You can indeed script bacula, although it's a bit awkward: simply pipe the 
commands and all the input data into bconsole via stdin.

If you have access to your DHCP server, you could use a lease renewal to 
trigger the backup (keep in mind that the lease will likely be renewed well 
before the laptop is fully booted).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: marco zanca [mailto:bacula-forum AT backupcentral DOT com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 1:00 AM
> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: [Bacula-users] Laptop backup
> 
> 
> 
> terryc wrote:
> >
> > manually -> bconsole -> run -> choose appropriate job -> check
> parametrs
> > -> yes
> >
> 
> 
> Ok, but what if i can't be present all the time and do it manually?
> I need a way to automate this. It is possible to modify the number of
> retry?
> It is possible to run a job with a bash script?
> 
> Regards
> Marco Zancanaro
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