RE: Feature Request - Message to user of machine being backed up

BackupPC has a pre and post backupup command.  Use that to issue an email.

- Wade




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mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:27 AM
To: backuppc-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request - Message to user of machine
being backed up


Hello - 

I am using BackupPC at the library where I work with great success - it has
solved many problems for me.

However - 

This morning, I was working on my PC, and I noticed that the hard drive was
working like mad, and the systray network traffic indicator was solidly on all
the time. I could not for the life of me figure out what process was running so
hard, and I thought I might have picked up a virus. 

It was, of course, BackupPC doing its job. 

Do you suppose that BackupPC could be taught to send an SMB messaage to the PC
that it is going to backup, and maybe periodically during the backup, so that a
user will not become alarmed at all the HD and network activity?

Just an idea.

Mark Ehle
Computer Support Librarian
Willard Public Library
Battle Creek, MI



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