Hello Thomas, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 4:17:01 AM, Thomas Andersson wrote:
TA> Is there a way to automate the backup procedure? TA> I cannot seem to find anything in The Bat! scheduler. See Roelof's reply per mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TA> Is there a way to use the Windows scheduler or make TA> The Bat! perform a backup every time I exit the program? I use a free compression utility called 7-Zip (v 3.13) which you can download from http://www.7-zip.org/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/. I use to do an incremental backup every time I booted with the Windows Scheduler. I don't believe TB has a method to call a batch file on exit, so something may have to created to meet this need, or someone can correct me if I'm wrong. The nice thing about the batch files is they backup the program directory, mail base directories, and registry, so everything is backed up from a working installation. IIRC I revised an incremental backup Allie posted for rar files to 7-zip's command line version. My present mail base is approximately 890 MB. The incremental backup generally takes 1 to 3 minutes to run depending upon how much change has occurred in the mail base since the last time it was run. I'll post the batch file below and you can modify to your TB configuration. I also use a grandfather, father, son backup routine which Marck posted on TBOT. This keeps the grandfather backup and rotates the father / son backup. It is a complete backup from start to finish, and takes about 20 minutes to run on my PC (P4 2.4 Ghz with 500 MB RAM). I'll post the batch file below and you can modify to your TB configuration. If TB has no way to call a batch file on exit, does anybody know how to create this functionality? =======================Incremental b/u TB.Bat========================>> Path C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\7-ZIP;C:\Program Files\The Bat! regedit /e "X:\TBArchives\tbreg.reg" hkey_current_user\software\rit copy X:\TBArchives\tbreg.reg @Echo off Echo ************************************************ Echo * !! Updating Backup Archive of TB-Mail !! * Echo * Mail located in X:\AppsBase\MAIL * Echo * (Mail Base is X:\TBArchives\tbMail7z.7z) * Echo ************************************************ x: cd x:\ 7z u -ms=off x:\TBArchives\tbMail_X_7z.7z -up0q0r2x1y2z1w2 "AppsBase\MAIL\*" -r Echo ************************************************ Echo * !! Updating Backup Archive of The Bat! !! * Echo * Program located in C:\Program Files\The Bat! * Echo * (Program is X:\TBArchives\tbPgm7z.7z) * Echo ************************************************ c: cd c:\ 7z u -ms=off x:\TBArchives\tbPgm_C_7z.7z -up0q0r2x1y2z1w2 "Program Files\The Bat!\*" -r x: cd X:\TBArchives del tbreg.reg c: cd C:\Program Files\The Bat! del tbreg.reg =======================Incremental b/u TB.Bat========================<< =======================Grandfather/Father/Son b/u TBgfs.bat==========>> Path C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\7-ZIP;C:\Program Files\The Bat! @Echo off Echo ************************************************ Echo * !! Updating Backup Archive of The Bat! !! * Echo * Program located in C:\Program Files\The Bat! * Echo * (Program is X:\TBArchives\tbPgmb#.7z) * Echo ************************************************ set dstdir=X:\TBArchives\ set srcdirPm=Program files\The Bat!\ set srcdirMl=AppsBase\MAIL\ set archive=b1 :---------------- :loopPgrm :---------------- set namePgm=%dstdir%\tbPrgm%archive%.7z if not exist %namePgm% goto doitPg if "%archive%"=="b4" goto runoutPg if "%archive%"=="b3" set archive=b4 if "%archive%"=="b2" set archive=b3 if "%archive%"=="b1" set archive=b2 goto loopPgrm :---------------- :runoutPg :---------------- set archive=b1 set namePgm=%dstdir%tbPrgm%archive%.7z del %namePgm% :---------------- :doitPg :---------------- X: cd %dstdir% regedit /e "%dstdir%tbreg.reg" hkey_current_user\software\rit 7z a %namePgm% tbreg.reg C: cd C:\ 7z a %namePgm% "%srcdirPm%*" -r 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 namePgm=%dstdir%\tbPrgm%archive%.7z del %namePgm% @Echo off Echo ************************************************ Echo * !! Updating Backup Archive of TB-Mail !! * Echo * Mail located in X:\AppsBase\MAIL * Echo * (Mail Base is X:\TBArchives\tbMailb#.7z) * Echo ************************************************ set archive=b1 :---------------- :loopMail :---------------- set nameMl=%dstdir%\tbMail%archive%.7z if not exist %nameMl% goto doitMl if "%archive%"=="b4" goto runoutMl if "%archive%"=="b3" set archive=b4 if "%archive%"=="b2" set archive=b3 if "%archive%"=="b1" set archive=b2 goto loopMail :---------------- :runoutMl :---------------- set archive=b1 set nameMl=%dstdir%tbMail%archive%.7z del %nameMl% :---------------- :doitMl :---------------- x: cd x:\ 7z a %nameMl% "%srcdirMl%*" -r 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 nameMl=%dstdir%\tbMail%archive%.7z del %nameMl% =======================Grandfather/Father/Son b/u TBgfs.bat==========<< HTH! -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.11 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
