ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 SERVER FOR LINUX - UPDATE 3 User Manual page 48

The option enables you to define the commands to be automatically executed before and after the
backup procedure.
The following scheme illustrates when pre/post commands are executed.
Pre-backup
command
Examples of how you can use the pre/post commands:

delete some temporary files from the disk before starting backup

configure a third-party antivirus product to be started each time before the backup starts
 copy an archive to another location after the backup ends.
The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for
example, "pause").
To specify pre/post commands
1. Enable pre/post commands execution by checking the following options:

Execute before the backup

Execute after the backup
2. Do any of the following:

Click Edit to specify a new command or a batch file

Select the existing command or the batch file from the drop-down list
3. Click OK.
Pre-backup command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed before the backup process starts
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command's execution arguments, if required.
4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the
table below.
5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.
Check box
Fail the task if the command
execution fails
Do not back up until the
command execution is
complete
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Backup
Selected
Selected
Result
Preset Perform the
backup after the
Perform the backup
command is
only after the
executed despite
command is
Post-backup
command
Selection
Cleared Selected
Selected Cleared
N/A
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Cleared
Cleared
Perform the backup
concurrently with
the command
execution and