I was able to get it to work by adding DumpPreShareCmd2 3 4 etc.
Ugly... I am trying to convert DumpPreShareCmd to a list, but no luck
yet. Makes sense for this to be an array of commands in my case
because I am chaining a lot of commands (Ntbackup for registry, Dump
various databases , backup System State,etc).
-barry
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
wrote:
> On 8/20/2010 8:35 AM, barry newman wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:57 PM, barry newman<netlanlord AT gmail DOT com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Les Mikesell<lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 8/19/2010 10:47 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
>>>>> Michael Stowe wrote at about 09:54:27 -0500 on Thursday, August 19, 2010:
>>>>> > > I need to be able to start my mysql server after my backup
>>>>> is
>>>>> > > complete , but I am also using a script to send email with
>>>>> various
>>>>> > > stats. Can I chain commands in this field ? I tried calling
>>>>> a script
>>>>> > > but it looses the variable substitutions for my email
>>>>> ($type, $client
>>>>> > > , etc). Was thinking converting this to an array in the code
>>>>> but if
>>>>> > > there is a quick fix I am all ears! Thanks
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > -barry
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Wait, what's wrong with running a script? What do you mean
>>>>> "looses
>>>>> > variable substitutions?"
>>>>>
>>>>> I think he needs to pass the variables he intends to use in his script
>>>>> on the script command line (as ARGV's). Of course, he will need to be
>>>>> careful if any of these variables require "protection" or if any of
>>>>> them are pointers, arrays, hashes, etc. But if he is passing "simple"
>>>>> variables without white space or other special Bash characters, it
>>>>> should be easy to pass the parameters on the command line.
>>>>
>>>> Generally something like:
>>>> script2 "$@"
>>>> in a shell script would pass along the same positional parameters that
>>>> the initial script received.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Les Mikesell
>>>> lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
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>>>
>>> I can't use mysqldump as the vendor does not provide username/passwd
>>> for the database server (mysql on windows bleachhh). Yes basically I
>>> stop the mysql server , back it up , and start after backup. But I
>>> want to also use my email script that uses $type,$xferOK,$client,$host
>>> etc after the backup completes. Both work fine individually just
>>> looking to either concatenate them into a single call or call a script
>>> that doesn't loose the backuppc variables. Also need the $sshpath
>>> variable to start mysql at the end. I will try the "$@" and see if
>>> that works. Thanks
>>>
>>> -barry
>>>
>>
>> Still no go.. I am surprised no one has had this problem before.
>> Searching the list and finding nothing. Maybe I will try to add it to
>> the interface as DumpPostUserCmd2 but this seems like an overkill for
>> a simple task. Let me know if you have any more suggestions... Until
>> then I am brushing off my perl books :) .. Thanks
>
> Can you add some debugging output to your scripts to see what the first
> one receives as its parameters and how the 2nd one differs? Perhaps
> just echo $#, $1, $2 (etc.) to files at the start of the scripts ($# is
> the number of parameters).
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