khughes Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Can't get through to Tech Support on the phone, static or fast busy, and my first post and initial conversation with Dantz indicate I need to forego having my catalog written directly to Zip. I have moved my catalog to the hard drive and want to write a script to duplicate the catalog to Zip every night after backup is completed. I have always found the selection process on Retrospect more difficult than simply selecting the path of the desired items via browse and now I really want to avoid the name guessing game and just select the catalog on my hard drive for duplication in the script. How do you just select a single file for duplication rather than playing the naming game in the Selecting section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Sorry about the phones. The phone company is having a problem with the lines. Keep trying, it should be fixed soon. You can use a "hot items" selector in your script to only look for items with a hot label. Mac OS X users can get free 3rd party shareware to bring back labels. We also have a Retrospect Files selector that will only copy Retrospect created files (like the prefs or catalog). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khughes Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Quote: We also have a Retrospect Files selector that will only copy Retrospect created files (like the prefs or catalog). Does this mean there is NO way to simply select the desired file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 You can select the file when doing an immediate backup or Immediate duplicate by clicking on Files Chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khughes Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 And how does that help me with selecting a particular file that I want as part of a Duplicate Script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 It doesn't. If you are doing an "immediate" you can select individual files. With a script, you must use a selector. The "hot items" selector is easy to use and will allow for a backup of just that item. You can also just write a simple selector based on the file name. It would only be a 1 line selector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khughes Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Still wondering the same question: Is there a way to select the desired file via a browse function? I am trying to avoid the name guessing game which has more potential for problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 With a script: No You can select the file when doing an immediate backup or Immediate duplicate by clicking on Files Chosen, and then unmarking all files except the one you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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