[slim] Re: Backing Up the Slimserver Database

2006-01-09 Thread samlw
kweller Wrote: > Are there command lines I can use to tell SlimServer to shut down and > restart that I can set up in Windows Scheduler? If I can do that I can > schedule the back-up as well. > I don't know about Windows, but on Unix/Linux you can create a small script that will tell Sqlite to b

[slim] Re: Backing Up the Slimserver Database

2006-01-09 Thread JJZolx
kweller Wrote: > Having just had an 'accident' I've restored my SlimServer program > directory but am having to re-scan my music tracks to rebuild the > database. The reason for that is that Slimserver runs 24/7 and > SecondCopy (a Windows back-up program) says it can't back-up the > database

[slim] Re: Backing Up the Slimserver Database

2006-01-09 Thread Browny
You might want to try coming to this from a different direction. The problem you're encountering is a file lock on the db file when the backup runs. If you were to switch to using MySQL then you could either use the database backup features available in the database, or even run scheduled tasks