Cannot add pre-command to backup job
I add the following pre-command to a backup job:
"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /auto
When I click the Test Command button, it says the command failed. It doesn't show a console window so I can see the output of the command that ATI decided to run (which can't be what I specified). Since I'm in the middle of defining a backup job, I can't see if there's an entry in the log for this error (but the log entries aren't that informative, anyway). This command DOES WORK!!!
This is the same command for a shortcut in a toolbar in the Windows taskbar that I use several times every day. The command works. Since ATI doesn't bother to show why it claims the command fails means I have nothing to focus on for troubleshooting.
UPDATE
Figured it out. Acronis mislabelled the field. It says "Command:". A command has a source object (usually an executable file but could be an internal command) and arguments. A command is the entire string. Guess here it's a disadvantage to be old enough to have started under MS/IBM DOS and UNIX with just a console window to work with. Acronis doesn't parse this string so it isn't really a command. The actual used of this field is to specify a program filename, so it should be called "Program file:".
I noticed there was a separate "Arguments:" field, so I removed the argument from the command string (so now it was just the program file) and moved it to the "Arguments:" field. Now the setup was:
- Command: "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe"
- Working directory:
- Arguments: /auto
That it could work with.