Re: Backup script
***^\ ~~( __ _o Was Mon, 17 May 2004, at 12:31:15 -0500, @ @ when Allie Martin wrote: Mica Mijatovic wrote: MM I still do not understand why one uses such a programs when there MM are excellent free command line archivers one can do anything with MM by batch files. Even better and might be even faster. TB! isn't the only thing I backup. I backup *all*, via ARJ (2.60). :-) Version 2.8x is in some aspects better, but generally it runs markedly slower. It's certainly faster for me to point and click into effect, some of the backups that I do. I really can't be bothered with tweaking and testing batch scripts. :) I also do that with a mere click. :-) I click (or Start - Run - 'bkupall'), and bkupall.bat calls all the bunch of other about 50 .bat files which do their jobs collectively and diligently. When I feel lazy, I schedule the bkupall.bat to run each hour, or in every 27 minutes. Tweaking and testing batch scripts you do only once. :-) Same as when you configure any other backup program. I don't mind buying and using Second Copy to make it easier for me. Time isn't an issue since my backups are done automatically and while I'm asleep. I know that one can do it other ways and with tools already in their possession. It's up to you really, and I don't see the point of making an issue out of how one chooses to do it. shrug Well, that part was certainly my omission to understand motives and habits of others. I see my mistake now and I agree, with what you say. Although I just had offered a cheaper and faster way (perhaps even more reliable one, and safer for OS). If no one is interested in, I am back in my grotto. :-) -- Mica Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
***^\ ~~( __ _o Was Tue, 18 May 2004, at 02:40:19 +0200, @ @ when MAU wrote: Hello Mica, MAU. :-) (In Serbian/Croatian mau means miaow. :-) It's cute.) I still do not understand why one uses such a programs... You don't have to understand anything. Do you like blue colour? I don't and maybe you do, that is all there is to it. Well, a colour is a matter of so called taste, or of aesthetic moment (although it has even some functional influence in a given circumstances, one must admit), while I observe a computer contraptions before all as a technical thing which I judge of against effectiveness. My attention was too unilateral, I see now, so I couldn't understand the whole picture. When I was a kid, I didn't like spinach. Even today, I don't like some musical genres (as modern country songs, although they do a great job in terms of socialization, observing the thing in a non-musical way, purely anthropologically, et sim.) Thanks again for the Sel. Download filter. :-) -- Mica Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Allie, Does that really matter especially since you're not really aware of just what others here may or may not need to backup? This seems to be the crux of the misunderstanding. The discussion has been about backing up TB! and nothing else. Yes, that is right. But someone was asking for a way to run a program before or after running the backup and I initially just pointed out that it was easy to do with Second Copy 2000. I think I'm finished here since this is becoming unproductive. AOL Me too. /AOL -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Jimmie, I am in agreement with you as to what and what not to backup, and the fact that this thread is becoming unproductive. However may I trouble you for more direct information on the batch scripts that you use and how to implement them. I just happen to have a JumpDrive that would be capable of holding the backup information that I need. What you and Allie find unproductive may be productive for others, just like discussing about batch scripts. They should actually be considered OT and discussed in TBOT. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Greg, Well it all comes down to an individual's needs. Geez have I heard that before. :-) For me running a BAT file for an incremental backup on shut down of TB works great. Of course, you are right. Just like many people can get along with OE (which is free) instead of TB. I'd bet a beer or too that many TB users, for their needs, could actually get along with OE. Or maybe not, I'm not sure if OE has macros to tell what time it is where I live. ;-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello MAU, On Wed, 19 May 2004 19:04:37 +0200 GMT (20/05/2004, 00:04 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote: M Of course, you are right. Just like many people can get along with OE M (which is free) instead of TB. OE isn't free. You pay for it when you buy Windows, whether you use OE or not. M I'd bet a beer or too that many TB users, for their needs, could M actually get along with OE. Well, I couldn't. I'm so used to TB's filtering and folder structure and general layout, that I even lost my way in Eudora a few months ago. And I used Eudora for 2 years, but never OE. