Now we have support for multiple databases, and creating a new database has the option of copying the currently opened one, what I think would be nice, is to be able to use this as a backup.

So, my plan would be you initially create a new database and copy the existing one. Now obviously you want to store the new database on another drive somewhere.

So it then creates and copies all the exising profiles and cover images.

Then at a later date you could then have a sync option, that copies the profiles across and update only images that have changed, and removes now unused ones.

In theory this will be far quicker than using the current back option. Especially for those with large collections.

It will be faster as it can check if the existing image has the same timestamp as the one it would be overwriting and if they are the same, don't write it. Thus saving loads of time.

Checking a timestamp of a file is far quicker than reading the file and then writing it out.

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But your proposal (or even a two way syncronisation) would be great for syncing two databases. E.g. Desktop computer and laptop.

This is a great idea.

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But your proposal (or even a two way syncronisation) would be great for syncing two databases. E.g. Desktop computer and laptop.

This is a great idea.

Another one who thinks it is a great idea for this reason. I have DVDpro on my desktop and laptop, backup restore is no headache in terms of time BUT it's can be a real pain if I have updated records on both. Sync (as per mobile version) would make it much easier.

Not surprisingly, I've now got a little rsync script that does my backup to my pen drive. I use cwrsync on windows.

Now I having rsync installing on my c: drive. But it would be an easy thing to do, to install it on the pen drive and then you can run it in 'local copy mode'. So, you could then set up 2 batch files. The first to copy from drive c to your pen drive and the second to copy from your pen drive to drive c.

I've just currently got :-

rsync -vha --stats --delete "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/ajm/My Documents/DVD Profiler" "/cygdrive/g/DVDProfiler Backup/mydocs/"

Which will backup all my dvdprofiler databases (all 1 of them currently)

You'd just need to reverse the 2 directory names for the second batch file.

You'd also just need to change where the CWRSYNCHOME variable points too in the demo script to ensure it points to your pen drive.

With rsync, the first run will take a while. Its backing up everything. But after that it will just backup the changes.

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Now I having rsync installing on my c: drive. But it would be an easy thing to do, to install it on the pen drive and then you can run it in 'local copy mode'. So, you could then set up 2 batch files. The first to copy from drive c to your pen drive and the second to copy from your pen drive to drive c.

Can it run as a portable app on the USB stick without leaving any registry keys on the machine? Or do I actually need an rsync server on the machine for it to work?