On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:37 PM, gregrwm <backuppc-users AT whitleymott DOT 
net> wrote:
> i want a backup of my server as of now, so i start one with BackupPC_dump.
> before it finishes, the scheduler starts another one, which executes
> simultaneously.  seems like trouble.
>

The server/scheduler doesn't know about programs you start from the
command line.  If you are doing a one-off manually, why not just use
the web interface to start a backup?   If you need to do it from cron
or some other program you can use BackupPC_serverMesg to tell the
server what you want it to do:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=ServerMesg_commands

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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