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.11 Beta/6 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 256MB RAM Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello MAU, Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 12:04:37 PM, MAU wrote: Well it all comes down to an individual's needs. Geez have I heard that before. :-) For me running a BAT file for an incremental backup on shut down of TB works great. M Of course, you are right. Just like many people can get along with OE M (which is free) instead of TB. I'd bet a beer or too that many TB users, M for their needs, could actually get along with OE. I have to use OE at work. I really miss TB's filtering capability coupled with macros. I most definitely could use TB's macro capabilities at work, but you know you have to use the what is provided. Not much choice. M Or maybe not, I'm not sure if OE has macros to tell what time it is M where I live. ;-) Not me! :-) -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 There are two theories about arguing with women Neither one works. Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello MAU, Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 10:24:29 AM, MAU wrote: I am in agreement with you as to what and what not to backup, and the fact that this thread is becoming unproductive. However may I trouble you for more direct information on the batch scripts that you use and how to implement them. I just happen to have a JumpDrive that would be capable of holding the backup information that I need. M What you and Allie find unproductive may be productive for others, just M like discussing about batch scripts. They should actually be considered M OT and discussed in TBOT. Isn't this really a function of opinions which are a function of needs? :-) Sounds like an old broken record, but true! -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 (Saying for the day: Like a former boss once said opinions are like a**h^les, everyone's got one.) Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Allie, It doesn't take a long time to copy that batch file to a text file, alter the paths and use it. It does take time also to learn how to use Second Copy. snipped a bit Yes, but I don't just backup TB. I backup all my important data: databases, documents, web pages, etc., etc. And what I actually do is mirroring on a different computer. I mirror my desktop in my server and my server in my desktop, and I can also mirror to and from my laptop when I have to travel. So, I have a total of 15 Profiles some of which run automatically several times a day (perhaps with different schedules) and some manually or only at night. Why do I do this? Because computers break sometimes. If one morning I come to my desktop and it won't run, I can get on my server and start TB and it will just work with the last mirrored message base. Same if the server fails, I can just start my Mercury/32 MTA in my desktop and change a setting in my router and server is back on the air. Etc, etc, etc. Do you want me to do all of that with BAT scripts? No thanks :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Allie, TB! isn't the only thing I backup. See my reply to your mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Miguel Urech, [MU] wrote: MU Yes, but I don't just backup TB. Does that really matter especially since you're not really aware of just what others here may or may not need to backup? This seems to be the crux of the misunderstanding. The discussion has been about backing up TB! and nothing else. Many get by without the 'fancy' backing up that you do because they don't have the same backup requirements as you do. A couple of those batch scripts will therefore work just fine and will not amount to a headache. Take my wife for example. I just backup TB! and her Documents directory daily to a 750MB zip. Do I need Second Copy for that. NO! A single batch script, with a few lines of text run with the system scheduler works just fine, thanks. :) It's all a matter of needs. What's fine for one, is a hassle for the other. I think I'm finished here since this is becoming unproductive. -- -=[ Allie ]=- (List Moderator and fellow end-user) PGPKeys: http://key.ac-martin.com Running The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on WinXP Pro (SP1) pgpmKN38HnHfK.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello MAU, Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 8:14:30 PM, MAU wrote: TB! isn't the only thing I backup. M See my reply to your mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well it all comes down to an individual's needs. Geez have I heard that before. :-) For me running a BAT file for an incremental backup on shut down of TB works great. -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/6 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Without Time, everything would happen at once. Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Greg, Now the only problem I see to make this one heck of a backup is to be able to run this batch file automatically after you exit TB. I haven't read this whole thread in detail so I may be missing something. On threads about backing up TB in the past I have many times suggested taking a look at Second Copy 2000 (http://www.centered.com/) which I use since years ago not just to backup TB but all my important data. I'll just say this now. Aside of built in scheduling, you can set different type of backup for different data (Exact Copy, Incremental, compressed, etc.) and also set a number of conditions: run a program before/after backup, wait for a program to exit, etc., etc. What I am saying is that it is very easy to set up a Profile to backup TB data selecting which folders to backup and how, and selecting to run a program and waiting for it to exit before doing the backup up. See where I'm getting at? Yes, it can launch and run TB and wait for it to exit and then it will do the backup. Cheers :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Allie, Second Copy costs money. It's not freeware. Yes, that is right. It has a price. And the price may be considered low or high depending on how much you value your time, your data and the risk of loosing it. BTW, I do use Second Copy myself. :) :-)) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
***^\ ~~( __ _o Was Mon, 17 May 2004, at 16:24:54 +0200, @ @ when MAU wrote: Second Copy costs money. It's not freeware. Yes, that is right. It has a price. And the price may be considered low or high depending on how much you value your time, your data and the risk of loosing it. I still do not understand why one uses such a programs when there are excellent free command line archivers one can do anything with by batch files. Even better and might be even faster. But is not that I have to understand just everything. :-) A good example is just recently resent (I think it was Marck's) batch file for TB backup. Now I go outside to spend a little of my quality time in sipping coffee and watching river... :-) -- Mica Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Leif, Monday, May 17, 2004, 12:33:58 AM, Leif Gregory wrote: LG How is it out there in left field? grin I was past the bleachers! :-) LG Here's an old easy way. Make your shortcut point to a batch file that LG runs TB. i.e. LG tb.bat LG * LG C:\program files\the bat!\thebat.exe LG Call backup.bat LG * LG The batch file will not process the second line until you shutdown TB. LG backup.bat will be the batch file you all have been writing to backup LG TB. Since I have my backup batch file in the program directory of TB I have to have c:\program files\The Bat!\ in the start in field of the short cut for it to work. Thanks for the info! -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Sorry, out of order! Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:32:01 -0500 (4:32 PM here) Mary Bull wrote: On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 3:02 PM, [Gerard] wrote: G I remember seeing a .bat file which would make a complete backup G of all the TB! mail files plus the registry entries. I can not G find it in the archive. Can some one please post it here or mail G it to me directly, please. Are you subscribed to tbot? Marck posted his there recently in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] A search of The mail Archive for mid:1792...; is unsuccessful. Should I search elsewhere? Using: The Bat! v2.10.03, BayesIt! 0.5.4, MyMacros 1.10 Windows 2000 v5.0 - Build 2195 - Service Pack 4 -- Daniel A. Grunberg Kensington, Maryland, USA homepage: www.nyx.net/~dgrunber/ Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Dear Dan, @16-May-2004, 16:18 -0400 (16-May 21:18 UK time) Dan Grunberg [DG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Mary: G I remember seeing a .bat file which would make a complete backup G of all the TB! mail files plus the registry entries. I can not G find it in the archive. Can some one please post it here or mail G it to me directly, please. Are you subscribed to tbot? Marck posted his there recently in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DG A search of The mail Archive for mid:1792...; is unsuccessful. DG Should I search elsewhere? It's on the TBOT archive, but you can't search for MIDs there. Look for the subject c0t0d0s0 -- Cheers -- //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 ' pgp8c0sZyFPEx.