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Hello All
I have been tring to use MS Backup (under Accessories>System Tools) to make
copies of files, that I will use as backups.
I want to make a copy of a particular file (in fact the backend data file of
an MS Access mdb) and for the copy to be saved to a specified folder
according to the day of the week - i.e. on Mondays it goes to
\\JULIE\WKHCDatabase, on Tuesdays it goes to \\JOHN\WKHCDatabase, etc .
Am I right to assume that this should be a simple matter, with MS Backup?
The reason I ask is that I have found it extremely difficult to create the 7
scheduled backup jobs to do it successfully. The problem seems to be that
the selection of the file for backup seems not to be 'remembered' by the
system when the job comes to be run - when I go to the backup 'file' (as
opposed to 'folder', which is what I had expected) some of the 'backups'
contain all of the other files in the directory in which the desired file
resides.
If someone out there tells me that this must be my error, and that MS Backup
is great - and perfectly adequate for what I want - I will persevere. But I
have my doubts!
Hope someone can advise.
Many thanks
Leslie Isaacs
Hello All
I have been tring to use MS Backup (under Accessories>System Tools) to make
copies of files, that I will use as backups.
I want to make a copy of a particular file (in fact the backend data file of
an MS Access mdb) and for the copy to be saved to a specified folder
according to the day of the week - i.e. on Mondays it goes to
\\JULIE\WKHCDatabase, on Tuesdays it goes to \\JOHN\WKHCDatabase, etc .
Am I right to assume that this should be a simple matter, with MS Backup?
The reason I ask is that I have found it extremely difficult to create the 7
scheduled backup jobs to do it successfully. The problem seems to be that
the selection of the file for backup seems not to be 'remembered' by the
system when the job comes to be run - when I go to the backup 'file' (as
opposed to 'folder', which is what I had expected) some of the 'backups'
contain all of the other files in the directory in which the desired file
resides.
If someone out there tells me that this must be my error, and that MS Backup
is great - and perfectly adequate for what I want - I will persevere. But I
have my doubts!
Hope someone can advise.
Many thanks
Leslie Isaacs