Comments on: A VBA-Based Backup Solution

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:36 +0000

Lincoln -

Found the code. I need to clean it up a bit. I wrote it long ago, before I was good enough to turn pro.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:10:38 +0000

Jon

Had any luck finding that code?? I'd be very interested.

Thanks JP, for this and the follow up. Very relevant at the moment.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:04:24 +0000

I'm not holding back. I haven't used or even looked at that code in around 8 years. I know I have it, but I don't know offhand where it might be.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:45:58 +0000

Don't hold back, share away!

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:57:26 +0000

Years ago, at my last real job (at least, the last real job I didn't totally hate), I used a similar set of procedures to back up my main work directories to a network share.

The program used a two-column list of source and destination pathnames, and the code stepped through it, recursively to include subdirectories, and backed up all files with a newer saved date. If the folder had an empty text file named NoBackUp, then the directory was skipped.

I should dig that out again. It was pretty slick.