[rsnapshot-discuss] passing interval when calling cmd_postexec?

[dev]

I have a cmd_postexec script which needs to know the interval which
rsnapshot was originally executed with. Is there a way to find this in
the cmd_postexec environment, or perhaps get rsnapshot to pass this
parameter along to cmd_postexec?

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[Gabriel Davini]

Post by dev
I have a cmd_postexec script which needs to know the interval which
rsnapshot was originally executed with. Is there a way to find this in
the cmd_postexec environment, or perhaps get rsnapshot to pass this
parameter along to cmd_postexec?

I don't think there's a way to do this within rsnapshot.

Better try a workaround in your crontab script.

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Gabriel Davini

Post by Gabriel Davini

Post by dev
I have a cmd_postexec script which needs to know the interval which
rsnapshot was originally executed with. Is there a way to find this in
the cmd_postexec environment, or perhaps get rsnapshot to pass this
parameter along to cmd_postexec?

I don't think there's a way to do this within rsnapshot.
Better try a workaround in your crontab script.

Why can't cmd_postexec be programmed with a perl function populated by
the rsnapshot run?

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[Gabriel Davini]

Post by Nico Kadel-Garcia
Why can't cmd_postexec be programmed with a perl function populated by
the rsnapshot run?

I don't know, I've never done that. Waht I do know is that you can't easily
do
this from within rsnapshot.

But you can have several config files, each one with a different interval,
and
let the post exec script receive the interval as a fix argument passed
through the config file.

[Scott Hess]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Gabriel Davini <

Post by Gabriel Davini

Post by Nico Kadel-Garcia
Why can't cmd_postexec be programmed with a perl function populated by
the rsnapshot run?

I don't know, I've never done that. Waht I do know is that you can't
easily do
this from within rsnapshot.
But you can have several config files, each one with a different interval,
and
let the post exec script receive the interval as a fix argument passed
through the config file.

Easier than multiple config files would be to have the cron entry add it to
your environment, like:

0 * * * * INTERVAL=hourly /usr/bin/rsnapshot hourly

IMHO pushing the interval into the environment wouldn't be too hard for
someone to add to rsnapshot.

-scott

[Ken Woods]

You're complicating it too much.
How many servers are you doing this for?

Post by Nico Kadel-Garcia
Why can't cmd_postexec be programmed with a perl function populated by
the rsnapshot run?

I don't know, I've never done that. Waht I do know is that you can't easily do
this from within rsnapshot.
But you can have several config files, each one with a different interval, and
let the post exec script receive the interval as a fix argument passed through the config file.
--
Gabriel.
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[dev]

Post by Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Gabriel Davini

Post by Gabriel Davini

Post by dev
I have a cmd_postexec script which needs to know the interval which
rsnapshot was originally executed with. Is there a way to find this in
the cmd_postexec environment, or perhaps get rsnapshot to pass this
parameter along to cmd_postexec?

I don't think there's a way to do this within rsnapshot.
Better try a workaround in your crontab script.

Why can't cmd_postexec be programmed with a perl function populated by
the rsnapshot run?

I didn't know this before. The man page states cmd_postexec does not get
executed for rotations (weekly, monthly) so question is moot.

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