savepnpc

The savepnpc program, like the save program, saves files to long-term storage. Before performing a save operation, savepnpc performs any pre-processing commands that exist in the /nsr/res/group_name.res file. If the pre-processing command fails, savepnpc exits with an error code and save is not performed. At the end of a successful save of the last save set on the client, savepnpc performs any post-processing commands that exist in the /nsr/res/group_name.res file. An optional timeout condition may be set to indicate at which point in the post-processing commands must be run without waiting for the last save set to back up. The Timeout attribute is set in the same /nsr/res/group_name.res file as the pre- and post-processing commands. All of the results from the savepnpc program are logged in the /nsr/res/savepnpc.log file.

The /nsr/res/group_name.res file is automatically created the first time you run a backup group with a client that has the savepnpc command entered in the Backup Command attribute of the Clients resource. The format looks similar to the following:

type: savepnpc;
precmd: /bin/true;
pstcmd: /bin/true, "/bin/sleep 5";
timeout: "12:00pm"; 

You can edit the Precmd field to contain any number of commands, separated by commas, to run prior to the start of the save operation on the client's first save set. You can also edit the Postcmd field to contain any number of commands, separated by commas, to run at the end of the save operation on the client's last save set or the timeout condition indicated in the Timeout field, whichever comes first. All fields in the file must terminate with a semicolon (;).

The command syntax for savepnpc is identical to the syntax described for "save ". If you create a customized script to enter in the client's Backup Command attribute, the following rules apply:

• The savepnpc command must be part of the script.

• The filename of the script must begin with save or nsr, and cannot exceed 64 characters in length.

• The script must reside in the same directory as the save program (typically, /usr/bin).