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Roll your own version control/automated backup

Step 6Part 2: snapshot.vbs

Snapshot.vbs is a visual basic script that takes the archive, adds the current time and date to the file name, and puts it away in a dedicated backups directory.

The code:

Dim FriendlyDateDim FriendlyTimeFriendlyDate = Replace(Date, "/", "-")FriendlyTime = Mid(Replace(Time, ":", "-"), 1, 5)Dim WShellSet WShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")WShell.Run ("cmd /c move " + Wscript.Arguments(0) + " .\Backups\" + FriendlyDate + "_" + FriendlyTime + "_" + Wscript.Arguments(0))Set WShell = Nothing

To use this, we call "snapshot.vbs archive.zip" and the archive will be timestamped and moved to the backups directory. To automate this process, add "snapshot.vbs archive.zip" to archive.bat on the second line. archive.bat should now read

"C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe" a archive.zip Dissertation.doc ./Images *.javasnapshot.vbs archive.zip

with your customisations to the first line. (See archive2.bat attached to this step)

If you have chosen to name your zip something other than archive.zip, put in your zip name here instead.