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Dan! On Sunday, May 16, 2004, 3:18 PM, you wrote: G I remember seeing a .bat file which would make a complete backup ... MB Are you subscribed to tbot? Marck posted his there recently in MB mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DG A search of The mail Archive for mid:1792...; is unsuccessful. DG Should I search elsewhere? I'll FWD that post to you. -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Dear Greg, @16-May-2004, 15:35 -0500 (16-May 21:35 UK time) Greg Strong [GS] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Marck: GS ... I do like your Grandfather/Father/Son backup, but the 7-Zip GS incremental backup better because it is MUCH FASTER. Alright. How about this hybrid version then? ,--/ Incremental version of GFS 7z backup system \-- @Echo on Echo Echo * !! Updating Backup Archive of TB-Mail!! * Echo set archiver=C:\Program Files\Accessories\7-Zip\7z.exe set drv=c: set dstdir=Drive D\Misc\TB\ set srcdir=Program Files\Internet\TB\ set archive=b1 : :loop set name=%dstdir%tbback%archive%.zip if not exist %drv%\%name% goto doit if %archive%==b4 goto runout if %archive%==b3 set archive=b4 if %archive%==b2 set archive=b3 if %archive%==b1 set archive=b2 goto loop : :runout set archive=b1 set name=%dstdir%tbback%archive%.zip del %drv%\%name% : :doit if %archive%==b4 set prev=b3 if %archive%==b3 set prev=b2 if %archive%==b2 set prev=b1 if %archive%==b1 set prev=b4 %drv% cd \ \%srcdir%thebat.exe /EXIT copy %drv%\%dstdir%tbback%prev%.zip %drv%\%name% %archiver% u -tzip %dstdir%%name% -up0q0r2x1y2z1w2 %srcdir%* -r -x!*.7z -x!*.exe -x!*.dll -x!*.bmp -x!*.hlp -x!*.gid -x!*.tip -x!*.txt -x!*.zip regedit /e %drv%\%srcdir%tbreg.reg hkey_current_user\software\rit %archiver% a -tzip %name% %srcdir%tbreg.reg del %dstdir%tbreg.reg if %archive%==b4 set archive=b1 if %archive%==b3 set archive=b4 if %archive%==b2 set archive=b3 if %archive%==b1 set archive=b2 set name=%drv%%dstdir%tbback%archive%.zip del %name% cd %srcdir% start thebat /NOLOGO `--\ End /-- -- Cheers -- //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 ' pgpgrkk0qGLCc.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
@16-May-2004, 22:22 Marck D Pearlstone [MP] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Greg: MP Alright. How about this hybrid version then? But watch out for this broken line: MP copy %drv%\%dstdir%tbback%prev%.zip %drv%\%name% MP %archiver% u -tzip %dstdir%%name% -up0q0r2x1y2z1w2 MP %srcdir%* -r -x!*.7z -x!*.exe -x!*.dll -x!*.bmp -x!*.hlp MP -x!*.gid -x!*.tip -x!*.txt -x!*.zip Right here. The last three should be one long line starting with %archiver% and ending with -x!*.zip. -- Cheers -- //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 ' pgpzOgsgMgwKj.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Marck, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 4:22:53 PM, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: GS ... I do like your Grandfather/Father/Son backup, but the 7-Zip GS incremental backup better because it is MUCH FASTER. MDP Alright. How about this hybrid version then? Most definitely a keeper. :-) What did I do convert you to incremental backups? :-) You will find these are just flat out FAST! Did you see 7-Zip author will be coming out with a newer version? ,- [ http://www.7-zip.org/ ] | 7-Zip 4.00 (2004 May): | |1. Multivolume |2. Absolute pathnames in command line |3. Multiple archives handling in one command |4. Compressing/decompressing from/to stdin/stdout in command line `- Now the only problem I see to make this one heck of a backup is to be able to run this batch file automatically after you exit TB. See Thomas Anderson's message per mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Any ideals? Just thinking out loud here. Doesn't Systinternals (http://www.sysinternals.com/) have freeware utilities where you could check to see if TB was running? ,- [ Per About The Bat! Command line parameters in Help file ] | To ensure that a copy of The Bat! is running on a computer, a program | that need to interact with The Bat! must check whether the mutex called | The Bat! is owned by a process and, if it is not, The Bat! must be | started. `- You could use Windows Scheduler to start TB on boot, then give 10 seconds for TB to start, then start Systinternals utility to check for The Bat! process. When The Bat! process not there, then start backup batch file. Am I in left field here, or do you catch my drift? Is there an easier way? I have learned some programming, but am not aware of all of the nuances of NT systems. Like I said just thinking out loud. -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 There are no guarantees in life. Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hallo Mary, On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:32:01 -0500GMT (20-4-04, 22:32 +0200, where I live), you wrote: MB Are you subscribed to tbot? Marck posted his there recently in MB mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Recently' is a matter of speech I guess. It's over two months ago. Even I don't keep my TBOT messages that long. -- Groetjes, Roelof Disclaimer: Any opinion stated in this message is not necessarily shared by my budgies or rabbits. Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Roelof! On Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5:06 PM, you wrote: MB ... Marck posted his there recently ... RO 'Recently' is a matter of speech I guess. It's over two months ago. RO Even I don't keep my TBOT messages that long. Sorry. :) Actually my post to which Gerard replied was sent to him on April 20. I guess he tried a lot of other things first before appealing to me again. And I truly am a weak reed to lean on, but I like to help when I can--even if the help takes the form of others' posting to correct my well-meant efforts. :) See mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] here on tbudl. I sent him by FWD PM the elusive post from Marck on tbot, but all a lot of wasted electronic activity, because Marck and Greg subsequently put everything here and made it better. I don't even know how to put a .bat file on my own machine! As usual, more than anyone wants to know. :) Move to tbot with this, Roelof? -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Marck, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5:24:22 PM, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: ... snip MDP They are certainly much faster. Obviously it depends upon how many files change. If you run on a regularly, say daily, then I would suspect at most only a few minutes to backup program, mail base, and registry when the mail base is 800 MB +. GS Did you see 7-Zip author will be coming out with a newer GS version? MDP No. GS ,- [ http://www.7-zip.org/ ] GS | 7-Zip 4.00 (2004 May): GS | GS |1. Multivolume GS |2. Absolute pathnames in command line MDP Blimey!! And the hoops I had to jump through to get the GFS to work MDP around the lack of this! Hrumph! I understand this last statement only to well. :-0 GS Now the only problem I see to make this one heck of a backup is GS to be able to run this batch file automatically after you exit GS TB. See Thomas Anderson's message per GS mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Any ideals? MDP No. I use a daily schedule to run the batch, which performs the MDP TB exit from within. What do you use the /EXIT command to force The Bat! to exit, then backup in your batch file? GS You could use Windows Scheduler to start TB on boot, then give GS 10 seconds for TB to start, then start Systinternals utility to GS check for The Bat! process. When The Bat! process not there, GS then start backup batch file. MDP ... it's a plan ... Yes, but I don't know how to execute it. :-) GS Am I in left field here, or do you catch my drift? Is there an GS easier way? I have learned some programming, but am not aware of GS all of the nuances of NT systems. Like I said just thinking out GS loud. MDP Anything /can/ be done if you're working at a programming level. If you come up with some ideal, then let me know. I do like the ideal of running an incremental backup on exit. -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 I'm sick! I ought to be home in bed with a nurse. Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Greg, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 3:49:48 PM, you wrote: Greg Am I in left field here, or do you catch my drift? Is there an Greg easier way? I have learned some programming, but am not aware of Greg all of the nuances of NT systems. Like I said just thinking out Greg loud. How is it out there in left field? grin Here's an old easy way. Make your shortcut point to a batch file that runs TB. i.e. tb.bat * C:\program files\the bat!\thebat.exe Call backup.bat * The batch file will not process the second line until you shutdown TB. backup.bat will be the batch file you all have been writing to backup TB. Note: Don't put in the asterisks in your batch file. -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.11 Beta/5 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
ON Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 10:32:01 PM, you wrote: MB Hello Gerard! MB On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 3:02 PM, you wrote: G I remember seeing a .bat file which would make a complete backup of all the TB! G mail files plus the registry entries. G I can not find it in the archive. Can some one please post it here or mail G it to me directly, please. MB Are you subscribed to tbot? Marck posted his there recently in MB mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mary, I am not but 3 friendly list members have already sent version to me privately. Thanks to all. -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I've had a good day when I don't fall out of the cart. Using The Bat! v2.10 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.01 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup script
Hello Gerard! On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 3:02 PM, you wrote: G I remember seeing a .bat file which would make a complete backup of all the TB! G mail files plus the registry entries. G I can not find it in the archive. Can some one please post it here or mail G it to me directly, please. Are you subscribed to tbot? Marck posted his there recently in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.01 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
