Backing up

[johnb]

I have information that gets updated every hour in my site, is there a way to back up certian files on this ftp say every so many hours so that I have something to go back to in the event something may happen. Any Ideas?

[Ddr]

Assuming that the data you want to back up is in a flat file or a database, then it would be a matter of having someone write you a custom cgi script that would locate, print, and email the updated data to you. The script can be called by a cron file.

One place you would get into trouble is if you were trying to send entire updated database info, because the files might be too large. A large file might mess up in email, and a really large file might exceed the 10MB size limit that Powweb has imposed.

Anyway, this is how I would look to set it up

Dale

[johnb]

Is there any other ideas like a copy ftp prgram that will automaticly back up while still keeping the cureent backup, more ideas please..

[SBGlasby]

Is there more than one file.... is the file on the server... or on your local PC... ?

I've used VBscripts.... to do a lot of site maintenance.... in the past.... but this means a constant internet connection....

The VB scripts.... are kinda like macros..... they just repeat.... exactly.... what you would do..... if you were sitting there... then use windows scheduler.... to tell it when to run...

If it's a file on the server.... of files..... Dale is correct in saying CRON..... that's the best way of handling it.....