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Command to automatically Syncronize

by Eugenio Sep 12, 2007 9:22AM PDT

I have an external hard drive which I use to make a daily backup. Now I have another external hard drive which I want to weekly syncronize with the daily backup.

Is there a command or any way to start "Tray Backup" automatically whenever I connect the external hard drive for the weekly backup?

"Command to start a program whenever external hardrive connects."

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(NT) Did you look at SYNCBACK?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 12, 2007 9:40AM PDT

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SYNCBACK not exactly what I need

by Eugenio Sep 13, 2007 1:19AM PDT

Thanks for suggesting syncback. It seems to me syncback is a very nice and powerful program. Very similar to Tray Backup.

Yet, I have installed and tried Syncback, and I can't find the option.

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Then script it?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 13, 2007 1:29AM PDT

You can schedule a task to run so often to see if the drive is attached and then SYNCBACK has a command line so all this can be scripted and scheduled.

Frankly I found it all too easy to just fire off SYNCBACK when I connected the drive.

I'm done.

Bob

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