geohei Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 Hi. Retrospect offers a wide range of possibilities to backup files. What's the "best" way to sync 2 folders on a daily basis? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelenko Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Duplicate with the option to 'replace all contents'. And, of course, set up a script to run when you want it to. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruenwald Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 If I decide to duplicate the 2 folders as you suggest, how do I choose the 2 folders as the source (i.e. if the only folders I want to duplicate on Drive-D are Folder-A and Folder-B, do I merely define only those 2 folders under Drive-D and then select Drive-D as my source)? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 A Duplicate is a 1-to-1 operation. You will need to set up two scripts - one for each source. Each script will need to have a different destination. You could, for example, define two new folders as the destinations for the scripts. Script 1: Duplicate "Folder A" to "Copy of Folder A" Script 2: Duplicate "Folder B" to "Copy of Folder B" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruenwald Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 If, as you suggest, I must have 2 scripts, but I want them both to run each night, what will occur if the first script doesn't complete it's run before the second script is scheduled to start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 It will run when the first script is complete. In fact, you can schedule them both to run at the same time and then they will run one after the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruenwald Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 I didn't know that. You've been a great help! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekr0phage Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Keep in mind that duplicate is a one way process, it does not 'sync'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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