Thanks - I'll try File | Backup, and if that doesn't work an external batch file is sure to - if I remember to run it.
Slàinte Gordon -- Gordon Findlay [email protected] Certainty about the future is a form of mental illness. On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Gordon, > > There's a known problem with Legacy remembering the backup path in Legacy > 9. > > Legacy 9 has made the backup path family file specific. > > I've been able to get it to stick by using File - Backup and then it has > stuck for the backup on exit ever since. However, I backup to Dropbox. > > I understand but haven't tested for myself that there are further problems > with an external drive if that drive isn't available when you go to backup. > > Cathy > > Gordon Findlay wrote: > > > Hi > > is there an option (I can't find it if there is) to set the default > backup path? > > Running Legacy 9, the default I get is on the same hard drive as the > database itself. This gives protection against user error, but that's > about all. Forty years in the IT industry has persuaded me that > backups are meant to b e on different media, so I change the paths to > an external drive every time I backup. > > I'd like to not have to make the change every time, if that option exists. > > Slàinte > Gordon > -- > Gordon Findlay > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Certainty about the future is a form of mental illness. > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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