Abakt- (Local) - Action Type Settings

┬╖	New Creates a new backup that does not overwrite an existing backup with the same filename. If a backup with the same filename exists the new backup filename will have " (++nr)" appended.

┬╖	Replace A new backup will be created. An existing backup with the same destination name will be copied to a temporary file. When the Action has finished succesfully, the temporary copy will be deleted.

┬╖	Update The files in the existing backup will be updated with newer files. New files (previously not in the backup) will be added to this backup. Files in the backup that do not exist on disk anymore will remain in the backup. This option is not allowed if you create a Split-Backup.

┬╖	Freshen Files in the backup that have newer files on disk will be replaced. No new files will be added to this backup. This option is not allowed if you create a Split-Backup.

Store Path

Describes what path information to include in the Zip Archive.

┬╖	Full Complete Source directory (without drive).

┬╖	Relative Path information will be relative to Source directory.

┬╖	None No directory information at all. There will be unknown conflicts if files below the Source directory have the same name.

Compression

A value between 0 and 9:

0: None; 1: Fast; 6: Normal; 9: Maximum

Password

Zip passwords are easy to crack, so be careful.

Even worse, Abakt stores the password in the Profile as plain text. This may change in the future.

Split

The Zip archive can be split into parts. The size of each part is defined by Volume Size.

┬╖	If Volume Size is set to 'Custom', you can define the size of each part using the Custom Size editor. Invoke the editor by clicking the editbox, pressing any key in the editbox or by hitting the hotkey (Alt+S).

┬╖	The parts will have filenames like: '[ProfileName].Z??', where ?? is a value from 01 to 99.

┬╖	The last part will be called '[ProfileName].zip'. This is the file you need to open to restore a backup (using any PKZIP compatible unzipper, or Abakt).

┬╖	It is not possible to Update split backups. (Due to limitations of the PKZIP file format.)

┬╖	The difference between Spanning and Splitting: A Spanned archive is split into parts that should be saved on removable media, a Split archive can be saved anywhere (most likely on fixed disks).

Add Version Comment to Zip

Adds the comment "Created with Abakt .[Build]" to the zip file.

Does not apply to split backups: it crashes ZipForge.

Action Type . 7-Zip

Provides an easy way to use the filelist generated by Abakt as input for the commandline application 7z.exe.

Archive Type

7z.exe supports several compression methods. Usually 'zip' compresses better than most other zip utilities (including ZipForge).

Switches

Set some switches used when calling 7z.exe. See the 7-Zip Help file for more information.
For Archive Type '7z' and 'zip' you can use '-mx5' for normal compression, and '-mx9' for best results.

Password

Warning: Abakt stores the password in the Profile as plain text. This may change in the future.

Action Type . File Operation

Methods

You can select the desired method on page Action Type.

┬╖	Copy Copies the selected files to the destination directory.

┬╖	Move Moves the selected files to the destination directory.

┬╖	Delete Deletes the selected files. !! Be very careful using this operation !! You can use this method to create a Profile that cleans up some directories.

Overwrite Existing Files

Applies to Copy and Move operations.
If checked, any existing destination file will be replaced.

Use Recycle Bin If Possible

Applies to the Delete operation.

Windows can not guarantee that the Recycle Bin will used for delete operations.

Use Windows function SHFileOperation

Applies to Copy, Move and Delete operations.
Provides less feedback, but is sometimes faster.
It acts the same as performing file operations with Windows Explorer.

Do not use with many files (thousands), SHFileOperation will fail for some unknown reason.

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