Hello Jack on TBUDL, Saturday, July 24, 2010, 9:27:14 AM, you wrote:
> On Saturday, July 24, 2010 you wrote: m>> I can do a normal full backup whenever I like, using The Bat tools/backup/standard method manually. Scheduled (automatic) full backups fail to work after the first one, however, apparently because the filename is already taken. m>> Sorry if my original post wasn't clear. > No problem. What you describe is exactly why I started this thread > in the first place. Apparently TB! will refuse to overwrite the > previous backup because the filename has already been used. I don't > need/want my external backup drive filling up with full backups with > different filenames. > I suppose one might be able to use TASK SCHEDULER to execute a > batch file which would delete the previous backup prior to TB! doing a > scheduled full backup. > Actually, you could make the argument that it's risky *NOT* to have > previous backups in case something in TB! went hinky and you've just > erased the previous GOOD backup and replaced it with a corrupt backup. > I dunno. Maybe we're not looking at this with eyes wide open. A way to have TB! manage several backups would be good. Give it a base filename and then let it name them name-date and an option for how many to maintain so that it deletes the oldest one(s) once it makes a new backup and reaches that point. -- David Cá fhad é ó an tús go deireadh? Turas mór. ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
