Backup of .db concept flaw

[Fred0815]

Hello,
i needed to use the backup of the .db to get my scan results back that I collected over months.

Currently, the backup.db is overwritten on ending Everything.
=> .db lost => months of scanning time lost

Would it be possible to have at least 5-10 backup versions back instead of only one?
Best,
Fred

[void]

You can load your Everything backup db with:
Everything.exe -db <everything.backup.db> -read-only



Currently, the db backup is only designed to prevent reindexing when the last db wasn't correctly flushed to disk.

I recommend manually making a backup of your Everything.db
or setup a script to do this daily, weekly, monthly etc...

[therube]

A simple backup utility, BACKUP9.EXE.

(Each time a desktop shortcut is clicked) backup all the files in the c:\123\mp\ directory to the directory c:\dev\backup\out\.
Each time it is run, it will update any changed files to \backup\out\ while maintaining the last 9 copies of each updated file.

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backup9.exe C:\123\MP\*.* C:\DEV\BACKUP\OUT

[Fred0815]

Thank you for the hint.
Although, the effort to introduce a ring buffer of some configurations may not be that big...
A separate tool or script sounds a bit "workaroundish"
Imagine every tool on your PC needs that...