Sweet - I can import from a backed up user directory. That is all I need. I already have a nightly full computer back.

Thanks Ernie.


Mitch

On 10/13/21 9:41 AM, Ernie Rael wrote:
Did you see/use Menu>Tools>Options>Import ? Browse to a backed up userdir, import Project>ProjectGroups. There are many variations you can have around this.

During startup, a plugin could probably backup userdir (make sure cache isn't included). I'm not sure what you'd have to do to insure a consistent picture. With some digging to find the "Options>Export" action, a plugin could probably invoke it around startup; probably wait for when UI ready.

Backing it up, a response mentioned rsync, with NetBeans not running probably avoids any consistency issues.

-ernie

On 10/13/2021 6:59 AM, Mitch Claborn wrote:
Yesterday I accidentally deleted all of my project groups. I was able to recover from a full computer backup, but I had to search around to find out where they were stored and then manually restore the files.

To improve my chances of full recovery for the next time I do something stupid, I want to start backing up my NetBeans config once a day.

It would be extra-super-cool if NetBeans could do that for me. Something, like: take a backup on the first startup of NetBeans on a calendar day, to a specified directory with a date sensitive filename pattern.

Is such a thing possible? Assuming that it is not a current capability, is it feasible to write a plugin or a change to the base system to accomplish this?



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