Re: Retrospect Backup Misses Empty Folders
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 33386
interpreted = N
texte = I assume you use triggers to process your order files? If so, why not put a file in each folder with the name RetroPlaceholder and use a [hideif [filename]=RetroPlaceHolder] statement in your triggered template? Then you wouldn't have empty folders.Mike> Over the weekend we had to recover our website after a nasty crash. We used > our hourly Retrospect backup to bring back our files. To our utter > astonishment and dismay Retrospect does not recover empty folders. > > Our site relies on putting carts and other order related files in folders to > have them processed. The great majority of the time these folders sit empty, > but without them the processing portion of the site breaks completely. > WebCatalog will try to process any files that are in these folders so we > cannot put placeholder files. Even invisible files trigger the process. > There is no way to avoid having these files sit empty. Thus whenever > Retrospect backups the site it finds a lot of empty folders which it makes > note of but not restore. > > When we realized what was happening we checked the FAQ's Retrospect's site > and read that this is normal behavior for Retrospect and that there is no > way to force it to restore any empty folders. Once we picked up our jaws > from the floor we figured there must be some other backup option that will > backup and restore a site including all folders, whether they are empty or > not. > > Has anybody else come across this problem? How else do we backup our site? > Why would this be the default behavior of Retrospect? We are using > Retrospect 4.2 backing up to a VXA tape drive on a PowerMac G4 running MacOS > 9.0.4. We use WebStar 4.2 and WebCatalog 3.0.8 to run our site. > > > Alessandro Abate tech@vinoeolio.com > Webmaster, vinoeolio.com > La Compagnia Dell' Olio 305.655.1142 T > 1021 Ives Dairy Rd., Ste 113 305.655.1148 F > Miami, Florida 33179 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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I assume you use triggers to process your order files? If so, why not put a file in each folder with the name RetroPlaceholder and use a [hideif [filename]=RetroPlaceHolder] statement in your triggered template? Then you wouldn't have empty folders.Mike> Over the weekend we had to recover our website after a nasty crash. We used > our hourly Retrospect backup to bring back our files. To our utter > astonishment and dismay Retrospect does not recover empty folders. > > Our site relies on putting carts and other order related files in folders to > have them processed. The great majority of the time these folders sit empty, > but without them the processing portion of the site breaks completely. > WebCatalog will try to process any files that are in these folders so we > cannot put placeholder files. Even invisible files trigger the process. > There is no way to avoid having these files sit empty. Thus whenever > Retrospect backups the site it finds a lot of empty folders which it makes > note of but not restore. > > When we realized what was happening we checked the FAQ's Retrospect's site > and read that this is normal behavior for Retrospect and that there is no > way to force it to restore any empty folders. Once we picked up our jaws > from the floor we figured there must be some other backup option that will > backup and restore a site including all folders, whether they are empty or > not. > > Has anybody else come across this problem? How else do we backup our site? > Why would this be the default behavior of Retrospect? We are using > Retrospect 4.2 backing up to a VXA tape drive on a PowerMac G4 running MacOS > 9.0.4. We use WebStar 4.2 and WebCatalog 3.0.8 to run our site. > > > Alessandro Abate tech@vinoeolio.com > Webmaster, vinoeolio.com > La Compagnia Dell' Olio 305.655.1142 T > 1021 Ives Dairy Rd., Ste 113 305.655.1148 F > Miami, Florida 33179 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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