Hi,
I could really use a copy of either the BackupPC_deleteFiles.pl
or BackupPC_deleteBackup scripts mentioned in this thread.
Searching the interwebs for these scripts returns various versions and
patches on the backupcentral forums and on this mailinglist.
I would like to suggest starting a semi-official repositiory somewhere for
third-party scripts like these.
In the meantime, does anyhave a working version of BackupPC_deleteBackup
for Debian6? I'm happy to put work in myself of course if there is some up
to date version I can start from.
Thanks,
Aaron
Aaron Cossey
[email protected]
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Holger Parplies <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Zach wrote on 2013-03-21 13:46:12 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Running
> commands from the command line]:
> > On 03/20/2013 01:44 PM, Holger Parplies wrote:
> > > Zach La Celle wrote on 2013-03-20 09:53:04 -0400 [[BackupPC-users]
> Running commands from the command line]:
> > >> I'm trying to manually run commands like BackupPC_nightly and a custom
> > >> BackupPC_deleteFiles.pl script from the command line. [...]
> > >
> > > [...] *never run BackupPC_nightly from the command line*. Instead, let
> the
> > > server run it when appropriate, taking into account running instances
> of
> > > BackupPC_link (in particular, not starting new ones while
> BackupPC_nightly
> > > is running):
> > >
> > > % BackupPC_serverMesg BackupPC_nightly run
> > >
> > > [...]
> >
> > I've figured out my original problem, and I'm going to document my
> > solution here so that an unsuspecting user in the future can figure it
> out.
> >
> > I'll say first off that you should listen to Holger and NOT run commands
> > from the command line unless you ACTUALLY know what you're doing.
>
> even if you think you do, you probably don't. There basically is no reason
> to
> run BackupPC_nightly from the command line, except perhaps if the BackupPC
> daemon is not running (and only then should you consider it).
>
> Maybe I wasn't clear enough. If you want to run BackupPC_nightly *now*,
> then
> tell the server to run it *now*. It will do so unless this is not safe, in
> which case you really shouldn't be running BackupPC_nightly now. The server
> will know when it is safe to run it (in the near future), and it won't
> start
> conflicting BackupPC_link processes as long as it is still running. But
> this
> only works if BackupPC_nightly is started by the server.
>
> > [...]
> > Anyway, my issue was that I was trying to run the binaries from the
> > directory where I had downloaded the source for BackupPC, NOT the
> > directory that I had actually installed into!
>
> While you probably still need to use the correct BackupPC_serverMesg to
> trigger running of BackupPC_nightly, the daemon will use the correct
> version,
> so you sort of get that as a bonus for doing it the right way ;-).
>
> > A great way to recognize
> > this is if you see macros like __INSTALLDIR__ in your bin files. These
> > macros should get replaced with your specific install locations. This
> > was causing the Lib->new perl command to fail, causing the error "No
> > language settings".
>
> A great way to avoid this is by not having "." in your PATH ;-). Also,
> distribution packages are usually a cleaner and easier way to install
> software.
>
> Regards,
> Holger
>
>
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