IF EXIST '%varTargetBackupSet%' GOTO Execute IF '%varBackupType%'='full' GOTO CreateNewSetįor /F %%i in (CurrentSet.txt) do set varTargetBackupSet=%%i Instead it is all controlled through those scripts.įor /f 'eol=# tokens=1,2 delims=' %%i in (%1) do SET %%i=%%j Now you could remove the separate scripts for the full and incremental backup, the reason I created separate scripts was that I don”t have to change the arguments in the task scheduler. IncrementalBackupSettings.ini, the settings used by the incremental backup.IncrementalBackup.cmd, the script to run an incremental backup.FullBackupSettings.ini, the settings used by a full backup.

FullBackup.cmd, the script to run a full backup.

CurrentSet.txt, a path to the current backup file.

Backupset.txt, a list of files and folders that I wish to backup.

Backup.cmd, this is the main script that executes the command.

My files are not so important that I need frequent backups, this schedule suits me down to the ground. My backup schedule consists of a weekly incremental backup and one monthly full backup. So, using this article: as a guide, I engineered my own backup mechnism using 7-zip. Since moving to BitDefender I was much happier with the backup software it provided yet the fact that I was not using a well known backup format rubbed me. I was also using OneCare at the time and it followed a similar policy. Since the days when I started using XP I had gotten used to the control that NT Backup provided to allow me to backup my files.Ībout a year ago I moved to Vista and was unhappy with the “All or nothing” approach that the bundled backup software provided. UPDATE: I have recently overhauled this and created a simpler script in this post: /7/simpler-version-of-the-7-zip-backup/

Windows 7 backup command line