On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 04:00:47PM +0200, Florian Heigl wrote:
> ssh client-to-backup -n bconsole "run a backup for this box and keep
> sitting until the backup is completed"

Something like this should do the trick:
echo "run job=XY yes
wait job=XY" | ssh client-to-backup bconsole

> How do you automate your off-schedule backups?

I admit I have never tested this, just remembered I've seen the 'wait'
statement

MfG,
    Adrian Reyer
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