On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 09:26:26AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > > As many know, I use rsync in DumpPreUserCmd to run my shadowmountrsync > > > routine on the remote client. This routine has many legitimate reasons > > > for not returning success. > > > > > > However, the backuppc log often shows on failure: > > > 2009-11-24 11:00:04 DumpPreUserCmd returned error > status 512... exiting > > > > > > I don't understand the 512 status since the rsync man pages lists > > > return codes as 0-35. So what does 512 mean? > > > > It's 256 * exitStatus, so the exit status is 2. The lower 8 bits are > > the signal number, if any, that killed the process. > > Thanks Craig... > > So, I guess if I want to return the exit code of the remote process I > am running (shadowmountrsync) then I should have shadowmountrsync > write the exit code to stdout. Then capture that as the output of the > remote rsync command and return it. I'm not familiar with how you call the script, but ssh does pass back the exit codes:
> ssh $server /bin/true && echo jo jo > ssh $server /bin/false && echo jo > And if you're concerned about your remote script catching some exit code, it works like this: $somecommand saved_exitcode=$? ... exit $saved_exitcode Maybe you're talking about Windows - there should be a way as well to catch the exit code of the last command. > Which brings to mind a suggestion... > Why not execute these commands in a shell. > They are not run that frequently (once per day per host) so the > overhead of launching a shell would be low while the benefit would be > high in terms of flexibility. Then you open the "how to escape things correctly when passing them to a shell" box. HTH, Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.tisc.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
