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backup file on change
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:59 pm
by rjkantor
I am trying to monitor a folder and when a file is changed, I want to copy it as a backup prior to being overwritten. Can this be achieved ?
If so, how? I was trying to use the monitor as a trigger and a copy but that did not work.
Thank you,
Rob
Re: backup file on change
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:07 am
by Oleg
File monitor trigger runs the task
after changes in folder
So the task can't catch the moment before changes.
The standard way - incremental backup.
Idea is simple:
Make several copies on daily (weekly, monthly or hourly) basis.
The backup folder may have such name:
c:\MyBackups\YYYYMMDD
YYYY - year
MM - month
DD - day
Old backups you may remove (for example older than 7 days)
See the example named "
[DEMO] Backup your tasks (daily backup)"
You also can get it here.