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?

thanks for the help, and thanks for posting this.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Les Stott <les AT cyberpro.com DOT au> wrote:
> Madcha wrote:
>> Thanks,
>>
>> But how write this command, for send an email to $host? or $user?
>>
>>
> Here is one way to do it, maybe not the most elegant but it works. Use
> it as a guide and improve on it. I set this up ages ago for a client,
> never tweaked it since then.
>
> These will send a note before to say its starting, and then send a note
> after if it completes, whether successful or not. It will also log to
> the hosts backuppc log file. If there is an error it will log that also.
>
> You need to create 4 files. the sample scripts below assume you put them
> in /usr/local/bin
>
> startbkpemail.txt      -> body text for email before
> startbkpemail.sh       -> script to send the email before
> endbkpemail.txt       -> body text for email after
> endbkpemail.sh         -> script to send email after
>
> Modify the variables at the top of the scripts to suit your setup.
>
> Call them in BackupPC like so....
> $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/startbkpemail.sh $user
> $xferOK $host $type $cmdType';
> $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/endbkpemail.sh $user $xferOK
> $host $type $cmdType';
>
> they should contain something like:
>
> startbkpemail.txt
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> THIS IS AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM MESSAGE!!
> PLEASE DO NOT REPLY!!
>
> Your Computer is being backed up by the
> Automated System Backup Server.
>
> During this time you may experience some slowness on
> the network. This is usually only for a short period.
>
> You will receive a confirmation E-mail when the
> Backup Completes.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> startbkpemail.sh
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/startbkpemail.sh $user
> $xferOK $host $type $cmdType';
> #$Conf{DumpPostUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/endbkpemail.sh $user
> $xferOK $host $type $cmdType';
>
> varDate=`date '+%F %T'`
> DOMAIN=yourdomain.com.au
> BACKUPPCPATH=/path/to/data/directory
> BACKUPPCLOG=$BACKUPPCPATH/log/LOG
> NOTIFY=${1}@${DOMAIN}
>
> /bin/mail -s"A Backup of $3 has started..." ${NOTIFY} <
> /usr/local/bin/startbkpemail.txt
> /bin/echo "$varDate Backup Started E-mail sent to:(' $1' )" >>$BACKUPPCLOG
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> endbkpemail.txt
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> THIS IS AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM MESSAGE!!
> PLEASE DO NOT REPLY!!
>
> Your Computer has been backed up by the
> Automated System Backup Server.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> endbkpemail.sh
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/startbkpemail.sh $user
> $xferOK $host $type $cmdType';
> #$Conf{DumpPostUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/endbkpemail.sh $user
> $xferOK $host $type $cmdType';
>
> varDate=`date '+%F %T'`
> DOMAIN=yourdomain.com.au
> BACKUPPCPATH=/path/to/data/directory
> BACKUPPCLOG=$BACKUPPCPATH/log/LOG
> NOTIFY=${1}@${DOMAIN}
>
> ### If $2 is a 1, backup completed.
>
> if [ $2 = 1 ]
> then
>   /bin/mail -s"Backup of $3 has Completed Successfully." ${NOTIFY} <
> /usr/local/bin/endbkpemail.txt
>   /bin/echo "$varDate Backup Completed E-mail sent to:(' $1' )"
>  >>$BACKUPPCLOG
> else
>   /bin/mail -s"Backup of $3 has Failed. Contact your System Admin."
> ${NOTIFY} < /usr/local/bin/endbkpemail.txt
>   /bin/echo $varDate 'Exit code:(' $2 ') Asset Tag:(' $3')  E-Mail:('
> $1' )' >>$BACKUPPCLOG
> fi
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> That should give you a good starting point.
>
> Regards,
>
> Les
>
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