paperless-ngx: PAPERLESS_POST_CONSUME_SCRIPT
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abcdefghijklmopqrstx · 2023-11-10 09:11

I have this rather simple PAPERLESS\_POST\_CONSUME\_SCRIPT which works
standalone when executed via cli in docker container.

`#!/usr/bin/env bash`

`touch /usr/src/paperless/script/newfile`

However it fails when executed after document was consumed

`xxx.pdf: Error while executing post-consume script: Command
'['/usr/src/paperless/script/post_consume.sh', ... ]' returned non-
zero exit status 1.`

I'm a bit lost

WHAT I WANT to achieve: some sort of trigger after documents where
consumed, so my daily backup knows whether to run or not (background:
synology btrfs snapshots are running and it bloats my storage
occupation). My idea was to check for "newfile" and - if it exists -
delete it and create a backup

BTW: off topic: is there any way to achieve this when a document was
edited ?

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Vyerni11 · 2023-11-10 09:43

Don't have an answer to the main question.

But how are the snapshots bloating? It doesn't add anything more, just
keeps a snapshot of what you had, unless you're constantly rewriting
data.

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abcdefghijklmopqrstx · 2023-11-10 09:53

I create a full backup every day using paperless build in
'document\_exporter -z' . So a new archive once a day.

However ... while re reading the documentation of 'document\_exporter'
again I see that not exporting as zip archive may also be a suitable
option.

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HecateRaven · 2023-11-10 10:16

Do you have permission to touche the file with the user ?

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abcdefghijklmopqrstx · 2023-11-10 15:35

thank you... that was the issue. Folder permission was set to root.

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HecateRaven · 2023-11-10 15:38

😅

It's always that for a small script like this.

Tbh I encountered same issue few days ago so...