> From: henryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:44:41 -0700 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Scripted backup of DB > But I've been thinking about doing better more and more lately, and trying > to figure all the angles. Setting up a cron task seems to be a quite > reasonable approach -- though it isn't very practical for my > technically-averse colleagues. (Is there a higher-level way of creating a > periodic task, say, with AppleScript?) > > One niggle with this method is that it requires the machine be left on, or > at least not sleeping. Here in earthquake and power-shortage country (U.S. > left coast) it _seems_ better to sleep the machine when possible. > ><snip> > > One more issue: You don't seem to be quitting Entourage to do this backup. > Maybe you quit each night? If not... Seems to me I've had past trouble with > file locks preventing MUD read access while the app is open, but I could be > wrong. In my office, running at 5:30 am would certainly guarantee no user > intervention issues, but what about incoming email? No problem for dial-up, > but for users with DSL or cable modems, there might be a problem with a > collision between incoming messages and backup processes. > Henry
There might be an AppleScript way to do the same thing; there probably is. But oddly enough, I'm more familiar with cron, so it was the easier way for me. And no, I don't leave the machine on. With the reintroduction of scheduled startups in Panther, I have my machine set to start itself up in the morning. Since I don't have Entourage set as a startup item, it's not running then, so no problem there. And the database daemon, which IS a startup item, doesn't cause any problems as long as it doesn't need to access the database during the copy. I'm sure it's not the best or most elegant way to ensure there's always a good MUD backup, but it works for me. -- Sonja Ray ---- "Oh, Bother," said Pooh, as he hid Piglet's mangled corpse. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
