup for a specific >>> host from command line? >> >> http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/Schedule_Backups_With_Cron >> >> But is there some reason you think the normal scheduler won't do it? >> If you have some other problem it would be bet

Re: [BackupPC-users] Starting backup from command line

2009-02-03 Thread Knaupp, Thomas
> > is it possible to initiate a backup for a specific > > host from command line? > > > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/Schedule_Backups_With_Cron > > But is there some reason you think the normal scheduler won't do it? > If you have some other problem it would be better to fix it. the timef

Re: [BackupPC-users] Starting backup from command line

2009-02-03 Thread Les Mikesell
Knaupp, Thomas wrote: > Hello List, > > is it possible to initiate a backup for a specific host from command line? > I have one very special host, where I have to make sure, that backups > are definitely running daily.. > > I do not need special options, etc.. It would be enough if there is the >

[BackupPC-users] Starting backup from command line

2009-02-03 Thread Knaupp, Thomas
Hello List, is it possible to initiate a backup for a specific host from command line? I have one very special host, where I have to make sure, that backups are definitely running daily.. I do not need special options, etc.. It would be enough if there is the same functionality as klicking "start

Re: [BackupPC-users] multiple pre/post commands

2009-02-03 Thread Craig Barratt
Nick writes: > Ive tried putting ";" in between the two commands, ive tried & and && > as well, with & in there, it seems to run both commands but the > variables arent being pulled from backuppc, so the email doesnt work > correctly. and also the script that runs my vshadow commands doesnt > see