Backup

[Stepheno]

Would it be possilbe to create script that saves a copy of the file and renames itself so it will not overwrite the existing backup file? I would like to be able to track changes to the database.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you,

SO

[Wim Decorte]

There is a "Save a copy as" script step, but in 7 that would be a hard coded path & file name. In 8 you can use variables and make the name & path dynamic. With 7 you'd have to use some OS-level scripting to move/rename the files.

Keep in mind though that before you can open those backups you'll need to rename the files back to their original names or none of the links will work.

You could also host your files on FM Server and use its scheduler to make this easy. I have a PDF in the downloads section of my website that explains how to make Server backups to date/time stamped zip files.

www.connectingdata.com