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Backup stuff #162206 15/10/06 10:33 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 68 Y yamaz OP Babel fish
OP yamaz Babel fish Y Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 68	Hi, I need a simple script that can make the following things: - back up certain files of my choice (e.g. mirc.ini, system.ini and stuff) with a "/backup" command in a selected directory - schedule auto-backups (daily, weekly... user choice) - tell the user when the last backup was made any help?

Re: Backup stuff #162207 15/10/06 02:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	Here: Code: alias backup { if ($1 == $time) { echo -a $date(%backup.date,hh:nn:sstt - mm/dd/yyyy) \| return } if ($1 == daily) { .timerbackup 0 86400 backup } if ($1 == weekly) { .timerbackup 0 604800 backup } if (!$isdir(backup)) { mkdir backup } copy -o .ini backup\.ini set %backup.date $ctime } This is just a really simply method. If you wanted, you could also have it compress the files or add a dialog to it. But this will work. Just include more copy commands for each file/filetype you want to back up, using the same format as the *.ini one. Also, feel free to format the last backup date/time however you like. USE: /backup ---- Backup up one time. /backup daily ---- Backup immediately and once every day. /backup weekly ---- Backup up immediately and once every week. /backup time ---- Display the date/time it was last backed up. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: Backup stuff #162208 15/10/06 03:13 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 508 Storage D deegee Fjord artisan
deegee Fjord artisan D Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 508 Storage	Building on that... Here's how to backup files into a .rar archive with todays date in the name which you could move or create in a specified directory. Code: alias backup2rar { var %a = [color:blue]mirc.ini addrbk.ini control.ini servers.ini[/color] [color:gray]; Add the files you want backed up into the var above[/color] var %f = $+(flist.,$ticks,.txt) tokenize 32 %a write %f $* run -n [color:green]winrar.exe[/color] a [color:orange]$+(Backup.,$time(yyyymmdd),.rar)[/color] $+(@,%f) .timer.r.flist 1 30 .remove %f } I'm unsure if you need the full path to winrar.exe or not (I don't, but I do add a lot of common apps to my AppPaths registry key myself )

Re: Backup stuff #162209 15/10/06 06:39 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 508 Storage D deegee Fjord artisan
deegee Fjord artisan D Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 508 Storage	Hmm, looking again at that code, theres a couple minor mistakes there... Change: if ($1 == [color:red]$time) { echo -a $date(%backup.date,hh:nn:sstt - mm/dd/yyyy) \| return }[/color] To: if ($1 == [color:blue]time) { echo -a $date(%backup.date,hh:nn:sstt - mm/dd/yyyy) \| return }[/color] Change: copy -o .ini [color:red]backup\.ini To: copy -o *.ini [color:blue]backup\

Re: Backup stuff #162210 15/10/06 08:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	Heh... typo on time as I am used to doing $time. As for the copy command, I generally do it the way I displayed while in DOS. I'm not sure if it fails in mIRC that way. I know it's not necessary, but I do it that way to prevent any possible errors (such as forgetting the \ and having it copy everything into a file called backup). Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

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