RE: Force full backup using BackupPC_serverMesg

Hello Craig,

Peter Lloyd already cleared it out but thanks anyway :)

Regards,

Christophe Faribault
Systems Administrator
Webstorm Media Inc.
chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(514) 392-7722 x233


-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Barratt [mailto:cbarratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: February 27, 2005 17:54
To: Christophe Faribault
Cc: backuppc-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Force full backup using BackupPC_serverMesg 

"Christophe Faribault" writes:

> I see... That's too bad. Last question then. I followed your advice on 
> using the BackupPC_serverMesg command but here's what I get:
> 
> [backuppc@gil /]$ /backups/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup gil 
> 192.168.0.145 chris 1 Got reply: error: unknown host 192.168.0.145

Sorry, I think I got the first two arguments backwards:

    BackupPC_serverMesg backup HOSTIP HOST USER FULL
    
If the host can be found via named then you can use the same host name for
the first two arguments, eg:

    /backups/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup gil gil chris 1

Craig





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