On Monday, February 23, 2004, 3:52 PM, you wrote:
M> I'm on XP. Problem. M> Would need to restore old version of Bat, but I'm M> worried about causing problems if new features (views) M> have been recorded in data files - are they backward M> comparable? If a fix is going to be posted for this M> very soon, I can wait. Before I upgrade to any new version, and at least monthly, I back up my TB setup. I do this using Allie's backup program ( check the archive), called tbbackup.bat. I will append MY version of that file here: ----start tbbackup.bat Echo ************************************************ Echo * !! Updating Backup Archive of TB-Mail !! * Echo * (C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\TB-Mail.rar) * Echo ************************************************ REM ;Path C:\Software\winrar REM ;winrar a -u -as \\Alliem\L\TBBackup\TB-Mail.rar C:\Mail Path "C:\Program Files\winrar" copy "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\TB_Mail.rar" "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\TB_Mail_OLD.rar" winrar a -u -as "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\TB_Mail.rar" "C:\Program Files\The Bat!\Mail" REM;I backup to my server which has a nice Seagate Cheetah as its main REM;drive. REM;C:\Mail is my working mail directory. This should be REM;"C:\Program Files\The Bat!\Mail" for most. REM;The path before that defines the name and location of the rar archive REM;you're backing up to. If one isn't there, it will just create one and REM;do a full backup on the first go. After that, it simply analyses the REM;archive and update only the changed files. This saves time and REM;overhead. REM;Use the winrar command switches as shown. REM;a - create archive REM;u - update an existing archive REM;as - synchronise an existing archive with a target source REM; directory/file. REM;The Echo part just suppresses all the stuff that will normally fill REM;the console window when the cmd script is running and the announcement REM;in the asterisk is put in it's place. Makes for a cleaner visual if I REM;happen to be awake when it starts running. REM;I do the same for the registry. I do it separately but you could do it REM;all in one swoop (I guess I will shortly integrate the two. I don't REM;know why I separated them in the first place). My TB! registry backup REM;goes like this: @Echo Off Path=C:\Windows copy "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\tbreg.reg" "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\tbreg2.reg" del "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\tbreg.reg" regedit /e "C:\tmp\software\The Bat!\TBBackup\tbreg.reg" hkey_current_user\software\rit exit ;You could use WinRAR and the system scheduler to do unattended backups ;of many files and folders on your system. No need for 3rd party ;software. :-) ------ end tbbackup.bat -- Paul Using The Bat! v2.04.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Jan2004 (4.1.342) (avast! version number) 0402-0 (20.02.2004) (avast! DB version number) 4.1.342 (avast! plugin version number) ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
