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

mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Trying to send the user a popup message that a backup is about to start, I put
> this line in my conf.pl:
> 
> $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = 'alert_user.sh';

You need an explicit path:

    $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '/bin/alert_user.sh';

Note that you can also pass the host name so that your script
can do the right thing for different hosts, eg:

    $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '/bin/alert_user.sh $host';

Craig


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