Can i automate Robocopy to incriment backup?
- Thread starter Colbaker
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write the code ie..
rocobopy /e "c:\source" "D:\desitation"
in notepad
save it as "dailybackup.bat" (not .bat.txt)
then use task scheduler / scheduled tasks to automate it
or keep the bat file on desktop and run it when you want it doing.. (this is what I do)
rocobopy /e "c:\source" "D:\desitation"
in notepad
save it as "dailybackup.bat" (not .bat.txt)
then use task scheduler / scheduled tasks to automate it
or keep the bat file on desktop and run it when you want it doing.. (this is what I do)
This. I run my backups when I get in as my backup script incorporates my laptop as well, so I connect up and it does it over the network - works perfectly.
That's does a full backup each time.
For those who don't know the differnce.
A Full backup backs up everything.
An incremental backup only backs up stuff that has changed since the last backup. eg Monday - full backup, Tuesday - incremental (only stuff changed since Monday), Wednesday - incremental (stuuf thats changed since Tuesday) etc
A differential backup backs ups stuff that has changed since the last FULL backup.
That seems like quite a snide remark towards me, but I am right.
robocopy /e
what that does is copies new and updated files. it doesn't copy EVERYTHING.
it doesn't give you a monday, tuesday, wednesday folder, it just keeps one large destination folder up to date
Never intended - sorry if it seemed that way. I know that you know more about this than I do.