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Java SMF Backup / Re: Feature Request: Copy Backup to other forum

« on: October 20, 2010, 03:54:37 pm »

my use case: I have a development server, where I keep copies of several forums in different states (mods, themes, etc.).
Of course I use rsync and mysqldump for automated backup, but sometimes it is good to replicate one forum state to one instance of a development forum - e.g. to sync new boards with new IDs and new users etc.

full blown version the should have options like "sync new boards only", "sync new posts since", "sync new users only"... but I know that this would be a quite elaborate effort...

another use case: make a fast copy to anoher server for maintainance or as a backup system.

I understand, that there is no API for restore backup in smf - it should be a simple php file to do the job - however, the java interface could provide a good interface for organizing backups / servers / time.

To make it even better, you could use mercurial or git as a backend...

well, ok, just some dreams

Thanks for your attention!
Snaky

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Java SMF Backup / Feature Request: Copy Backup to other forum

« on: October 19, 2010, 07:25:56 pm »

well, somehow tightly connected to the restore feature - make a backup not to local filesystem, but to another forum.

Thanks for your attention!

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Java SMF Backup / Feature Request: Restore Timed Backups

« on: October 19, 2010, 07:24:52 pm »

OK, easy to demand, hard to implement

However, it would be really great, to be able to select a backup (with a calendar style selection interface) and restore this backup to a forum.

THANKS!

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Java SMF Backup / Feature Request: ISO 8601 Date Format in Backup File Name

« on: October 19, 2010, 07:20:38 pm »

Hi, first a big THANK YOU for your great tool!!! besides providing a regular backup mechanism this is a very nice help to get a fast copy of a forum database!

Well, my feature request is: I would like to have the Files named in ISO 8601 Date Format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601)

This would be a great help in further automation and importing - a filename like FORUM_XYZ_2010-10-19_180030.sql would be much easier to identify and work on. I assume this is just a very small change in the java source...

Maybe it would be even better to have the ability to define the file format with variables, but I just would be happy with the ISO date in filenames...

THANKS for your attention!
Snaky