2013/2/7 yashmika lamahewage <yashmika.lamahew...@gmail.com>
>
>
> 2013/2/6 stefano scotti <scottistefan...@gmail.com>
>
>>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> i'm trying to pass the since time as a parameter to my client side script
>> before running the job.
>> the user guide says that the related substitution character is "%s".
>>
>> now, i know that not every variable expansion can be done on client side,
>> in fact the user guide specifies that list:
>>
>> %% = %
>> %b = Job Bytes
>> %c = Client's name
>> %d = Daemon's name (Such as host-dir or host-fd)
>>
>> %D = Director's name (Also valid on file daemon)
>> %e = Job Exit Status
>> %f = Job FileSet (Only on director side)
>> %F = Job Files
>> %h = Client address
>> %i = JobId
>> %j = Unique Job id
>>
>> %l = Job Level
>> %n = Job name
>> %p = Pool name (Only on director side)
>> %s = Since time
>> %t = Job type (Backup, ...)
>> %v = Volume name (Only on director side)
>> %w = Storage name (Only on director side)
>>
>> %x = Spooling enabled? ("yes" or "no")
>>
>>
>> as you see %s is not only on directory side.
>> despite of that the expansion occurs correctly only with Run Before Job
>> and not with Client Run Before Job.
>> with the Client Run it always returns "*none*".
>> with the server side Run it returns "0000-00-00 00:00:00" while
>> scheduling full backups and the correct relative data when scheduling
>> incremental and differential ones.
>>
>> i'm using bacula 5.0.2-2.2+squeeze1.
>>
>> am i missing something or it is just a bug?
>>
>> thank in advance for your help.
>>
>>
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>
> I had that problem too, solved by using ssh in Run Before Job directive
> which runs on director side.
> I followed this deprecated Tips page on section Executing Scripts on a
> Remote Machine:
>
> http://www.bacula.org/fr/dev-manual/Tips_and_Suggestions.html
>
> With that method i'm able to send the since time on a client side script.
> I know that this is not the correct way to achieve that, but at least it
> works.
>
> I hope that someone can explain why with Client Run Before Job directive
> the since time is ever translated with the "*none*" string.
>
>
Yes, i was thinking about the SSH method too, but it is a workaround, not a
solution, and even deprecated.
Nobody can explain us why something so simple has to become so hard?
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