Use WinRAR to automatically back up important data (continued, experience and skills)

I have previously mentioned the method of using WinRAR to automatically back up data. I now back up data twice a week on average. The backup content includes the calendar (rainlendar) and RSS channel (rssowl) projects in eclipse, common ipsettings, Outlook Express content, etc., are compressed to about MB, with letters and project files containing attachments occupying most of the space.

Today, I found that a CVS configuration in eclipse is incorrect. The old CVS server is connected. In eclipse, I changed the server address and then performed the update operation, the result overwrites the changes I made later. Fortunately, I just backed up my backup last night. My work in the past few days has not been in vain.

Unexpected Incidents like this are hard to predict. We are prepared to do enough preventive work in advance, but we only pay a few minutes a week. Of course, the benefits are far greater than the disadvantages.

I have also summarized several experiences on WinRAR backup: first, we can design two backup tasks: Full backup and quick backup, some large data volumes are not particularly important and do not need to be backed up frequently. You can perform quick backup every day and perform full backup every week or every month. Secondly, adding the-Ag parameter in the command line will automatically include the file name of the backup package with the current date, so as not to overwrite the previous backup, this parameter can also specify the date format, such as YYYY-MM-DD; in addition, the-MS parameter can be used to store the files that have been compressed directly instead of being compressed. Finally, the-x command can be used to exclude files that we do not want to back up, such *. jar files can be downloaded. Example:

" C: \ Program Files \ WinRAR \ winrar.exe " A - Agyyyymmdd - MS - X * . Jar - EP2 - Ibck - T c: \ backup \ bak.rar @ C: \ backup - Q.txt

Here, we should remind you that it is best to regularly transfer the backup files to a storage location other than the local hard disk, such as saving them on a CD, or not trust the hard disk too much.