So, what's the easiest way to run a command on a client before the
dump starts and a different command after the dump finishes? I need
to shut down a database, do the dump, then restart the database. Do
I have to re-code the runtar executable to do this? C is a bit
beyond my abilities at this point. If anyone has an example of how
they've done this, please post or let me know.

Thanks

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Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator