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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting variable used as filename Post 302316287 by jzacsh on Thursday 14th of May 2009 04:03:33 PM
Old 05-14-2009
interesting realization. on the Ubuntu 9.04 machine i tried this script with today (while writing it) i got the diagnostic-less hang I've mentioned above. with my macintosh Darwin terminal (OS X 10.5) i got some nasty errors:
Code:
rcmd: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
tar: Backup_Thu_May_14_15\:50\:11_EDT_2009.tar: Cannot open: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

with the Free BSD server I've been telnet-ing into today (my college's server) this script works perfectly.

i even made sure (when the scripts run in the different systems) to check:
Code:
$ type bash
bash blah blah /proper/file/path/bash

so as to properly change the first line in my script.

i'm not sure why it only works in my school's server, but in case anyone has the experience/know-how... here's some info (don't know if its useful):
uname -a
FreeBSD school.domain.edu 7.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p5 #1: Sun Oct 5 13:25:04 EDT 2008 bbroder@school.domain.edu:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/SCHOOL amd64
 

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SCRIPT-EMAIL(8) 					  System Administration Commands					   SCRIPT-EMAIL(8)

NAME
script-email - Amanda script to send email notifications DESCRIPTION
script-email is an Amanda script implementing the Script API. It should not be run by users directly. It sends a notification email to the addresses specified in the MAILTO property. PROPERTIES
This section lists the properties that control script-email's functionality. See amanda-scripts(7) for information on the Script API, script configuration. MAILTO List of email addresses that will receive an email on command execution. It is a multi-valued property: property "MAILTO" "amanda@domain.com" "sysadmin@domain.com" "amandauser@domain.com" EXAMPLE
In this example, script-email is scheduled to be run before the DLE, on the server. The unqualified email address amanda will be passed to the email system unchanged. The script is then attached to a dumptype, which can then be specified for any DLEs which require notification. define script-tool pre-email { comment "email me before this DLE is backed up" plugin "script-email" execute-on pre-dle-backup execute-where server property "mailto" "amanda" } define dumptype user-tar-email { user-tar script "pre-email" } SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amanda-client.conf(5), amanda-scripts(7) The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/ AUTHORS
Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com> Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com) Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com> Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com) Amanda 3.3.1 02/21/2012 SCRIPT-EMAIL(8)
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