Quote Originally Posted by dgent View Post
Cheers thanks. This is a very handy tool, is there anyway to automate it?
I have gotten a lot of inquires about this.
Here is the response I have been giving.

As for running as a cron/automated that is not a problem, what the problem is setting it up for the users.

What I have not worked out as of yet is the level of the user.
1. A novice user would need a window that would build the cron script for them.
2. With that the user still needs cpanel or other knowledge to activate and run the cron. (support issue)
3. Storing the backup on the server uses space and if run under a cron the drive space will fill up fast. (out of sight out of mind)
4. Yes could overwrite/delete older archives but who sets the ages of the archives and how many.
5. The archives are stored in the same location/server that might need the restore.
6. Must if not 95% of users do not have a second server on line to hold backup/archive files.

I have supplied the user manuals for the 2 class files in the zip file that are the core of BackUp ZC with that and a little knowledge of php a cron/automation script could be made.

What I have been thinking about is adding a timer/reminder in ZC admin to tell the user they should backup.

BackUp ZC was created with the mind set of before anyone changes files of there ZC site they could back up. Also after they have added products to there ZC site they could backup the sql.

And lastly have a backup of there ZC site that is known to be up to date and with no errors.

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