[Bacula-bugs] [bacula 0000674]: 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command

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A BUGNOTE has been added to this bug.
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http://bugs.bacula.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0000674
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Reported By:                Hod
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    bacula
Bug ID:                     674
Category:                   Win32 File Daemon (client)
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             09-19-2006 01:54 PDT
Last Modified:              09-19-2006 04:33 PDT
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Summary:                    'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command
Description: 
19-Sep 11:38 domino1-fd: ClientRunBeforeJob: run command "C:/Program
Files/Bacula/bin/pre-exec.bat"
19-Sep 11:38 domino1-fd: ClientRunBeforeJob: 'C:/Program' is not
recognized as an internal or external command,
19-Sep 11:38 domino1-fd: ClientRunBeforeJob: operable program or batch
file.
19-Sep 11:38 domino1-fd: Domino1_Lotus.2006-09-19_11.39.46 Fatal error:
Runscript: ClientRunBeforeJob returned non-zero status=1. ERR=Unknown
error
19-Sep 11:39 backup-dir: Domino1_Lotus.2006-09-19_11.39.46 Fatal error:
Bad response to ClientRunBeforeJob command: wanted 2000 OK RunBefore
, got 2905 Bad RunBeforeJob command.
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 ArnoL - 09-19-2006 02:21 PDT 
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You didn't give the configuration section where you set up the job, but I
suspect the problem is because you didn't qoute the command line.

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 Hod - 09-19-2006 02:32 PDT 
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This line from my job conf file

ClientRunBeforeJob = "C:/Program Files/Bacula/bin/pre-exec.bat"

edited on: 09-19-06 02:32

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 ArnoL - 09-19-2006 02:47 PDT 
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Looks correct. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to explain this now.

It seems like the windows shell which interprets this path doesn't accept
the blank character as part of the command name.

I'm not sure how Bacula handles nested quotes, but you could try a
definition like '"C:/Program Files/..."'. Or see if you can escape the
blank characters somehow. Or even move you script to some path without
special characters like C:/Windows.

Apart from that I suggest asking how to handle this on the Bacula users
mailing list - perhaps someone there has better knowledge of windows'
qouting rules.

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 ArnoL - 09-19-2006 02:52 PDT 
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One more hint: The manual has some example for windows paths with blank in
them. They qoute like this:
ClientRunBeforeJob = "\"C:/Program Files/Software/Vendor/Executable\"
/arg1 /arg2 \"foo bar\""
i.e. use escaped qoutes around the actual path name.

See
http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION000143000000000000000
for example.

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 Hod - 09-19-2006 04:33 PDT 
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ClientRunBeforeJob = "\"C:/Program Files/Software/Vendor/Executable\" /arg1
/arg2 \"foo bar\""
This doesn't work too:

ClientRunBeforeJob: 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or
external command,

Bug History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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09-19-06 01:54 Hod            New Bug                                      
09-19-06 02:21 ArnoL          Bugnote Added: 0001882                       
09-19-06 02:32 Hod            Bugnote Added: 0001883                       
09-19-06 02:32 Hod            Bugnote Edited: 0001883                      
09-19-06 02:47 ArnoL          Bugnote Added: 0001884                       
09-19-06 02:52 ArnoL          Bugnote Added: 0001885                       
09-19-06 04:33 Hod            Bugnote Added: 0001886                       
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