I have tested the 7-Zip backup I had constructured that I posted about a while back and I have come to realise that it is a tad bit too complicated. I even went through the process of creating a proxy application to try and get it to be a bit more cleverer but in the end I simplified it down to just 4 parts; the logic, settings and file lists.
Backup.cmd
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@ECHO OFF ECHO 7-Zip backup script ECHO Written by Alex Boyne-Aitken ECHO Last update: 07/11/2009 ECHO. ECHO TRACE: Parse arguments: ''%~f1'' IF EXIST %~f1 GOTO labelBegin ECHO. ECHO ERROR: Settings file not found! GOTO labelWaitEnd :labelBegin ECHO. ECHO TRACE: Reading settings FOR /F "eol=# tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i IN (%~f1) DO ( SET %%i=%%j ECHO TRACE: %%i = ''%%j'' ) SET varTimeStamp=%DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~3,2%-%DATE:~0,2%-%TIME:~0,2%-%TIME:~3,2% SET varTargetBackupSet=%varBackupPath%\%varTimeStamp%-backup.zip ECHO. ECHO TRACE: Backup set: ''%varTargetBackupSet%'' ECHO TRACE: Command line: ''"%varPathToSevenZip%\7z" a -t%varArchiveType% "%varTargetBackupSet%" @"%varInclusionsFile%" -xr@"%varExclusionsFile%"'' ECHO. ECHO TRACE: Executing backup ::"%varPathToSevenZip%\7z" a -t%varArchiveType% "%varTargetBackupSet%" @"%varInclusionsFile%" -xr@"%varExclusionsFile%" IF /I NOT "%varWaitAtEnd%" == "true" GOTO labelEnd :labelWaitEnd PAUSE :labelEnd |
Settings.txt
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# The path to the where the 7z.exe executable is varPathToSevenZip=C:\Program Files\7-Zip # The path where to store the backup sets varBackupPath=D:\Backups # The file path to the inclusions file varInclusionsFile=D:\Logaan\Documents\Tools\7ZipBackup\Settings\Inclusions.txt # The file path to the exclusions file varExclusionsFile=D:\Logaan\Documents\Tools\7ZipBackup\Settings\Exclusions.txt # Whether to wait at the end of the backup varWaitAtEnd=true # Type of backup archive to create varArchiveType=zip |
Exclusions.txt
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*.svn |
Inclusions.txt
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D:\Logaan\Documents D:\Logaan\Favorites C:\Users\Logaan\Desktop D:\Logaan\Saved Games |
How to use it
Place the batch file and settings files in a folder somewhere.
Update the setttings file with the correct paths.
Pass the path to the settings file to the backup batch file.
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C:> backup D:\Logaan\Documents\Backup\settings.txt |
Or create a scheduled task.