Hi Daniel, You can still copy a file in Windows, even if it's being actively written to.
(Whether it's in a stable or corrupt state is another question--however, if you're backing up frequently, the probability of getting a good backup rises, even if you have to go a few days back!) Batch scripting should work fine. If you don't want to use batch scripting, you could use Python. Microsoft offers this example of registry work in Python: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/python/os/registry/default.mspx?mfr=true There are several others (google "Python Win32 registry"). A bulk backup of the registry would be simpler though! Going back to batch-scripting, you could run the "reg" command-line tool to backup under selected keys, as described here, under "method 2(a)": http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm reg export HKEY_CURRENT_USER user.reg reg export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE machine.reg You could also run these commands from a Python script with something like: import subprocess subprocess.call(["dir", "/b"], shell=True) (This example just lists a directory, of course.) A few options which come to mind for online backup: * PutPlace (support your local startup!) * Live Mesh (Martha Rotter said last week that there was 25GB of free storage on this service, for users in Ireland.) * iDrive or Mozy (2GB of free storage) I know that iDrive can be set to automatically backup selected files, once a day for example. If your batch or python script could place the registry backup files in a "well-known" location, iDrive would take care of the daily upload. Likewise, select an entire directory to backup in the iDrive GUI for the "normal files" and perhaps for the SQL database too. You could also try IronPython for scripting on Windows: http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ Hope the above helps! Kevin. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
