Re: running bconsole commands in bash script

Perhaps you want to do it like this

                  for vol in `echo ${vol_list}`
                  do
                                   echo “purge volume=$vol yes”
                  done | bconsole

or

                  for vol in ${vol_list}
                  do
                                   echo “purge volume=$vol yes”
                  done | bconsole

On 20-06-2025 14:11, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) via Bacula-users wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We are using bacula 13.x.
>
> As part of the periodic garbage collection activity, we do purging and 
> truncating of the stranded disk volumes (volumes that have no jobs 
> associated with them) to conserve the disk space.
>
> We do it running a bash script that first identifies such stranded 
> volumes (at times hundreds of them) and then it purges each volume 
> through a “for loop” with a bconsole  command as given below:
>
> *for vol in `echo ${vol_list}`*
>
> *                 do*
>
> *echo “purge volume=$vol yes” | bconsole*
>
> *done *
>
> However for every single iteration of the purge command in the loop 
> above, the script connects to the bacula-dir , which seems to be very 
> slow,  hence inefficient.
>
> Is there a  way to connect to the  bacula-dir only once and execute 
> the purge command for number of volumes in one go?
>
> -Yateen
>
>
>
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