Hello Roelof, Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 5:03:36 AM, you wrote:
RO> Hallo Jack, RO> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:12:06 -0500GMT (2-6-2008, 14:12 +0200, where I RO> live), you wrote: JSL>> I'd like to experiment with this file naming protocol and find out JSL>> where the last backup went. Is there a way to manually start TB!'s JSL>> backup at will? RO> How big was your last saved backup and much free space have you got on RO> the drive where you store your backups? And much free space have got RO> left on the drive where your temp directory is stored? No problem with file size or available disk space. I did a search and found the file "autobackup.tbk" in the C:\Program Files\The Bat!\MAIL folder with an OS timestamp of 5/31 @ 08:11 which is about the time/date I remember the last autobackup occurring. Why it landed in that location is a mystery. RO> In the past it wasn't possible to use macros in the name of the RO> autobackup, has that been changed? That was the reason that I didn't RO> use the autobackup feature but still used my own scheduled backup RO> that allowed for macros in the name. As you can see in a previous paragraph the filename created by TB! is simply autobackup.tbk without any embedded date/time in the filename as it appears in OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>SYSTEM>AUTOBACKUP>ADVANCED. RO> BTW2 No, it isn't possible to start TB's autobackup manually, though RO> it appears to be possible to change the time it starts to something RO> sooner. I tried this by setting the days counter to the minimum (1 day) and setting the time to now+2 minutes. Sure enough, the autobackup started in a couple of minutes, ran to completion and stored the autobackup.tbk file on the F: drive as specified in the default filename OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>SYSTEM>AUTOBACKUP>ADVANCED but again, without the date/time embedded in the filename. I next tried a *manual* backup as suggested by Paul in a previous reply using as a filename the one displayed in OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>SYSTEM>AUTOBACKUP>ADVANCED which is F:\autobackup-%DATE(yyyy-mm-dd)-%TIME(hh-mm-ss).tbk. That produced a .tbk file on the F: drive called exactly "F:\autobackup-%DATE(yyyy-mm-dd)-%TIME(hh-mm-ss).tbk". My head is starting to hurt. I think in light of all that I have learned from this thread I'll just cancel the scheduled backup and start it manually from the TOOLS menu as Paul suggested. -- My sincere thanks to all those that have tried to educate me in the mysteries of TB!. Best regards, Jack mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Now running TB! v3.99.3 from Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 - Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
