Copy a folder daily automatically?


David9726

David9726

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To make a long story short, i run weather software in a windows 11 VM and i just need to copy it's data folder daily in cause of a crash etc the folder is only 400MB.

I plan to use Task Scheduler to shutdown the software run a backup of just the weather folder then use Task Scheduler to open the weather software again.

Any ideas? I just want to copy the data folder not looking to sync changes.
 

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This might help. Save it as a batch file (e.g., backup.cmd), and use it in your scheduled task. It should create a folder in the destination folder, with a name based on the date and time.

Batch: 
@echo off

REM Set a timestamp based on the date and time.
set timestamp=%date% %time%

REM Replace some characters that might cause issues.
set timestamp=%timestamp:.=%
set timestamp=%timestamp::=%
set timestamp=%timestamp: =-%
set timestamp=%timestamp:/=-%

REM RoboCopy FTW!
robocopy.exe "C:\Path\To\Source\Folder" "C:\Path\To\Destination\%timestamp%" /mir /r:2 /w:5
 

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David9726 said:
To make a long story short, i run weather software in a windows 11 VM and i just need to copy it's data folder daily in cause of a crash etc the folder is only 400MB.

I plan to use Task Scheduler to shutdown the software run a backup of just the weather folder then use Task Scheduler to open the weather software again.

Any ideas? I just want to copy the data folder not looking to sync changes.
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Karen's Replicator

Karen's Replicator the Backup Utility for Windows v3.7.6 Released May 25, 2020 | Karen's Power Tools | Karen's Software

Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen's Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network.
www.karenware.com www.karenware.com


You can set it to a schedule, and assign it multiple "jobs".
You can use it to copy anything from a folder, up to a partition. :-)

It might be able to copy just a file... but I've never tried that.


Here's the Settings page...

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As Ghot suggests, Karen's Replicator I use it daily.
There is also Cobian Reflector...
.https://www.cobiansoft.com/cobianbackup.html.
I use it to back up my Weatherlink and Cumulus data daily.
Both cheap at twice the price
 

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OldNavy said:
As Ghot suggests, Karen's Replicator I use it daily.
There is also Cobian Reflector...
.https://www.cobiansoft.com/cobianbackup.html.
I use it to back up my Weatherlink and Cumulus data daily.
Both cheap at twice the price
Click to expand...

Yes i use Cumulus, i put it in a VM and just want to save the data! They say you should close Cumulus before saving the data do you close yours?

I'm using Cumulus MX btw.
 

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David, no i just run Cobian Reflector on a schedule and forget about it.
I have Cumulus MX and also the older version 1.9 as it does monthly averages better. I can't run both at the same time though.
My Weatherlink is connected to a Meteobridge and Cumulus(s) drags the information from there.
 

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FreeFileSync

Download FreeFileSync 14.0. FreeFileSync is a free open source data backup software that helps you synchronize files and folders on Windows, Linux and macOS.
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