Re: [BackupPC-users] [BackupPC-devel] Feature request: exec type backup

Hi

> >         I want to execute a remote script to do a backup. The backup
> > will not be store in backuppc, so all i need is to execute a script
> > and save the status and the script log.
> >
> >         Right now i workaround with tar, i replace the tar command
> > with a script that will execute my command and then tars the log, so
(...)
> You should be able to use the DumpPreUserCmd for that, then perhaps
> back up a directory containing the log of the operation.  You'd get
> scheduling and the ability to see failures in one place.

        This is also a workaround, just like mine with tar :)

        They work, but i think a simple "exec" backup type could be
useful for more people and should be simple to implement as almost
everything is already there.

        The fun of it is that is very powerful and flexible and can be
used and abused in ways we can even imagine.


> > Restore could also be a script. The script status code and
> > stdout and stderr should be captured and logged by backuppc. No files
> > are transfered to backuppc, so the size for this type of backups could
> > always be zero in the status (or show it inside a [], to flag a remote
> > backup)
> 
> Not sure how you would control what was restored, though.

        Just execute the restore script. backuppc will just have the 
logs of the "exec" backup, so the user will have also create a restore
script for what he wants. A CD/DVD will require one thing, a remote
rsynced HD will require other and a other yet for any other special
backup program. 

        Maybe the remote backup script could report a list of
files stored in the log and the restore could also take a file list
as argument... but this should be optional and maybe with a regexp
option to extract that file list (as each script could generate different
logs)

        Either way, the only required thing is the restore script
and one option for the backup number and/or date of the selected backup.
More elaborated backups and restores require the admin to proper 
configure the scripts

Thanks

higuita
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