Hello TBBETA, Since TBBETA has been kind of filled with "trivial minutia" lately I thought that I would post something relevant for beta testing, backup. I have no intent of degrading TB's internal backup program because I do use it. However I do like to be safe with regard to backup of my email, so I do include a secondary backup method in case something goes wrong. Stefan &/or Max, I hope you have no offense to this backup routine because it is not intended.
With 7-Zip releasing beta 14 for multi-volume archives I thought I'd let TBBETA know about the release with an easily changed batch file for your configuration of TB. I got this Grandfather, Father, Son file / ideal a while ago from Marck, but it never worked for me, so I made some changes. It works flawlessly for me as long as you run from Admin account or Power User account on NT based systems (WinXP Pro). If you use WinRar you could probably make some minor changes to the switches and backup command line to make it work as well, so this is not just a sell job on 7-Zip although 7-Zip is a *free* archive utility. I just thought you may find this useful since you can incorporate into desktop shortcut to do an incremental backup rather quickly after logging out of TB. So here should be the steps. 1) Download & Install 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/ or http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14481 2) Install "TBigfs.bat" file below in TB program directory. This batch file will have to be *changed* to coincide with your configuration of TB on your PC. If I've done my homework all you really have to do is change either the paths, drives, or directories for the lines below the "rem (#) with description of change required" line to coincide with your system, and save. There are a potential of 7 lines near the top of the file. 3) Install "StartTB.bat" file below in TB program directory. This file is used with the shortcut to start TB and the backup after logging out of TB with the shortcut created in #4 below. 4) Create shortcut on your desktop to start TB and incremental backup after you log out of the TB. You might want more than one shortcut because you may not want to run the backup after logging out every time. Please note this is an incremental backup, so depending upon your mail base it may not take long to run at all except for maybe the first time. Also this creates 3 sets of program (i.e tbIcPmb#.7z files) and mail base (i.e. tbIcMlb#.7z files) backups which are easy to track based upon the file dates. The "RIT" registry key (i.e. tbreg.reg file) is rolled into the program (i.e tbIcPmb#.7z files) backup. Make sure shortcut setup is per below: a) "Target:" = drive:\TB program directory path\StartTB.bat b) "Start in:" = drive:\TB program directory path Even though I've used TB backup and restore utility in the past, I continue to use this for added security. Others may have their favorite routine such as Miguel and Second Copy, but this works for me AND it fits nicely into my budget. :-) To restore simply "Extract files" with 7-Zip and point to the original *drive* with "current paths" selected. After program files are restored simply double click on the "tbreg.reg" file, and you are done. -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v3.0.2.10 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ================={TBigfs.bat file} Start=================== cd \ rem (1) Set path where Windows & 7-Zip located. Path C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\7-ZIP Echo off Echo on Echo ******************************* Echo * !! Updating Backup !! * Echo * !! Archive of TB-Program !! * Echo ******************************* rem (2) Set drive where TB Program located. set drvPm=c: rem (3) Set drive where TB mail base located. set drvMl=x: rem (4) Set drive where TB backups located. set drvBU=x: rem (5) Set directory where TB backups located. set dstdir=TBArchives\ rem (6) Set directory where TB program located. set srcdirPM=Program files\The Bat!\ rem (7) Set directory where TB mail base located. set srcdirMl=AppsBase\MAIL\ set archive=b1 :---------------- :loopPgrm set namePgm=%dstdir%tbIcPm%archive%.7z if not exist "%drvBU%\%namePgm%" goto doitPg if "%archive%"=="b4" goto runoutPg if "%archive%"=="b3" set archive=b4 if "%archive%"=="b2" set archive=b3 if "%archive%"=="b1" set archive=b2 goto loopPgrm :---------------- :runoutPg set archDel=b1 set nameDel=%dstdir%tbIcPm%archDel%.7z del %drvBU%\%nameDel% :---------------- :doitPg regedit /e "%drvPm%\%srcdirPM%tbreg.reg" hkey_current_user\software\rit cd \ if "%archive%"=="b4" set prev=b3 if "%archive%"=="b3" set prev=b2 if "%archive%"=="b2" set prev=b1 if "%archive%"=="b1" set prev=b4 %drvPm% cd \ copy %drvBU%\%dstdir%tbIcPm%prev%.7z %drvBU%\%namePgm% 7z u -ms=off %drvBU%\%namePgm% -up0q0r2x1y2z1w2 "%srcdirPM%*" -r %drvPm% cd %srcdirPM% del tbreg.reg cd \ if "%archive%"=="b4" set archDel=b1 if "%archive%"=="b3" set archDel=b4 if "%archive%"=="b2" set archDel=b3 if "%archive%"=="b1" set archDel=b2 set namePgm=%drvBU%\%dstdir%tbIcPm%archDel%.7z del %namePgm% %drvMl% cd \ cd %srcdirMl% Echo ***************************** Echo * !! Updating Backup !! * Echo * !! Archive of TB-Mail !! * Echo ***************************** set archMl=b1 :---------------- :loopMail :---------------- set nameMl=%dstdir%tbIcMl%ArchMl%.7z if not exist "%drvBU%\%nameMl%" goto doitMl if "%archMl%"=="b4" goto runoutMl if "%archMl%"=="b3" set archMl=b4 if "%archMl%"=="b2" set archMl=b3 if "%archMl%"=="b1" set archMl=b2 goto loopMail :---------------- :runoutMl :---------------- set archDlMl=b1 set namDlMl=%dstdir%tbIcMl%archDlMl%.7z del %drvBU%\%namDlMl% :---------------- :doitMl :---------------- cd \ if "%archMl%"=="b4" set prevMl=b3 if "%archMl%"=="b3" set prevMl=b2 if "%archMl%"=="b2" set prevMl=b1 if "%archMl%"=="b1" set prevMl=b4 %drvBU% cd \ copy %drvBU%\%dstdir%tbIcMl%prevMl%.7z %drvBU%\%nameMl% %drvMl% cd \ 7z u -ms=off %drvBU%\%nameMl% -up0q0r2x1y2z1w2 "%srcdirMl%*" -r if "%archMl%"=="b4" set archDlMl=b1 if "%archMl%"=="b3" set archDlMl=b4 if "%archMl%"=="b2" set archDlMl=b3 if "%archMl%"=="b1" set archDlMl=b2 set nameMl=%drvBU%\%dstdir%tbIcMl%archDlMl%.7z %drvBU% cd \ del %nameMl% %drvPm% cd %srcdirPM% ================={TBigfs.bat file} End===================== ================={StartTB.bat file} Start================== "C:\program files\the bat!\thebat.exe" Call TBigfs.bat ================={StartTB.bat file} End==================== ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
