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Versioning of files
tinjaw:
Is it easy to keep backups of the versions that FileHamster keeps (complete with the comments of course)?
-jzippo (October 07, 2007, 09:24 AM)
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Yes. Behind the scenes all FileHamster is doing is making a bunch of copies of the files in another directory. You just need to backup that directory.
And, how would it work if I would like to keep two FileHamster's on two computers synchronized?, would I be able to use a software that synchronizes files with the versions that FileHamster keeps?
-jzippo (October 07, 2007, 09:24 AM)
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I haven't tried this, but my guess is that you should be able to as long as you don't try to edit the same file at the same time. You should be able to use the same shared network directory for the FileHamsters storage. I don't know if all the info FileHamster needs, like what files/folders to track, is also stored in that directory, of it is stored in the executable directory. If it is in the executable's directory, that might break things.
You should probably ask the developers. I imagine they would be able to tell you if it has already been done, or even if it is feasible.
laughinglizard:
Re current setup,
I not only keep multiple versions of files, but have very regular incremental backup going on.
Problem with incremental backup is if something gets changed & I dont notice it for a while it can be a bummer trying to find last known pre-change version or whatever.
Yes,
-tomos (October 05, 2007, 10:32 AM)
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Tomos, you might want to look at BackUp4All - it has version tracking and a jillion other things.
http://www.backup4all.com/
I have it but the few times I've used it I end up mystified by too many choices and things to do.
I bought it on BitsduJour discounted.
I've gone back to tossing things on another drive partition or to a back up drive.
laughinglizard:
Forgot to add there's a 30% discount off the professional version for DC members.
tomos:
Tomos, you might want to look at BackUp4All - it has version tracking and a jillion other things.
http://www.backup4all.com/
I have it but the few times I've used it I end up mystified by too many choices and things to do.
I bought it on BitsduJour discounted.
I've gone back to tossing things on another drive partition or to a back up drive.-laughinglizard (October 07, 2007, 05:43 PM)
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I've actually got it installed, think I probably bought it same time as you!
I used it a good bit, then I got SFFS...
I had a look at website.
They do say
Version Tracking
Backup4all for U3 is a portable backup software that offers a unique mode to track file versions. You can selectively restore any previous state of the file directly from the main window.
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on the comparision page http://www.backup4all.com/feature-matrix.php
the pro version has everything the portable one has.
unfortunately they dont elaborate on the above quote (anywhere i can find at any rate)
I suspect they are talking about their way of restoring or something
To be honest when i used it I did have occasion to restore something - but I simply went & unzipped it
Because I havent used it yet on this computer I cant check stuff already backed up
I've wanted to give it a go again cause they talked about plugins to backup programme settings:
in spite of that, searching for plugins at their site brings up nix.
maybe it's just in the pipeline... :-\
tomos:
I've wanted to give it a go again cause they talked about plugins to backup programme settings:
in spite of that, searching for plugins at their site brings up nix.
maybe it's just in the pipeline... :-\-tomos (October 08, 2007, 02:48 AM)
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Okay,
this a bit off topic but seeing as i mentioned it
in spite of their search not working (they need to hire Wordzilla)
info links etc for plugins are here:
http://www.backup4all.com/latest-news.php (Sept.13 entry)
or
better still
http://www.backup4all.com/kb/15/
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