Anyone interested: Manage Quicken Backup Directory Files

Posted by Jim on August 3, 2006, 3:21 pm

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PURPOSE: MANAGE QUICKEN BACKUP DIRECTORY FILES, i.e., MQBUDF.

I have written a script in Python that meets the following
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REQUIREMENTS:
1) Read in all file names from Quicken backup directory.
2) Produce a list of all Quicken backup file names with date.
3) Keep all:
a) Backup files created within the last 38 days.
b) Month-end backup files for last 18 months.
c) Year-end backup files for last 10 years.
NOTE: If MQBUDF finds no backups in the last 38 days then
MQBUDF will revise options file "options.jsc" to show
a keep date that will be equal to the most recent backup
set.
4) Delete all other Quicken backup files (by request only).
5) ONLY Quicken backup files can be in the Quicken backup
directory.
6) Quicken backups must be created within +/- 7 days of each
month-end.
7) Quicken backup file names must be in the following format:
Name_yyyymmdd.ext.
8) "Python MQBUDF.PY" command-line options are as follows:
a) /? Outputs the command-line options syntax, i.e.,
"Python MQBUDF.py /?".
b) /D Dumps Quicken backup directory information into a
tab delimited text file "QDump.txt".
c) Drive:Path to Quicken backup files, e.g.,
G:QUICKENBACKUP.
9) Place backup file names that can be deleted into file
DQfiles.txt
for viewing. Requires a procedure when file DQfiles.txt gets
too
large that it will remove the first few records. Maximum file
size should be about 48K, i.e., about 1,000 records or 140
backup
days.
10) Have a file called options.jsc set the default path and/or
numeric
digits however, the command-line option will override this
default
path. Also, keep special backup file dates, that are not the
regular keep dates, in this options.jsc file, e.g., "Keep:
20050615".
Plus set AutoDelete to Yes, in order to automatically delete the
non-keep backup files, e.g., AutoDelete: Yes. However, if using
command-line arguments then turn off AutoDelete.
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If anyone is interested please contact me.

Thanks,
Jim

Posted by Jim on August 6, 2006, 11:34 am

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Does this silence mean that no one is interested in an application that
will manage their Quicken backup files?
It will delete backup files that are no longer needed.
It's a GUI application written in Python.
Thanks,
Jim

Jim wrote:

> PURPOSE: MANAGE QUICKEN BACKUP DIRECTORY FILES, i.e., MQBUDF.

> I have written a script in Python that meets the following

> ======================================================

> REQUIREMENTS:

> 1) Read in all file names from Quicken backup directory.

> 2) Produce a list of all Quicken backup file names with date.

> 3) Keep all:

> a) Backup files created within the last 38 days.

> b) Month-end backup files for last 18 months.

> c) Year-end backup files for last 10 years.

> NOTE: If MQBUDF finds no backups in the last 38 days then

> MQBUDF will revise options file "options.jsc" to show

> a keep date that will be equal to the most recent backup

> set.

> 4) Delete all other Quicken backup files (by request only).

> 5) ONLY Quicken backup files can be in the Quicken backup

> directory.

> 6) Quicken backups must be created within +/- 7 days of each

> month-end.

> 7) Quicken backup file names must be in the following format:

> Name_yyyymmdd.ext.

> 8) "Python MQBUDF.PY" command-line options are as follows:

430 No such article
Does this silence mean that no one is interested in an application that
will manage their Quicken backup files?
It will delete backup files that are no longer needed.
It's a GUI application written in Python.
Thanks,
Jim

Jim wrote:

> PURPOSE: MANAGE QUICKEN BACKUP DIRECTORY FILES, i.e., MQBUDF.

> I have written a script in Python that meets the following

> ======================================================

> REQUIREMENTS:

> 1) Read in all file names from Quicken backup directory.

> 2) Produce a list of all Quicken backup file names with date.

> 3) Keep all:

> a) Backup files created within the last 38 days.

> b) Month-end backup files for last 18 months.

> c) Year-end backup files for last 10 years.

> NOTE: If MQBUDF finds no backups in the last 38 days then

> MQBUDF will revise options file "options.jsc" to show

> a keep date that will be equal to the most recent backup

> set.

