Backup of Cobian settings

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fabianov
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Backup of Cobian settings

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Is there any Cobian file that I can backup for future restoration of general program settings and also backup job settings?
:geek: I believe that in relation to backup tasks it is the "MainList.lst" file.
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Re: Backup of Cobian settings

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That one, the Lists folder, the Settings folder and the DB folder.
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GiacomoGo
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Re: Backup of Cobian settings

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On windows, my Reflector tasks use a Pre-backup event to create a 7zip archive:

The command, here with line-breakups to be more readable:

7z u -r -tzip "C:\_Backup_\_Configs\Cobian_Reflector_Backup_DB_INI_LST_TXT.zip"
"C:\Program Files\Cobian Reflector\*.db"
"C:\Program Files\Cobian Reflector\*.ini"
"C:\Program Files\Cobian Reflector\*.lst"
"C:\Program Files\Cobian Reflector\*.txt"
"C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\CobianSoft"

I had to do the following to get the "7z" command in my default path:
  • add my own "bin" folder to my system Path: %SystemDrive%\bin
  • create a symbolic link (mklink) named "7z.exe" in that bin folder, pointing to the 7zip executable, %ProgramFiles%\7-zip\7z.exe
I prefer the transparency of this "bin" approach, over adding individual paths to my system Path.
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Re: Backup of Cobian settings

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:OK
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