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Posted by Jerry Boyle on May 20, 2006, 10:53 pm
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>>> Frankly, I have yet to find a use for putting the date in the file name.
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>> I find this one of the most useful fairly recent additions to Quicken.
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>> I like to take daily backups/checkpoints and keep them for a month or so
>> in
>> case something nasty happens to my DB and I don't know exactly when it
>> occurred. Previously I had to manually create a new directory for the
>> current date on my backup device and change the backup destination to
>> point
>> to it. Now it's just Ctl-B followed by Enter daily and a monthly
>> excursion
>> to thin out the old entries.
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> I also make daily backups (actually backups after every use of Quicken).
> I have a backup folder for every day of the week; and Quicken takes care
> of automatically backing up every 7 days. (I also have monthly backup
> folders). So I have every possible backup you have (with trivial effort)
> ... no date needed in the name of the backup file. Some folks tend to
> forget that Windows keeps track of the date that files were created ...
> never a problem knowing which file is the most current.
>
The benefit of the feature isn't keeping track of the backup date. It's
allowing all backups to be stored in the same folder so that you never have
to modify the backup destination in the Quicken Backup window (or even
remember what day of the week it is).
I'm not questioning your backup method or anybody else's. Chacun a son gout.
I just like being to be able to make my daily backups (actually I do it
after every use like you do) with only 3 keystrokes.
In addition I wanted the guy who put in the feature to know that he has at
least one satisfied customer.
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