Also moved general pre_exec to earlier execution, though not before

command line checking

ccollect.sh

@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ if [ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ]; then
    set -x
 fi
 
+#
+# Look for pre-exec command (general)
+#
+if [ -x "$CPREEXEC" ]; then
+   echo "Executing $CPREEXEC ..."
+   "$CPREEXEC"
+   echo "Finished ${CPREEXEC}."
+
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "$CPREEXEC failed, aborting backup."
+      exit 1
+   fi
+fi
+
 #
 # Look, if we should take ALL sources
 #
@@ -164,20 +178,6 @@ fi
 D_FILE_INTERVAL="$CDEFAULTS/intervals/$INTERVAL"
 D_INTERVAL=$(cat "$D_FILE_INTERVAL" 2>/dev/null)
 
-#
-# Look for pre-exec command (general)
-#
-if [ -x "$CPREEXEC" ]; then
-   echo "Executing $CPREEXEC ..."
-   "$CPREEXEC"
-   echo "Finished ${CPREEXEC}."
-
-   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-      echo "$CPREEXEC failed, aborting backup."
-      exit 1
-   fi
-fi
-
 #
 # Let's do the backup
 #

doc/CHANGES

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
    * updated documentation
    * created new document formats: Texinfo and manpage
    * fixed problem with 'make install' (strip was used)
+   * fixed possible problem with pre_exec beeing executed to late
 
 0.3.3 to 0.4:
    * `pax` (Posix) is now required, `cp -al` (GNU specific) is removed