From 519541561d2d79b45dbd2fa8c6735a5ad240ab23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deajan <ozy@netpower.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:53:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add NPBACKUP_BACKEND_BINARY as env variable

---
 npbackup/core/runner.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/npbackup/core/runner.py b/npbackup/core/runner.py
index 3e4bd66..53c0eb3 100644
--- a/npbackup/core/runner.py
+++ b/npbackup/core/runner.py
@@ -912,6 +912,15 @@ class NPBackupRunner:
                     self.write_logs("No backend binary found", level="error")
                     self._is_ready = False
                     return False
+
+        # Add currently in use backend binary to environment variables
+        # This is useful for additional parameters / scripts that would directly call the backend
+        try:
+            os.environ["NPBACKUP_BACKEND_BINARY"] = str(self.restic_runner.binary)
+        except OSError:
+            self.write_logs(
+                f"Cannot set env variable NPBACKUP_BACKEND_BINARY to {self.binary}", level="error"
+            )
         return True
 
     def convert_to_json_output(