backup

Setting Emacs Tramp to store local backups

I love emacs, but something has been nagging me. I can't seem to get emacs to store local backups of files when I am editing them via tramp. Currently, when I edit a local file a set of old versions is stored in the /tmp/myusername/emacs_backup folder. However, when I am FTPing via tramp, old versions aren't stored there (I assume it i...

how to back up current system configuration

help me please.. i was just about to install nvdia geforce when i've seen the installation instruction says to 'back up your current system configuration' but i dont know how to back up my current system configuration. is there anyone there who knows how?i would be really glad for your help.. thanks.. please excuse my bad english ^^ man...

How can I make robocopy silent in the command line except for progress?

Hi, I'm using robocopy to do backups with a PowerShell script, and it's pretty awesome, except that I'd like it to only show the progress percentage while it copies and not all of the other information. The other information clutters the command window, which I'd clean and simple so that it's easy to see the overall progress of the bac...

use of VisualSVN as a remote backup

I have a windows server, I can install VisualSVN on this machine. What I would like to do is, use use some kind of batch script (MS DOS .BAT) to remotely backup files to this server over https (I can schedule this script to run nightly). < ignore > This will always be a one way copy, i.e. what ever is in the respository should ALWAYS b...

Writing a script file to create a new folder based on the current date

Hello, CentOS 5.3 I have a script file that works for backing up a repository and I am using rsync to copy the contents to the source directory. I have a crontab job that runs every night at 12am that calls my script file. repos_backup.sh rsync -razv [email protected]:repos /home/backup_sys_user/repos_backup However, this puts all th...

Does Visual Studio 2010 create backup files?

Just got a random bsod on my machine and Form1.cs is suddenly empty, any way to restore the code? thanks.. ...

SVN - Restore repository from backup

We have just had a file server fail which contained our SVN repository. We're trying to recover the file system but at the moment, that looks like it isn't going to happen so we're looking at backups. The best full backup that I have available is one week old. My plan is to restore this backup to a new SVN server. Then run through eve...

Clean up .net project folders before performing backup

I want to do a backup of my Projects folder. It mostly contains sub-folders for .NET projects (VS2005, VS08, and VS10). What should I delete before doing a backup (e.g. TestResults, bin, obj); if there is something I shouldn't delete but should ignore, what might that be; and, most importantly, how best to automate the whole process (I...

set key with new bulkloader

I am converting a script to use the new bulkloader. (What was wrong with the original bulkloader? - I prefer writing Python to editing configuration files...) Anyway, I want to prevent duplicates by assigning a combination of properties to the key. The docs say: If you want to use or calculate a key from the import data, specify a...

How to take backup of database in SQL server on network location through a job?

Hi All, I need to take the backup of database in SQL server on network location through creating a job in SQL server 2005. can anyone know how to do it? ...

Should I add (check in) my project management system backup to repository?

Hello, I installed and set up Redmine project management application. Now I need to setup its backups (which include database dump + "files" directory). But I have a question: Do I have to check in my Redmine backups into my SVN repository or not? ...

exporing data and schema of databse

1)does database backup exports only data or schema as well? 2)i have one PC running DB2 database server1 and having a database XYZ,Now i want to create replica of this database on another pc running db2 datbase. 3)I dont want to do this without using affecting db server1, i dont want it to stop or hang 4)can i use db2 BACKUP DATABASE t...

How to backup remote SQL Server database to local drive?

I need to copy a database from a remote server to a local one. I tried to use SQL Server Management Studio but it only backup to a drive in the remote server. Some points: I do not have access to the remote server in a way that i could copy files; I do not have access to setup a UNC path to my server; Any ideas of how can I copy thi...

Is there a sensible way to backup Visual Studio C++ solutions without all the "extra" files the IDE creates?

I would like to make a backup of my project, but the folder now exceeds 6.6 GB mainly through extra libraries like boost etc, but even if I just select the folders with my sources, I end up with big files like: .ipch, .sdf and potentially others. To make matters worse I use eclipse to code and VS to compile, so that adds to the mess, alt...

Android 2.2 Data Backup: How to backup DefaultSharedPreferences?

I am implementing the new BackupAgentHelper from android 2.2. For it to work you need to supply the name of the SharedPreferences that you want to backup: public class MyPrefsBackupAgent extends BackupAgentHelper { // The name of the SharedPreferences file static final String PREFS = "user_preferences"; // A key to uniquely identify t...

SQL Backing up with SMO & C# ?

I'm using the following code to back up a SQL Database : void BackupDatabase(string sConnect, string dbName, string backUpPath) { using (SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection(sConnect)) { cnn.Open(); dbName = cnn.Database.ToString(); ServerConnection sc = new ServerConnection(cnn); Server sv = ne...

Using Backup Database Programatically

Hello everyone, I was just wondering, how can I use a .bak database backup file (Backed up via query in SQL Server) programatically? I want my application to back up my database to a location (which I can already do) and I also want it to be able to load a backed up database (the .bak file). Can anyone help me with this using C#? Tha...

SharePoint 2010 backup error with InvalidData

The same command ran well just a few days ago. I can't remember what have been done on the server. PS C:> Backup-SPSite -Identity http://localhost - Path C:\backup.bak Backup-SPSite : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. At line:1 char:14 + Backup-SPSite <<<< -Identity http://localhost -Path C:\backup.bak ...

Cannot open backup device. Operating System error 5.

Hello everyone, Below is the Query that I am using to backup (create a .bak) for my database. However, whenever I run it, i always get this error message: Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device 'C:\Users\Kimpoy\Desktop\Backup\AcinsoftDB.Bak'. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.). Msg 3013, Level 16, State...

Backing up iphone app while still developing (before its on the app store)

I am developing an iphone / ipad application. My plan is to have my beta customers use it before I have submitted it to the app store to help me work out all the issues. Nonetheless, they will be entering real information to the application. Thus, I would like them to be able to back up the application to iTunes using the sync feature. ...