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June 17th, 2008, 08:24 PM
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DOS Batch - Backup
I'm wanting to make a batch file that make's a backup of my important files. Is there a way for it to just overwrite files if they have been modified or if new one's have been created and delete files that have been deleted. I think the XCOPY command does it but I'm not sure. Or I could make it format the drive every time it does a backup.
I think this is what I want: Code:
@Echo off Echo Formating Drive "Z" format z: cls if NOT exist C:\\results\* mkdir C:\\results if exist C:\\results\* goto start :start Echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>C:\results\backup.txt Echo %Date% %Time% >>C:\results\backup.txt Echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>C:\results\backup.txt ECHO ~~~~~~~~~~~~Important Data~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>C:\results\backup.txt Echo Backing Up Important Data... XCOPY "G:\My Documents\" "Z:\G\My Documents\" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt XCOPY "G:\My Pictures\" "Z:\G\My Pictures\" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt XCOPY "G:\Music\" "Z:\G\Music" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt XCOPY "C:\Documents and Settings\travis\Desktop\" "Z:\Desktop\" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt cls Echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~Program's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>C:\results\backup.txt Echo Backing Up Program's... XCOPY "C:\Documents and Settings\travis\Application Data\foobar2000" "Z:\App Data\foobar" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt XCOPY "C:\Documents and Settings\travis\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox" "Z:\App Data\Firefox" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt XCOPY "C:\Documents and Settings\travis\Application Data\Thunderbird" "Z:\App Data\Thunderbird" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt XCOPY "C:\Program Files\foobar2000 "Z:\Program Files\foobar2000" /E /C /V /H /U >>C:\results\backup.txt cls msg * Backup Complete! Click OK to view log. C:\results\backup.txt cls exit When using /U does it update the files that are there and does it delete files that have been deleted. If it does then I don't think I wouldn't need to format.
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June 17th, 2008, 10:59 PM
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It seems that you are wanting to maintain a mirrored directory. This means that the backup directory is an exact replica of the working directory. Files are copied to the backup whenever they are created or modified and they are removed from the backup if the original is deleted.
There is a great freeware program called Cobian Backup that works great for managing backups. If you really want to do this yourself, you should look to WSH to do the job. The only way to manage this from Batch is to delete the contents of the folder and copy every file. This is fine is some environments, but larger directories can become very costly on system resources as well as being time consuming. Conversely, the WSH method will allow you to perform a more incremental-type backup where only changed files are handled.
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June 18th, 2008, 12:03 AM
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I need a good article topic anyway. I'll put something together for you tonight to give you a good head start. Then we can tweak it to meet your exact needs.
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June 18th, 2008, 12:17 AM
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Thanks for the help Nilpo
 Look's like theres alot you can do with WSH. I found this simple script on the web: Code:
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
age = InputBox("Please type your age.")
newage = age + 5
WshShell.Popup "In 5 years, you will be " & newage & "."
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We sometimes use THIS at work for mirroring websites over the network ... it works great but it's not free. It will mirror an entire drive, just a folder, or any combination... it's pretty good.
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