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Backup Options

Here you can specify various options for Backup copy mode.

• Options
• Create backup folder at destination
• Generations of backups to be created

Options

Don't back up unless at least one source file possesses the 'Archive' attribute

This option causes a backup to be made only if a file with the 'Archive' attribute is found in one of the source folders.

Create differential backup on the basis of complete backup

This option causes a comparison to be performed between the source folder and a complete backup in the destination folder. All files in the source folder which have changed or been added as compared to the complete backup are copied to the new backup folder. This option will not work properly unless the backup folder is empty.
The placeholder for date and time can be used specifying the path to the complete backup. Every placeholder has to be enclosed with the percent sign (%) so that it is correctly interpreted.
Examples:

• "C:\Full Backup\Week%ww%"
• "C:\Full Backup\%yyyy%%mm%"

Create hard links

This option causes hard links to be created of all the files of the complete backup in the backup folder that have not changed in the source folder. The advantage of this is that every copy operation enables you to obtain another complete backup of the source folder without having to recopy the same files of the full backup. Creating hard links is not possible unless the full backup and the backup folder are located in the same NTFS partition.

Copy log file to backup folder

This option causes the log of the copy operation to be copied to the backup folder.

Create backup folder at destination

This option causes a new backup folder to be created in the destination directory into which the files/folders are copied. You can also specify the sequence for creating a backup folder if you activate the Create source folder in destination folder option for the source and destination folders.

Name of Backup Folder

The name of the backup folder is determined via the Format expression field. The following placeholders can be used in the name:

Placeholders	Description
%P%	Profile name
%S%	Last folder name of source path
%KW%	German calendar week according to DIN 1355
Format characters	Date and Time
Environment variables	Windows variables

If you want to use normal text, it has to be inserted in double quotes so that it isn't incorrectly interpreted as a placeholder for date and time.

Formatting examples:

Format expression	Result
"%P%" (yy_mm_dd hh_nn_ss)	PROFILE NAME (01_12_24 16_10_08)
{yy-mm-dd hh-nn-ss} "%P%"	{01-12-24 16-10-08} profile name
"Backup of %p% on" yyyy-mm-dd "at" hh_nn_ss	Backup of PROFILE NAME on 2001-11-12 at 10_15_00
"Backup" dddd	Backup Monday
"Backup %KW%.week" dd.mm.yyyy	Backup 32.week 08.08.2005

Generations of backups to be created

This option enables the number of backups to be limited. You have the option of specifying the maximum number of backups or a period in days. When starting a copy operation, old backups to be deleted are determined via their creation date.

Note: Make sure that the specified destination folder is only used for data backed up using this profile otherwise other data may be deleted.

When deleting old backups, transfer old items to the new backup

This option enables the entire file/folder contents to be transferred to the new backup folder when the old backup is deleted. The advantage of this is that not all items have to be recopied from the source folder to the new backup folder when doing a full backup. This option has no effect when backing up to a ZIP file.