> Looking at the code it should work... What is happening when you try?
I did the same like I did to backup a plugin. If I input the file
name, the procedure would create a correct .backup file. But if I left
the input box blank, the .backup don't be created. Don't know why,
because all I do is the same, and one work one not.
> I should add though that I decided against using the backup command
> for this purpose for several reasons:
>
> 1) The files get bigger, not smaller, like a zip file would
> 2) It's labor intensive for the wiki--often causing timeout's if
> there's a large number of pages
> 3) Some files are not included, like config files, graphics, etc.
> 4) It is a non-standard format and can not be easily unzipped by
> anything but BoltWire.
>
> It works fine for things like plugins and the like, but my
> recommendation for backing up an entire wiki is to use a program that
> simply creates a zip file. In linux, I believe you can even set up
> special shell commands to do this automatically. Just don't know much
> about linux myself.
But I like this backup approach which has many pros like:
1) It's there. No need to learn linux shell commands; :)
2) If there is a time option, it would be easy to overcome the too-
many-pages-problem;
3) Field wiki administrator can backup their own pages folder, no need
to get the server's access right;
I've thought a time period option when doing the backup. The procedure
only need to backup the files which was modified in the specified time
period:
1) The period time you want to backup:
From: [a] Beginning* [b] Last time you backup
To : [c] Specify a certain date [d] Now
* Beginning means the oldest file modified time.
2) Your backup has saved as {now}.backup;
In this way the wiki admin can backup his wiki easily. The updated
pages can be backup in the new period option and overwrite the old
version pages if he does a restore. If a page does not change, it
doesn't need to backup every time.
But this need new script to check the option.
Cheers,
linly
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