> 4) Delete all other Quicken backup files (by request only).

> 5) ONLY Quicken backup files can be in the Quicken backup

> directory.

> 6) Quicken backups must be created within +/- 7 days of each

> month-end.

> 7) Quicken backup file names must be in the following format:

> Name_yyyymmdd.ext.

> 8) "Python MQBUDF.PY" command-line options are as follows:

> a) /? Outputs the command-line options syntax, i.e.,

> "Python MQBUDF.py /?".

> b) /D Dumps Quicken backup directory information into a

> tab delimited text file "QDump.txt".

> c) Drive:Path to Quicken backup files, e.g.,

> G:QUICKENBACKUP.

> 9) Place backup file names that can be deleted into file

> DQfiles.txt

> for viewing. Requires a procedure when file DQfiles.txt gets

> too

> large that it will remove the first few records. Maximum file

> size should be about 48K, i.e., about 1,000 records or 140

> backup

> days.

> 10) Have a file called options.jsc set the default path and/or

> numeric

> digits however, the command-line option will override this

> default

> path. Also, keep special backup file dates, that are not the

> regular keep dates, in this options.jsc file, e.g., "Keep:

> 20050615".

> Plus set AutoDelete to Yes, in order to automatically delete the

> non-keep backup files, e.g., AutoDelete: Yes. However, if using

> command-line arguments then turn off AutoDelete.

> ======================================================

> If anyone is interested please contact me.

> Thanks,

> Jim

Posted by Margaret Wilson on August 6, 2006, 12:13 pm

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Jim wrote:

> Does this silence mean that no one is interested in an application that

> will manage their Quicken backup files?

> It will delete backup files that are no longer needed.

> It's a GUI application written in Python.

> Thanks,

> Jim

No, in my case it means that I thought Python was a scripting language
that I must already have installed on my computer in order to run your
script. Duh, and I call myself a computer professional. I'm definitely
interested in your app. :-)

Regards,

Margaret

Posted by Han on August 6, 2006, 1:44 pm

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> Jim wrote:

>> Does this silence mean that no one is interested in an application that

>> will manage their Quicken backup files?

>> It will delete backup files that are no longer needed.

>> It's a GUI application written in Python.

>> Thanks,

>> Jim

> No, in my case it means that I thought Python was a scripting language

> that I must already have installed on my computer in order to run your

> script. Duh, and I call myself a computer professional. I'm definitely

> interested in your app. :-)

> Regards,

> Margaret

That's what I thought as well (scripting language - and I'm a biochemist).
I would also be interested in an app that could select filesets to be
deleted, although it really isn't that difficult to do by hand every few
months.

--
Best regards
Han
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Posted by Andrew DeFaria on August 10, 2006, 10:43 am

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Han wrote:

> That's what I thought as well (scripting language - and I'm a

> biochemist).

Who said that scripting languages can't call GUI libraries?

> I would also be interested in an app that could select filesets to be

> deleted, although it really isn't that difficult to do by hand every

> few months.

Hmmm... I guess that depends on what you consider a fileset? If you want
to, for example, remove all files in the current directory that start
with a and have an extension of .abc and all files that begin with z and
have an extension of .xyz you could do that right now with del as

C:folder> del a*.abc z*.xyz

Indeed you could also write a .bat or .cmd file and use the Task
Scheduler to automate this.
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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.

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Han wrote: 
what I thought as well (scripting language - and I'm a biochemist). </blockquote>
Who said that scripting languages can't call GUI libraries? 
would also be interested in an app that could select filesets to be
deleted, although it really isn't that difficult to do by hand every
few months. 
</blockquote>
Hmmm... I guess that depends on what you consider a fileset? If you
want to, for example, remove all files in the current directory that
start with a and have an extension of .abc and all files that begin
with z and have an extension of .xyz you could do that right now with
del as 
 
C:folder> del a*.abc z*.xyz 
 
Indeed you could also write a .bat or .cmd file and use the Task
Scheduler to automate this. 
-- 
<a href="http://defaria.com">Andrew DeFaria</a> 
For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never
opened, small stain.
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