Hello Jack, Thursday, July 22, 2010, 10:01:14 PM, you wrote:
JSL> Ok, I've looked through the archives for about an hour now and can't find an answer that works. The problem has JSL> to do with the filename used when TB! performs an automatic backup. I have the backup filename as "TBbackup.tbk" JSL> and it will save the backup properly the first time I run the backup. However, subsequent backups either manually JSL> started or started by TB! result in an error message because the filename already exists. Well, yes, that's true because the first backup was saved to that filename. JSL> Can I get TB! to automatically overwrite the old backup *OR* can a new backup filename be automatically created JSL> every time the autobackup runs? Some suggestions I found in the archives claimed the current date and time could JSL> be used to generate a filename but I never could get any of those to work. Usually a filename using a macro string JSL> would consist of the characters in the string but not the actual date and/or time. Are you sure you ticked the second choice "Create an Update to an existing archive" and not the first one "To Backup File (standard)"? -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! 4.2.33.1 Beta 203 days remaining in 2009. Actually it's 204 days) + less than 24 hours. Yours truly residing on earth for 19246 days now. ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html