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Article Number: 100164
Software: RBACKUP Version 8.3+

Note: Requires at least RBackup version 8.3.2002

RBackup Client can run batch files (command scripts) containing commands and applications before a backup starts, and after a backup ends. There are two methods for running command scripts, depending on which version of RBackup you are using.

For version 8.3 and above, the command scripts are called:

The above command scripts run globally - before and after every backup set.

Beginning with RBackup 2006 you can also specify command scripts to run on a per-backup set basis by naming the command scripts differently, as follows:

For RBackup 2006: Name the command scripts pre-[backup_set_name].bat and post-[backup_set_name].bat. [backup_set_name] is the name of the backup set you want to trigger these script files.

For example, the command script named "pre-daily_incremental.bat" will execute whenever the backup set named "daily_incremental" runs.

You can write these command scripts yourself and include them in the root directory of your Client installers. The RBackup installer will copy them if found in your installer file set.

Examples of what you might do with these two command scripts: