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Backup File Variable Filenames
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantritchf
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Registered: March 18, 2007
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Would love to have the ability to construct my own filename based upon "system variables"

For instance I always back up my database to [BACKUP PATH]\DVDProfilerBackup.[YY]-[MM]-DD]

Anyone else think this would be useful?

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Not bad. Til now I change the name of the backup file every day manual.
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Indeed, it sounds like a good idea.

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It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
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You can sort of do this now by creating a .bat file.

@echo off
echo BackupAll "[Backup Path]\Backup%random%.dpb" RenameExisting > "[Backup Path]\Command.txt"
"C:\Program Files\DVD Profiler\dvdpro.exe" /CommandFile="[Backup Path]\Command.txt"

Create a text file into this directory called dvdpro.bat and paste in the above 3 lines of code. Call it something like DVDProBackup.bat
Then run the batch file.
This will run dvdpro and create a backup file called Backup#####.dpb where ##### is just some random number. You can sort the directory by date and you will have a listing of all your backups in date order.

It's not completely perfect, I would have liked to use date instead of a random number but then it tried to create a file with /, which isn't allowed. Didn't want to spend the time trying to figure out how to remove them in the script.
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If you want to use Cool_doodad's batch solution but still want the date you can use this batch code to get the date (in YYYY-MM-DD format, I use that because if you sort by name it keeps files in order across years and month)

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@For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @(
Set Day=%%A
Set Month=%%B
Set Year=%%C
)

SET mydate=%Year: =%-%Month: =%-%Day: =%


just put that chunk of code on the line after @echo off and replace %random% with %mydate%

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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantAgrare
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Oh, forgot to add. The @For line may need to be adjusted depending on your locality. The way it is currently written will work for US. It shouldn't be too hard to convert to other localities though. The site I found that part from someone actually posted the line for German locality

@For /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=. " %%A in ('Date /t') do @(

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Quoting Agrare:
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If you want to use Cool_doodad's batch solution but still want the date you can use this batch code to get the date (in YYYY-MM-DD format, I use that because if you sort by name it keeps files in order across years and month)

Quote:

@For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @(
Set Day=%%A
Set Month=%%B
Set Year=%%C
)

SET mydate=%Year: =%-%Month: =%-%Day: =%


just put that chunk of code on the line after @echo off and replace %random% with %mydate%

-Agrare


Nice...It's been years since I've messed with batch files. Green arrow for you.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMithi
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Awesome Batch-Magic!

Quoting Agrare:
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The @For line may need to be adjusted depending on your locality. [...] It shouldn't be too hard to convert to other localities though.

Jupp, just type "date /t" in a command-line and look what your date looks like. Worked perfect for me when I tried to add hours and minutes with "time /t". 

@echo off
SET BackupPath=C:\Users\Mithi\Documents\DVD-Profiler-DB
@For /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=. " %%A in ('Date /t') do @(
Set Day=%%A
Set Month=%%B
Set Year=%%C
)
SET mydate=%Year: =%-%Month: =%-%Day: =%
@For /F "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%A in ('Time /t') do @(
Set Hour=%%A
Set Minute=%%B
)
SET mytime=%Hour: =%%Minute: =%
SET mydatetime=%mydate%-%mytime%
echo BackupAll "%BackupPath%\Backup-v3.6-%mydatetime%.dpb" NoCoverScans NoCastCrewDB RenameExisting > "%BackupPath%\Command.txt"
echo Close >> "%BackupPath%\Command.txt"
"C:\Program Files\DVD Profiler\dvdpro.exe" /CommandFile=%BackupPath%\Command.txt


cya, Mithi
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