+ #clean up our dir at this client
+ ssh $computer "rm -r ~/.backup ; mkdir -m 700 ~/.backup"
+
+ #try to copy $exclude to $computer
+ scp $exclude $computer:~/.backup/exclude ||
+ echo "could not copy exclude.txt to $computer :("
+
+ #try to copy preeexec and postexec if they exist
+ [ -f $confdir/preexec.$computer ] &&
+ scp $confdir/preexec.$computer $computer:~/.backup/preexec
+ [ -f $confdir/postexec.$computer ] &&
+ scp $confdir/postexec.$computer $computer:~/.backup/postexec
+
+ #try to run preexec if it exist
+ ssh $computer "[ -f ~/.backup/preexec ] && /bin/bash -x ~/.backup/preexec"
+