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 Click Edit to specify a new command or a batch file
 Select the existing command or the batch file from the drop-down list
3. Click OK.
Pre-data capture command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed before data capture
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command’s execution arguments, if required.
4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the
table below.
5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.
Check box Selection
Fail the backup task if the
command execution fails
Selected
Cleared
Selected
Cleared
Do not perform the data
capture until the command
execution is complete
Selected Selected
Cleared Cleared
Result
Preset
Perform the data
capture only after the
command is
successfully executed.
Fail the task if the
command execution
fails.
Perform the data
capture after the
command is
executed despite
execution failure
or success.
N/A Perform the data
capture concurrently
with the command
and irrespective of
the command
execution result.
Post-data capture command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed after data capture
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command’s execution arguments, if required.
4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the
table below.
5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.
Check box Selection
Fail the task if the command
execution fails
Selected Cleared
Selected Cleared
Do not back up until the
command execution is
Selected Selected
Cleared Cleared