Thread: Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vB Database Backup
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Old 04-28-2008, 01:26 AM
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I've modified this script to create a folder per day, while it creates a backup file in the folder every 6 hours. How is this different? Well, instead of it rewriting the file, it'll make a new one, thus a 6 hour cron per day gives around 4 backup files per folder. I did this by forcing the file name to be a time, instead of a date, as well as

Thus it just creates a new file for each time that a new backup is made, in one folder per day (since the folder name is just the date and not the time, thus it doesn't create another one). How does this help? Well, it helps keep backups of times where the forums could be up and running great, but prevent backing up or replacing a backup of when the forums were hacked or whatever.

So, lets say your forum was backed up. Awesome! Now, sometime before the next backup, a hacker or someone you thought you could trust goes crazy and deletes all posts, users, or just generally messes up the software data. Well, unless caught before the next backup and the forums are running fine enough to use crons, then it'll replace the old backup file with the screwed up one. Thus, the backup won't help in that situation...

So, I just have it do a 6 hour backup per day, thus around 4 backup files in one daily folder. Anyways, just wanted to explain this, and am willing to help or re-release my modified version that does just this. However, I would need permission first, so that's why I'm posting.

If not, oh well. Thanks for releasing a killer mod! Definitely making me feel at ease
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