'Backup Files Before Copy' script option

[Guest]

Can this option be set in a script or can it only be saved in a session that you Load?

I would like to incorporate it in a:

sync create-empty mirror:lt->rt

Is this possible?

Thanks

[Guest]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

In other words .. My script is a follows:

# Initialize
log verbose "D:\My Documents\Data\Beyond Compare\SyncData-Fdisk.log"
option confirm:yes-to-all

#-----------------------------------------------------------
# Sync My Documents
#-----------------------------------------------------------
load "Sync F-Disk"
expand all
sync create-empty update:lt->rt

#----------------------------------------------------------
# Delete orphaned files older than 60 days
#----------------------------------------------------------
select rt.orphan
filter cutoff:>60days
delete rt


I'm keeping the orphans for 60 days, I would also like to keep a backup of a file prior to being replaced so that I can recover a file that was deleted or prior to being modified.

Thanks

[Chris]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

Right now the backup files setting is global for all sessions. You can turn it on or off in Tools|Options, but there isn't a way to set it per session or to set it in a script.

Per session backup settings is on the wish list, and I'll add setting backup settings from scripts to the wish list.

In your example script, you can mimic the behavior of the backup for copies by selecting rt.older.files and then copying them to a backup folder or renaming them before the sync.

[Guest]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

Chris .. Thanks .. Your answer really surprised me .. I'd of thought that this great product would have had that capability already ;-)

[Guest]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

Chris,

If I select the older files on rt .. What regexp can I use so that I can use 'rename' and rename them to filename.bak

Hint .. Rename examples in the Help file would be great ;-)

[Chris]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

The easiest way to rename or append extensions is with a DOS rename.

To append .bak using a DOS Rename ( file.txt -> file.txt.bak), you can use the script command:
rename *.*.bak

To replace the extension using a DOS Rename (file.txt -> file.bak), you can use:
rename *.bak

The regular expression rename in scripting has a bug right now so it doesn't work correctly. It will be fixed in our next release. Regular expression renames work fine in interactive sessions.

[Guest]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

OK .. Thanks for the update .. looks like I need to wait .. Any timeframe when the next release (Beta is OK) will be out?

[Chris]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

The next release with regular expressions in scripts fixed should be out some time this week.

[Guest]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

Chris,

To verify .. I downloaded 2.2.4 Build 222 and modified my script to:

select rt.older.files
rename *.*.bak
sync create-empty update:lt->rt

#-----------------------------------------
# Delete orphaned files older than 60 days
#-----------------------------------------
select rt.orphan
filter cutoff:>60days
delete rt

I believe that I must use 'Update' and not 'Mirror' on the Sync since the rename will make that file an orphan (.bak) which the sync mirror would then delete .. correct?

Thanks

[Chris]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

That looks like it will work to backup older files.

Yes, the update sync is the one you want because mirror would delete your backups as orphans.

[Guest]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

Chris,

Looks like my rename is failing ... Perhaps an option on 'rename' to erase the target first? Any other way to perform this?

7/26/2004 3:00:01 AM >> #-------------------------------------------------------------
7/26/2004 3:00:01 AM >> # Sync My Documents
7/26/2004 3:00:01 AM >> #-------------------------------------------------------------
7/26/2004 3:00:01 AM >> load "D:\My Documents" "F:\My Documents - Backup"
7/26/2004 3:00:01 AM Load Comparison: D:\My Documents <-> F:\My Documents - Backup
7/26/2004 3:00:01 AM >> expand all
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM >> select rt.older.files
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM >> rename *.*.bak
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM Error renaming MRUFormsList: Target file already exists
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM Error renaming OfflineDocs: Target file already exists
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM Error renaming Reviews: Target file already exists
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM Error renaming AutoFillDefaults.dat: Target file already exists
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM Error renaming defaultHeuristics.dat: Target file already exists
7/26/2004 3:00:30 AM Error renaming udstore.js: Target file already exists

[Chris]

Re: \'Backup Files Before Copy\' script option

I will add an entry to the wish list to have an option for rename to overwrite existing files.

Instead of renaming the old files with a .bak extension, you can use the copyto command to copy them to a backup folder. The copyto command will allow you to overwrite older backups.

Make sure you use the option confirm:yes-to-all command to automatically confirm the warnings for over writing files.