a vb script maybe

[mayday]

can one be written to save a file in two seperate places at the same time? as in file save 1 copy to a network drive and one copy to meh hard drive. Im looking for an easy way to backup duplicate files

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

MayDay,

this can be done. Do you need to change the path for either location, or can they be hardwired?

[bryan314]

There's a script SaveBackup-Mick.zip on the ftp server under vb_scripts directory that will do that.

 

Do a search on the forum there are several scripts floating around. I believe Rekd did one that backed up to RAR files and James did one to Zip files.

 

Bryan

[mayday]

hey great I'll check em out thanks

[Bullines]

Save a file in two locations at the same time can easily be done, and can be done many ways. In its most simplest form, this can accomplish what you need with very few lines of code:

 

code:

---

'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

'//

'// Author: Chris Bellini [email protected]

'// Date: 03/07/2005 9:18 PM

'// File Name: SaveTwice.vbs

'//

'// Description: save a file to two different locations

'//

'// Comments: Modify DEF_LOCAL_PATH and DEF_NETWORK_PATH to suit your needs

'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

' don't forget the trailing ""

Const DEF_LOCAL_DIR = "C:YourDir"

Const DEF_NETWORK_DIR = "M:MappedPath"

 

' Call the main subroutine

Call Main()

 

 

' Purpose: The main subroutine

Sub Main()

Dim strLocalPath ' path to local file

Dim strNetworkPath ' path to file on mapped drive

Dim strFname ' filename

 

' prompt for filename

strFname = AskString("T (no need to enter the MC9 extension)")

 

' exit the script if it's an empty string

If (strFname = vbNullString) Then

Exit Sub

End If

 

' assemble the paths

strLocalPath = DEF_LOCAL_DIR & strFname & ".MC9"

strNetworkPath = DEF_NETWORK_DIR & strFname & ".MC9"

 

' save the file twice

Call SaveMCAs(strLocalPath, True)

Call SaveMCAs(strNetworkPath, True)

End Sub

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Of course, this is a simple example but it's very easy to expand upon this with directory selection dialogs and so on. There's also the backup scripts on the forum and FTP server that Bryan mentioned.