Backing up files.

RE: Backing up files.

Heat — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:29:18 GMT

Terry,
Great suggestions.
I do the same, but a little different.
I placed a batch file in the "Send To" folder so I just right mouse click on a folder to back it up.
I use %1 as the source.
I use Xcopy and the /M switch to copy only things that have changed.
I do hard code the destination folder as C:\ProjectBackup
I also capture the project number in the source path and add it to the destination path.
The final backup looks like this:
C:\ProjectBackup\projectnumber\*.*
So next time you run it it will only copy changed files, but to the same destination folder.
You could also use your date routine for folder naming if desired.
I worry about drive space since most users are data hogs and would run the backup daily (if not hourly). HaHa

RE: Backing up files.

TWalters — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:20:55 GMT

I should also mention that this makes time and date folders and does not change the file names... I can also just run it manually or use scheduler. They only downside is I have to manually edit the working folder location or make a batch file for each project. It is a bit of a duct tape and bailing wire solution but it does work. :-)

RE: Backing up files.

TWalters — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:18:17 GMT

Mitch,

I have a .bat file that I call every hour with Task Scheduler (built into Windows). Here is the text:

@echo off

set date_=%date:/=-%

set source=I:\TPA\PRJ\000007318\7318_CobbRoad\25729925201\roadway\working\3D Modeling

set destin=C:\DATA\!Backups\%date_%

For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b)

Set Incrimfolder="%destin%\%mytime%"

robocopy "%source%" %Incrimfolder% /s /z /r:3 /w:10 /maxage:15

pause

"set source" is the project working folder, which I manually edit when I am working on a different projects. "set Destin" is a folder where I keep all the the time and data stamped bakups. This version only makes a copy of the files in the folder that have changed in the last 15 days ( /maxage:15).

I am using the Windows RoboCopy utility to accomplish this. You can learn more about RoboCopy and the syntax here:

ss64.com/.../robocopy.html

and here:

en.wikipedia.org/.../Robocopy

Cheers,

Terry