TSGL: How to rename-renumber backups

[Orf Bartrop]

There is a free program called "The Rename".
See:

http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1

Tilman Brandl wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> thanks for your valuable ideas!
> 
> Funny enough I've never thought of a simple batch file! I'll look more 
> closely into this option.
> 
> As to command-line usage and profiles in Acronis, as far as I can see, there 
> are no options like that. Your questions however made me think about other 
> solutions. I could create separate tasks with specific filenames + numbers 
> for backups at specific times ... not what I really wish since it could 
> complicate things considerably. System partition is not the only thing to 
> backup, I need more tasks for docs, emails and data. So - ending up with 
> maybe 16 tasks (lol) - will I remember what the idea behind all this was 
> in - say - 4 months from now?
> 
> Thanks again
> Tilman
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:48 PM
> Subject: TSGL: How to rename-renumber backups
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>maybe this has been discussed in the past, I just didn't find anything: 
>>I'm
>>trying to find a way for renaming/renumbering backups.
>>
>>My Acronis is scheduled to create a system-partition backup /image each 
>>week
>>or so ... Unfortunately, when creating that task, I can only give a single
>>filename for this, like system-full.tib  There's no way to add a date 
>>string
>>of any kind ...
>>
>>What I would like is saving more than just a single backup, which means I
>>would have to rename them. I've sofar done this manually, a process that's
>>easy to mess up or also to forget. As a standard there's for instance my 
>>1st
>>backup named "system-full.tib"
>>
>>So after the backup has finished, I rename it into "system-full-1.tib"
>>
>>Thus after the next new backup I have new files
>>   system-full.tib
>>   system-full-1.tib
>>
>>This time I increment the numbers, renaming them into
>>   system-full-1.tib
>>   system-full-2.tib
>>
>>until after a few more backup runs (planned max.at 4 files) I have e.g.
>>   system-full.tib
>>   system-full-1.tib
>>   system-full-2.tib
>>   system-full-3.tib
>>   system-full-4.tib
>>
>>My filemanager (totalcommander) can batch rename files - manually. Using a
>>stored pattern it's quite easy, but I mustn't forget to do it and need to
>>click a few buttons. I would prefer to run a program before or after each
>>backup run (a step which Acronis provides) that would simplify that whole
>>process for me.
>>
>>Would there be an easy way to automate this?
>>Sofar I've looked for software but didn't find anything better than what 
>>my
>>filemanager can do - manually. I guess I would have to do some scripting,
>>something I *could* do only with considerable effort (forgot most of what 
>>I
>>knew of e.g. VB...). In the past I've played with AutoIt and PowerPro - 
>>both
>>would allow me to create macros or scripts, but I hesitate to take the
>>plunge.
>>
>>Any ideas appreciated
>>Tilman
> 
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