On 18/04/17 21:19, bacula-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:15:37 +0200 > From: Francisco Javier Funes Nieto <esen...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] 7.4.x Device Resource, Alert Command > documentation and usage > Cc: bacula-users <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <CAKWep2XU7zBMeC-fouuO4xOb3TN5bzdSx4gbtwFpUY2K=9w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Did you check if the mtx package was installed on the system ? > > J. > > 2017-04-18 8:27 GMT+02:00 Charles <c...@charlesmatkinson.org>: > >> How should the sample Alert Command using tapeinfo be configured? >> >> In the Bacula Main Reference 7.4.3 (18 June 2016).pdf", section 18.3 >> "Device Resource" shows a sample Alert Command: >> >> Alert Command = "sh -c ?tapeinfo -f %c | grep TapeAlert?" >> >> That was copied and pasted into the Bacula conf but generated: >> >> Alert: -f: 1: -f: ?tapeinfo: not found >> 3997 Bad alert command: sh -c ?tapeinfo -f /dev/sg5 | grep TapeAlert?: >> ERR=Child exited with code 127. >> >> After changing the tapeinfo to /usr/sbin/tapeinfo the error messages >> were similar. >> >> After changing the ? characters to ' characters the error messages were >> similar. >> >> The difficulty was worked around by using an external script to simplify >> the conf: >> >> Alert Command = "/usr/local/sbin/tapealert-for-bacula.sh" >> >> How should the sample command be configured?
Thanks Fransico The mtx package is installed. At a command prompt ... tapeinfo -f /dev/sg5 | grep TapeAlert ... runs without error as does: sh -c 'tapeinfo -f /dev/sg5 | grep TapeAlert' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users