daj - question about the Toolbox.
From what I can see it can only backup data files with a new file name - it can't copy files for further processing - is this correct?
For example - I want to be able to copy (not FTP) some files from my servers Cumulus folder into the web servers heirachy and then run my daily import srcipts on them.
I can see how I can run the scripts (no problems there), but the back copies, for example, dayfile.txt as dayfile_23010-11-06_00.txt which is no good to me as the sacript, being automated, isn;t going to be clever enough to append the date every time (I could do that but, to be honest, don;t want to).
So - have I missed something here? As I say - I can;t FTP the files as they (the Cumulus and web server) are on a local server and FTP isn't enabled.
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Copy, not FTP, files
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Re: Copy, not FTP, files
Toolbox expects to FTP them; I hadn't considered the option of copying them locally as there are so many other ways to do it.
You could use the Windows Scheduler to copy your dayfile at a specific time each day. "Schedule Tasks" in the control panel
You could use the Windows Scheduler to copy your dayfile at a specific time each day. "Schedule Tasks" in the control panel
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Re: Copy, not FTP, files
I hadn't looked at using that as it is 'another' app to run to accomplish one task I was hoping to keep everything 'together' (if oyu understand what I mean) so that the copy occurs at time nn:nn and then the following two scripts will only get run AFTER the copying had taken place.
OK - so I understand where you have come from in this - how about this for an idea?
At present, as I mentioned, the backup append the date and (I presume) a sequence number to the file name - can this in any way be made optional (the option being NOT to add the date/seq no to the files) - this would accomplish the same thing (back up the files BUT not necessarily as daily versions of the files (in my case I already have these in my nightly scheduled server backups anyway). Just a thought
OK - so I understand where you have come from in this - how about this for an idea?
At present, as I mentioned, the backup append the date and (I presume) a sequence number to the file name - can this in any way be made optional (the option being NOT to add the date/seq no to the files) - this would accomplish the same thing (back up the files BUT not necessarily as daily versions of the files (in my case I already have these in my nightly scheduled server backups anyway). Just a thought
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