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Backup

Pre- and Post-Exec Commands

the filename. For scripts that are not located in the

<Data_Protector_home>\bin directory, you must specify a full path name of the script.

How to Specify the In the backup specification, click the Options tab. Under Backup

Filename or	Specification Options, click Advanced. Write the filename or
Pathname	pathname in the Pre-execand/or Post-exectext box.
	When entering a full pathname, if your directory names are longer than
	8 characters, write the pathname either in quotes or in the short 8.3
	MS-DOS compatible form.
IMPORTANT	If you use quotes ("") to specify a pathname, do not use the combination
	of backslash and quotes (\"). If you need to use a trailing backslash at
	the end of the pathname, use the double backslash (\\).

Environment The following environment variables are set by Data Protector, and can

Variables be used only in pre- and post-execscripts for a backup specification on the Cell Manager:

DATALIST	The name of a backup specification.
MODE	Backup operation type, such as full, incremental,
	incremental1, incremental2.
OWNER	Owner of the session.
	The contents of this variable are in the same format as
	in the database (case-sensitive):
	<user>.<group>@<hostname> for UNIX
	<DOMAIN>\<user>@<hostname> for Windows
PREVIEW	The value is 1 if a preview is running and 0 if a backup
	is running. Use this variable to modify your commands
	so that they are executed only during a backup and not
	during a preview. By default, the pre- or post-exec
	commands are not executed for preview. You can
	enable them by setting the global option
	ExecScriptOnPreview.

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