Re: [Bacula-users] scripting bconsole (Re: vchanger and "intervention ne

> > You could use the expect command to script a reply to request as in:
>
> I could also use python's subprocess.Popen or execvp(3) and dup(2) in c.
> The way every proper unix utility works is
>
> bconsole -c "delete volume=xyz" -y

Bacula will do this for you without any other tools; you just need to amend the delete volume line to include "yes" on the end to suppress the prompt, e.g.
"delete volume=ABC123 yes"

It doesn't appear to be documented in the manual but does work (I just tested it).

Regards,
Ben Roberts

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Re: [Bacula-users] scripting bconsole (Re: vchanger and "intervention needed")