Backups and version history for data folders would need to be implemented under TiddlyWiki itself, in the filesystem adapter.
On Oct 9, 2017 09:07, "Arlen Beiler" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, two things to check. > > 1. Verify that the backup property in settings.json is a string with > characters. If it is a string with zero length, backups will not happen. If > it is a string with characters, an error will be thrown if the backup > cannot be saved. You will see a line in the terminal that lists a 500 > status code as well as an extra error message. > > 2. Backups only apply to single file wikis, not data folders. If the wiki > is indicating that it got saved (i.e. the check mark turns grey) then it > should have saved. And if it did save, then the backup saved as well. > > So check for errors in the terminal. Then see if your changes got saved. > Then make sure that the backup property actually specified a folder. > > Hope that helps. > Arlen > > On Oct 9, 2017 08:24, "Glenn D" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've never used the 'file save' so we can rule that out. >> >> I chmodded both backup and the onboot.sh to 777 - rebooted. I can see >> that root is running npm, but not sure if that is the only process >> identifiable for tiddlyserver... >> >> I edit a tiddler, changes are autosaved, and still nothing in the backup >> folder. >> >> So everything works, but I am nervous about doing a lot more work without >> a backup. Really not sure how to proceed at this point. >> >> On Friday, October 6, 2017 at 9:22:01 PM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> Glenn, >>> >>> I don't have the full answer but the Tiddlers you update that are >>> "served" to you are written back to the server by the server, not you. If >>> you use the file save it is you saving the file. >>> >>> I have created backup folders under all my Tiddlywikis that TiddlyServer >>> Serves, updated the settings.json to "backup" and I am not seeing it backup. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/tiddlywiki/8a8d82e1-3169-4429-a7a7-85bf3b6dc2d0%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/8a8d82e1-3169-4429-a7a7-85bf3b6dc2d0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAJ1vdSSSFqwnYr%3DPWsnSNkvgAq40RgfAOx%3D96TUnrn4s4ztL%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

