Restore & Recover

[John-Paul]

I have created a script that backs up specified directories and contents to a generic location and subsequently adds a date and time stamp to the actual backup.

My question is now that I have done this how can I restore the last saved version.

e.g. L:\DVD-02\_BACKUPS\Favorites_Full\_13.06.2005_01.12

The above being the actual directory the favorites are placed in.

Heres what i have used to back up, not complete but the main processes.

CODE:

Dim $LogDate

$sDate = @MDAY & "." & @MON & "." & @YEAR

$LogDate = $sDate

; Added: Sun 12/June/2005

; Refer to date notes.

Dim $LogTime

$sTime = @HOUR & "." & @MIN

$LogTime = $sTime

CODE:

$sCopyTo = "L:\DVD-02\_BACKUPS\MailWasherPro.Logs" & "_Full\" & "_" & $LogDate & "_" & $LogTime

$sSource = "C:\Documents and Settings\" & @UserName & "\Application Data\MailWasherPro"

$ScriptDir = @ScriptDir

$VRScript = @ScriptName

$ScriptFull = @ScriptFullPath

CODE:

If FileExists($sCopyTo)= 0 Then

MsgBox(4096,"Error","Specified " & $sCopyTo & " directory does not exist!",2)

NewDir()

EndIf

CODE:

Func CopyFolder($Folder1, $Folder2)

Local $ProcID

$ProcID = DirCopy($sSource, $sCopyTo, 1)

ProgressOn("Mailwasher Pro Backup", "")

$origfilesize = DirGetSize($Folder1)

Do

$copyfilesize = DirGetSize($Folder2)

$MBcopy = dirGetSize($Folder2) / 1024 / 1024

$percent = $copyfilesize / $origfilesize * 100

$decimalplace = Round ($percent)

$decimalplaceMBcopy = Round ($MBcopy)

ProgressSet ($percent, $decimalplace & "% " & "(" & _

$decimalplaceMBcopy & ") Mb has been copied.")

Sleep(500)

Until NOT ProcessExists($ProcID)

ProgressOff ()

$copyfilesize = DirGetSize($Folder2)

$MBorig = dirGetSize($Folder1) / 1024 / 1024

$decimalplaceMBorig = Round ($MBorig)

CODE:

Func NewDir()

DirCreate($sCopyTo)

MsgBox(0, "Greetings", "MailWasherPro backup directory has just been created!",2)

EndFunc

How to now get a restore to work based on say the last backup.

Any ideas?

jp

[buzz44]

Save the valued to an Ini file, or the registry, and read them upon execution of your script.

Look at IniRead(), IniReadSection (), IniReadSectionNames(), RegRead () and RegWrite() in the help file.

[hankjrfan]

Save the valued to an Ini file, or the registry, and read them upon execution of your script.

Look at IniRead(), IniReadSection (), IniReadSectionNames(), RegRead () and RegWrite() in the help file.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That is exactly how I would do it too. Or you could have it write the name of the backups to a plain text file. The last one on the list would be your last backup. But an ini should be easier to manage.

[buzz44]

Yes Ini are alot easier to handle and the functions are already there for you. If you just use a plain text file you'll have to have a value on each line or have some way to determine when one ends and another starts. Then you would have to create your own functions to read the right part of the text file to get the desired information.

[John-Paul]

Save the valued to an Ini file, or the registry, and read them upon execution of your script.

Look at IniRead(), IniReadSection (), IniReadSectionNames(), RegRead () and RegWrite() in the help file.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks.

Will do a bit of research and get back when I have something.

The other comments support your INI approach and I had not thought of doing it that way before, is this a good foundation to use with say any type of process that requires a later form of validation. Not just the mere fact that it has occurred but providing an audit trail if you like.

Hope that makes sense.

jp

[John-Paul]

Well thanks to all for the pointers.

The INI file solution works wonders and I have now a working restore process. Bit long winded to add all the little snippets here however a big thanks to AutoIT help file and those in the group for the great amount of data to sift through and use.

jp