Add
Files and Directories to the backup task
If
you click Add... in the main window, a window pops up where you
can set the source path and the destination path of the backup task.
In the field Path, you set the directory that you want to save. You can click on the three points choose a specific directory, or click at the drop-down arrow in the right, to open the following menu:
A wizard will appear that lets you define your FTP account, or if you
don't
have an FTP account yet, you can easily set one.
Check
the option "Store historicized files", if you want
to save the data historicized (generations
of files). With this option activated, you are able to restore
every
version of a file that has been backed up. A new version is backed up
every time the
backup tasks are started and the file has changed since the last
backup. In order to
save all versions of files, the filename will be changed automatically.
The date
of the backup will be added to the filename:
file name +
date of version+ file
extention
Look
at the following window for better illustration:
In this folder, you see two historicized versions of
the file: "RECORDER.BAS" .
The
file Recorder exists in three different versions.
Recorder.bas is the most resent version. Previous versions are Recorder_01.02.2003
16-11-54.bas, Recorder_16.12.2003 20-42-00.bas.
Note:
If you want to save files historicized in a subdirectory of a
directory of your backup task, you can specify the path to the
subdirectory
again and set the option "Store historicized files".
Files that should always be stored historicized
If
you always want to save files of a certain type historicized, you can
enter the file extension under Tools->Options...
For
example to store all Word documents historicized write *.doc"
in the "Semicolon separated list of files to store historicized.
Separate each value with a semicolon.
Note: There is no
historicized backup on remote servers (FTP servers) at all so this
entry has no
effect on backups on remote servers
Remove historicized saved files from the backup
If you need disc space on your backup device you can delete previously saved versions of your files (historicized files). Use the Clean Up Wizard in Tools. Herein you can choose "Remove historicized files". With this wizard, you can choose which previously saved version that you want to delete.
See also: Clean Up Wizard
You
will get a message when you try to backup an open file. Why it is
not possible to backup open files?
An
open file could be a letter that you are editing at the time of
execution of the backup. At this time the file can be changed by the
application. If the file would be backed up while it is open, it could
be not
complete. Some control information could be missing if you backup a
file before
you appropriately closed it by closing the application.
So, if you would backup the file at this state the file could be
corrupt and
you could not open it anymore.
For
this reason, Langmeier Backup does not allow backups of open files.
Some system files like "NTUSER.DAT" are always open because the
operating system uses them. Normally these files don't need to be
backed up.
Optionally
you can activate the option Backup open files. With
this option, all files will be saved.
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