So I've come to the point where I need to do a customized backup (in my 
case - pause a database system - EMC's SourceOne mail archiving program - 
back it up, then resume those services). I have a small script that 
actually pauses the database, and another that restarts it,. So these are 
the commands I will be putting in the precmd/pstcmd fields in the 
group-name.res file that is created by the initial run of savepnpc. So far 
so good. But the documentation talks about "The command environment that 
is opened by the savepnpc command to run a
customized backup does not automatically inherit the system?s default 
environment". Fine; so on the precmd I will put the full path to my script 
(c:\scripts\stop-it.CMD), and similarly for the pstcmd, so it can be 
found.

But: that restriction doesn't apply to the 2 scripts themselves, does it? 
My "stop-it.CMD" and "start-it.CMD" scripts will get a normal default 
environment, including resident commands like "time" and "date"? My 
scripts write out a log file, using the resident time/date commands as 
timestamping, and mail me the log when each script finishes.

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

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