question about ntbackup on winxp Pro

[Special K]

Can this program be scheduled to backup certain directories and give each backup copy a new name - For instance backup001.bak, backup002.bak, etc.?

I read it was unable to do this and could only overwrite the old copy each time, is this true?

Can norton ghost do what I am describing? I know it can do it for entire hard drive images, but is there any way to get it to only backup certain folders like ntbackup can do?

There has to be a way to do this without buying a new backup program.

 

[oog]

ntbackup can do it. it takes the target name as a commandline parameter, and you can write a script to give it each name.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: oog
ntbackup can do it. it takes the target name as a commandline parameter, and you can write a script to give it each name.

Yes, but can you specify that the name/number be automatically incremented with each run of the program?

 

[oog]

i don't think ntbackup will do that by itself, which is why i suggested writing a script to supply that name via the commandline.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: oog
i don't think ntbackup will do that by itself, which is why i suggested writing a script to supply that name via the commandline.

I meant how would you do that with a script?

 

[nweaver]

depends on the language 😀

do a google search for "increment number in batch file"