The "term" here means "termination" so it isn't related to the terminal.

What is the full contents of the email?

__Martin


>>>>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:47:17 +0200, Saiful Bhuiyan said:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have recently upgraded my bacula director from 9.4.2 to 13.0.4. Since
> then I’m seeing the following warning in Bacula job notification emails:
> 
>   Bacula: Console Unknown term code of xxxxxx-fd
> 
> This happens during our nightly catalog backup job, which includes
> `RunScript` blocks with several `Console =` commands, like:
> 
>   Console = "prune expired volume yes"
>   Console = "purge volume action=all allpools storage=StorageStore1"
>   ...
>   Console = "purge volume action=all allpools storage=StorageStore7"
> 
> The job itself runs fine, but this message appears in the mail report.
> 
> I suspect Bacula is trying to output colored or terminal-formatted content
> when there is no terminal (since this runs as a scheduled job).
> 
> My current idea is to replace the `Console =` commands with wrapper scripts
> that run `bconsole -n` (to disable colored output), but before I do that:
> 
> - Has anyone solved this warning in a cleaner or more official way?
> - Is there a way to globally suppress formatted console output from Bacula
> in scheduled/non-interactive jobs?
> 
> ### System Details:
> 
> - Bacula Director version: **13.0.4** on **Ubuntu 24.04**
> - File Daemon (`aegir-fd`) version: **9.4.2** on **Ubuntu 20.04**
> 
> Any input would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Best regards,
> Saiful
> 


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