Hello,

I have not looked at your problem in detail, but it *sounds* a lot like 
what happens to a lot of first time Runscript users.  Please remember 
when Bacula executes an external command, it runs it without a shell 
(i.e. it simply executes and executable). If you want a shell to 
interpret a script, or you use any shell characters, you must explicitly 
put a shell invocation on the command.  This is explained in the manual.

Best regards,
Kern

On 04/13/2016 09:14 PM, Lloyd Brown wrote:
> Unfortunately, there's some sensitive info in the script.  I'll see if I
> can post an excerpt later.
>
> But here's what I've observed:
> - When the file doesn't exist, I get the error as described.  I've even
> attached to the bacula-fd using strace, and verified that it does try to
> open() that file, but I don't see it trying to execute the script
> - When I touch the file, to create a zero-length placholder, and then
> run the job, it successfully runs the script, which populates the file
> with the list, but the job backs up 0 bytes and 0 files
> - Subsequent runs of the same job, correctly get the file list.
>
> All of that led me to the conclusion that the file open() is occurring
> before the script.  Also that the script is updating the file correctly.
>
> Are you sure that your catalog backup is using the "Client Run Before
> Job", and not just a "Run Before Job"?  It is at least possible that the
> Client vs Server versions of the Run Before Job act slightly
> differently.  I haven't examined the source code, though, so this is
> just speculation on my part.
>
> Lloyd
>
>
>
> On 04/13/2016 10:49 AM, Heitor Faria wrote:
>> Hello, Lloyd. This does not seem accurate to me. Catalog backup job works 
>> flawless with the same logic and I'm pretty sure Bacula client only scans 
>> the filesystem after before script is terminated.
>> Are you sure your before job script is not deleting the temporary file?
>> If still in doubt maybe you can post your script here.


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