samk-01 AT ntlworld DOT com wrote at about 13:49:38 +0000 on Friday, November 
21, 2008:

 > 02 I would like to conduct actions prior and post creating an archive. 
 > Specifically mounting a Truecrypt encrypted removable disk.  The following 
 > command line works exactly as required when executed at the command line as 
 > user = backuppc but fails when used in archiveHost.pl.
 > Command line version
 > /bin/echo password | /usr/bin/truecrypt --text --keyfiles="" 
 > --protect-hidden=no --password=password --mount /dev/sdd1 
 > /media/backups-archived
 > 
Config. pl says:
                Note: all Cmds are executed directly without a shell, so the 
prog name
                # needs to be a full path and you can't include shell syntax 
like
                # redirection and pipes; put that in a script if you need it.

So you could right a script instead.
Alternatively, what I do is let the command be: 
        bash -c "<my bash script"
with proper use of quoting and escaping you can put as long and
complicated of a bash script as you want (but the escaping can get
hairy if you go down a couple of levels).

try something like:

bash -c "/bin/echo password | /usr/bin/truecrypt --text --keyfiles=''
--protect-hidden=no --password=password --mount /dev/sdd1 /media\
/backups-archived"

Note: I changed " to ' -- to avoid having to escape the "
(alternatively you could have used single quotes around the entire line.


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