Wishlist item for run before/after

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DaveP
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Wishlist item for run before/after

Post by DaveP »

The ability to run a program or script before executing a backup job is really helpful. I am using this to wake up a node on my local network.

Two things that would make the facility more powerful would be:
1. The ability to execute a command with arguments, rather than just the name of a script/executable
2. It would be great if the output of the command was captured in the backup log file. This would be particularly helpful for debugging but also a record of what actions have been performed.

Great program in any case; Thanks

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Wishlist item for run before/after

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Hi,

1. You should be able to run a command with arguments in Backup4all. Can you tell us if there is a particular command you want to run?
2. We put your suggestion on our Wishlist.

DaveP
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Re: Wishlist item for run before/after

Post by DaveP »

Apologies,

My mistake; I think I omitted the extension. I can confirm that the .cmd file that I was running from a absolute path does receive arguments.

Thank you for the wishlist response.

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Wishlist item for run before/after

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

You are welcome!
Do you know you can monitor your backups remotely with Backup4all Monitor? You can read more here: https://www.backup4all.com/backup4all-monitor.html

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