> From: "Peter C.S. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:56:28 -0400
> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Back up of Database file
>
> Thus spake Sonja Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, circa 4/22/2004 6:28 PM:
>> minimum. On top of that, I'm so paranoid about the Entourage database, I
>> have a cron script running that makes a zipped-up copy of the whole MUD
>> folder, appends the date to the end of the name, and places it in the
>> "Users" folder just above my home folder, every morning at 5:30 a.m.
>
> That *is* paranoid! I was just thinking yesterday how lucky I've been. My
> database started life as OE 4.0, then became 4.5, 5.0, and now Entourage,
> all with only occasional backups and rebuilds.
>
> I wish you could backup the database while Entourage was running -- my
> Entourage is *always* running.
>
> That said, I wouldn't mind seeing your backup script too. What's it in?
> Applescript? Perl?
>
> peter
Already request, and I was posting it as you were writing...
Yeah, it took a few minutes of paranoia to set up the script and get it
running. Now it's just something that happens every day with no
intervention or action on my part at all, and I have peace of mind.
Despite recommendations, I like to shut down my computer at night, so by
having it start itself up at 5:30 and then run my cron job at 5:45, the
database gets backed up when Entourage isn't running.
--
Sonja Ray
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people
always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become
great.
--Mark Twain
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