Re: Timeout setting for ClientRunBeforeJob

You might also want to have the job delete the results file in a
"ClientRunAfterJob" script, to prevent any case where the cron job breaks
and the Bacula job just backs up the old list over and over again.

Robert Gerber
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 11:15 AM Martin Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you know what time the backup will run, you could try running the script
> some hours earlier using a cron job and then back up the results.
>
> __Martin
>
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:07:30 +0000, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat
> \(Nokia\) via Bacula-users said:
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > The script takes a "smart" backup of git repos of many users, by
> creating git diffs for them.
> > Some of them may have huge non git local data in their work env.
> >
> > Anyway, your suggestion for a split backup is a good one.
> >
> > -Yateen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users <[email protected]>
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 9:08 PM
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> > On 6/18/25 9:06 AM, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:
> >  >
> > > Thank you Bill for the quick reply....
> > > Much appreciated !
> >
> > You are welcome...
> >
> >
> > You didn't mention what your script is doing, but if it is doing
> something like I said and taking too long on a large directory tree, the
> best fix is to split this directory tree up into multiple Fileset/Jobs
> which backup different parts of the directory tree and run them
> concurrently.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bill
> >
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