TSGL: How to rename-renumber backups

[edLynn]

Tilman -

I use Acronis, but manually rename each incremental backup 1,2,...and the 
program adds a date stamp.

I am writing to suggest that you pose your problem to Acronis support. 
"Right from the horse's mouth" may be the best way. It's worked for me in 
other areas.

ED
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bo Maurin" <bo.maurin at ericsson.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: How to rename-renumber backups


> Hi Tilman,
> As an alternative solution I would suggest you write a simple batch file
> to rename the files. So after each back up you just double click on the
> batch file to do the job for you. Assumption then is that your back up
> is
> - always named system-full.tib
> - it is always stored in the same directory
>
> Proposal here will not rename them to
> system-full-1.tib
> system-full-2.tib
> etc
>
> but rather to system-full <current date>.tib
>
> This is what I saw on the web. I have not tested it though
>
>   @ECHO off
>   SETLOCAL
>   IF [%1] NEQ [] goto s_start
>
>   :: Author - Simon Sheppard, July 2003
>   :: Tested for Windows NT, 2K, XP
>
>   ECHO STAMPME.cmd
>   ECHO REName a file with the DATE/Time
>   ECHO.
>   ECHO SYNTAX
>   ECHO       STAMPME TestFile.txt
>   ECHO.
>   ECHO       STAMPME "Test File.txt"
>   ECHO.
>   ECHO       STAMPME "c:\docs\Test File.txt"
>   ECHO.
>   ECHO       Will rename the file in the format "Test
> File-02-12-27 at 16-55.txt"
>   ECHO.
>   ECHO       In a batch file use CALL STAMPME ...
>
>   :: To change the filename format just change around the last line
> below
>
>   GOTO :eof
>
>   :s_start
>
> SET _file=%~n1%
> SET _pathname=%~f1%
> SET _ext=%~x1%
>
> ::Get the date
>   ::  note ISO 8601 date format would require 4 digit YYYY Year)
>
>   FOR /f "tokens=6-8 delims=/ " %%G IN ('NET TIME \\%computername%') DO
> (
>         SET _mm=%%G
>         SET _dd=%%H
>         SET _yy=%%I
> )
>
>   :: Get the time
>   FOR /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%G IN ('time/t') DO (
>         SET _hr=%%G
>         SET _min=%%H
>   )
>
>   ECHO Today is Year: [%_yy%] Month: [%_mm%] Day: [%_dd%]
>   ECHO The time is:   [%_hr%]:[%_min%]
>
>   REN "%_pathname%" "%_file%-%_yy%-%_mm%-%_dd%@%_hr%-%_min%%_ext%"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Tilman Brandl
> Sent: den 27 mars 2008 15:49
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> 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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