On 4/21/06, Graham Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30 Mar 2006, at 11:50, Brian Sutherland wrote:
>
> > Anyway the data is stored inside the Zope Object Database (ZODB)
> > (normally with the filename Data.fs) and there seem to be three or
> > four backup methods. When I had to do it, the repozo.py script
> > carried with zope 2.8 seemed the best option.
>
> Mac OS X 10.4.6,
> Python 2.3.5,
> SchoolTool 0.11.3 running from the PreferencePane.
>
> At a glance, I can't find
> repozo.py

repozo.py comes with Zope 2.8 (apparently) but not with Zope 3 or
SchoolTool.  So you could download Zope 2.8 and find it in their
source.

> Please, can anyone elaborate/advise?
> (I'm not an expert.)
>
> In the meantime I'm periodically stopping SchoolTool via the
> PreferencePane,
> manually backing up
> /Data.fs
> to a remote location using CyberDuck (my preferred sftp client)
> then restarting SchoolTool.

That's a reasonable approach.

> NB in this environment
> Data.fs is at the root of the file system.

Yes, that's pretty much a bug in the MacOS packaging, but it should be harmless.

Would you be able to move to a Linux server sometime this summer?  It
has become clear that we don't have the expertise and money to
maintain the MacOS and Windows packages and installers without more
volunteer help.

--Tom
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