Re: [BackupPC-users] running the BackupPC_backupDelete command

[Dieter Fauth]

Hi Bob,
that is a security feature in Linux.
The current directory is not included into the search path.
The ./ bypasses this.

On Sun, 28 May 2017 15:44:13 +0200, Bob Katz  wrote:


My question is very basic:
In order to run the BackupPC_backupDelete command I have to preface it
with ./
Why is that necessary when all the examples and Craig's transcript here
on the list show the delete command being run without any preface?
Thanks,

Bob


P.S.
Thank you for the browser-based GUI! Very nice job on the gui, Craig!
It simplifies a lot of setup. I tried doing excludes from within
config.pl and the syntax was thwarting me.





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Re: [BackupPC-users] running the BackupPC_backupDelete command

[Doug Lytle]

On 05/28/2017 09:44 AM, Bob Katz wrote:

My question is very basic:

In order to run the BackupPC_backupDelete command I have to preface it 
with ./


./ means current directory

If the command is found in your path, you can ignore ./

Or, you can provide the full path to the command.  For my system this 
would be:


/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_backupDelete

Or, as the backuppc user I could

cd /usr/share/backuppc/bin/

./BackupPC_backupDelete

Meaning, I'm currently in the backuppc/bin directory and the command can 
be found in the current directory


Doug

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[BackupPC-users] running the BackupPC_backupDelete command

[Bob Katz]

My question is very basic: 
In order to run the BackupPC_backupDelete command I have to preface it
with ./ 
Why is that necessary when all the examples and Craig's transcript here
on the list show the delete command being run without any preface?
Thanks,

Bob


P.S. 
Thank you for the browser-based GUI! Very nice job on the gui, Craig!
It simplifies a lot of setup. I tried doing excludes from within
config.pl and the syntax was thwarting me. 


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