Pre/Post commands

This option is effective for Windows and Linux operating systems and PE-based bootable media.

The option enables you to define the commands to be automatically executed before and after the backup procedure.

The following scheme illustrates when pre/post commands are executed.

Examples of how you can use the pre/post commands:

• Delete some temporary files from the disk before starting backup.
• Configure a third-party antivirus product to be started each time before the backup starts.
• Selectively copy backups from an archive to another location. This option may be useful because the replication configured in a backup plan copies every backup of an archive to subsequent locations.

Acronis Backup performs the replication after executing the post-backup command. For more information see "Sequence of operations in a backup plan".

The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause").

To specify pre/post commands

1. Enable pre/post commands execution by checking the following options:
   • Execute before the backup
   • Execute after the backup
2. Do any of the following:
   • 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.