cra_backup.pl

[SrNupsen]

According to Parahead, the included cra_backup addon is not working, and in my opinion we should remove it.

I noted that in the changelog for 1.25, and removed cra_backup.pl from the package. There is always the MoveIt! addon for those who want backup possibilities, and in the future we could consider brushing up the MoveIt! addon and making it part of the official release.

Any objections?

[Parahead]

According to Parahead, the included cra_backup addon is not working, and in my opinion we should remove it.

Or fix it? Don't remember exactly what it was that made it malfunction, but think it was easy to remedy...

I noted that in the changelog for 1.25, and removed cra_backup.pl from the package. There is always the MoveIt! addon for those who want backup possibilities, and in the future we could consider brushing up the MoveIt! addon and making it part of the official release.

Any objections?

The Moveit! addon was created by cerberos76, don't think you will get his approval to do any kind of update to make it work with the new folder structure in 1.31.x

[SrNupsen]

Good point. I forgot cerberos was behind the MoveIt addon.

Well, in that case I vote for fixing cra_backup.pl - we could also offer a simple shell script copying necessary files to a folder of the user's choice. Or soemthing.

As I read your mail again I started doubting: Does cra_backup.pl work work with 1.24?

[Parahead]

As I read your mail again I started doubting: Does cra_backup.pl work work with 1.24?

Yes, it does, it only fails for 1.31.x. I *think* it was such a simple problem as me forgetting to use the new folders but I am not sure... There is a forum thread about this at CTUS.

[Lumberjack]

The backup addon only backs up newsdat according to its features. It would be good to include nsettings.cgi in the backup, and perhaps a few others. The backup should also be stored in a folder called backup, I found that to be the easiest place to restore a backup from. I'll check out that backup addon to see what I can make of it.

EDIT: it uses this:

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$CConfig{'htmlfile_path'}

And possibly should use:

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$CConfig{'data_path'}

[Lumberjack]

Yes, that gets it to work. For debugging, I've done this:

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#$BackupTime = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7; # The frequency of backups, in seconds.
$BackupTime = 60;

[Parahead]

The backup addon only backs up newsdat according to its features. It would be good to include nsettings.cgi in the backup, and perhaps a few others.

I agree, this was one of the things on the TODO-list for that addon.

[Lumberjack]

As its not essential to the core programming, I'll add it to the "down the line" part of the roadmap.

[Musicvid]

Made the changes suggested and now have backup files.
One question: Should backups also be triggered by a "Build News" action in addition to an Edit or Add event action if allowed by the $BackupTime variable? Seems to make sense.

[Lumberjack]

No, not for newsdat.txt. See my answer in the other place you posted this.