Re: [BackupPC-users] Running command before and after tar command

Subject:	Re: [BackupPC-users] Running command before and after tar command
From:	"Michael Stowe" <mstowe AT chicago.us.mensa DOT org>
To:	"General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:37:55 -0500

> How do I specify a command to run before I execute my backup (in this
> case tar).
>
> I need to rsh to a specific machine and create a snapshot before I backup.
>
> I tried:
>
> $Conf{TarClientCmd} = 'rsh -n mothership snap create data backuppc;
> $tarPath --totals -c -v -f - -C $shareName/.snapshot/backuppc; rsh -n
> mothership snap delete data backuppc';
>
> but this seems to not work.
>
> I've put this into it's own script, and it works fine, although there
> was a very strange stale NFS filehandle issue I had to workaround...

DumpPreUserCmd

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