Backup Folder into ZIP

[Harminoff]

Hello, I would like to backup a folder and have it turn into a ZIP file.

C:\FOLDER -----> C:\DESTINATION\FOLDER.ZIP

What would be even better is to automatically add the date and time to the file name.

C:\FOLDER -----> C:\DESTINATION\2012-03-13-11:04AM-FOLDER.ZIP

The date and time could be set to any format. I would just like the year first.
YEAR-MONTH-DAY-TIME (ANY FORMAT JUST SO THE NUMBER IS UNIQUE)-FOLDER NAME

Thank you for reading.

Harminoff

[Aaron]

Hello,

For a graphical backup, you can use the Copy To Folder command and copy any selection of files into a custom named folder or .zip file. If the zip does not exist yet, BC3 will create it.
You can also create a zip by typing a name manually into the left or right base folder path, which will also give you the option to create if not found.

For scripting, you can use the copyto function with custom variables for the date and time:

load c:\folder
select all
copyto c:\Backups\Backup_%date%_%fn_time%.zip

[Harminoff]

Awesome! Thank you so much for responding. I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure it will work because it seems easy enough.

[Aaron]

If you have any trouble, just let us know here or email us at [email protected] and we'd be glad to help you out.