RE: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request - Message to user of machine being backed up

[Brown, W. A. \(GE Healthcare\) <Mat...@me...>]

BackupPC has a pre and post backupup command.  Use that to issue an =
email.

- Wade




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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:27 AM
To: bac...@li...
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request - Message to user of machine
being backed up


Hello -=20

I am using BackupPC at the library where I work with great success - it =
has
solved many problems for me.

However -=20

This morning, I was working on my PC, and I noticed that the hard drive =
was
working like mad, and the systray network traffic indicator was solidly =
on all
the time. I could not for the life of me figure out what process was =
running so
hard, and I thought I might have picked up a virus.=20

It was, of course, BackupPC doing its job.=20

Do you suppose that BackupPC could be taught to send an SMB messaage to =
the PC
that it is going to backup, and maybe periodically during the backup, so =
that a
user will not become alarmed at all the HD and network activity?

Just an idea.

Mark Ehle
Computer Support Librarian
Willard Public Library
Battle Creek, MI



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