And, in case someone is interested, for WIN NT systems, I use the following batch file to archive datasets and start up the Zope service (filenames will differ, as well as paths, obviously) - ======================================================= @echo off set PLONE=C:\Applications\Programming\Plone set SSL=%PLONE%\openssl set PYTHON=%PLONE%\Python set ZOPE=%PLONE%\Zope set PYTHONHOME=%PYTHON% set PATH=%PYTHON%;%SSL%;%ZOPE%;%PATH% set INSTANCE_HOME=%PLONE%\Data set HTTP_MANAGE=8080 REM ---------------------- REM Debug mode REM ---------------------- set Z_DEBUG_MODE=1 set ZOPE_SECURITY_POLICY=PYTHON REM ---------------------- REM get todays date and time into an environment variable REM ---------------------- set TIMENOW=%TIME: =0% set TIMENOW=%TIMENOW::=.% set TIMENOW=%TIMENOW:.=% set TODAY=%DATE% set TODAY=%TODAY:~6,4%%TODAY:~3,2%%TODAY:~0,2% set TIMENOW=%TODAY%%TIMENOW% REM ---------------------- REM Move the log file REM ---------------------- move /y %INSTANCE_HOME%\Var\z2s.log %INSTANCE_HOME%\Var\%TIMENOW%-z2s.log set EC=%ERRORLEVEL% if %EC% GTR 0 GOTO EXIT REM ---------------------- REM copy the object DB REM ---------------------- copy %INSTANCE_HOME%\Var\Data.fs %INSTANCE_HOME%\Var\%TIMENOW%-Data.fs set EC=%ERRORLEVEL% if %EC% GTR 0 GOTO EXIT REM ---------------------- REM copy the object DB index REM ---------------------- copy %INSTANCE_HOME%\Var\Data.fs.index %INSTANCE_HOME%\Var\%TIMENOW%-Data.fs.index set EC=%ERRORLEVEL% if %EC% GTR 0 GOTO EXIT :START echo Starting Service ..................... %PYTHON%\python.exe %ZOPE%\z2s.py -X -y 80 -y 8080 -y 443 -Y 8443 -f 8421 INSTANCE_HOME=%PLONE%\Data HTTP_MANAGE=%HTTP_MANAGE% -D %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 :EXIT ======================================================= Since WinNT will lock Data.fs after ZServer has been started, copying/moving of files has to be done before the service is started. Obviously, I start ZServer from a batch script, and don't use the service. The procedure makes a backup of the data and the log each time the service is started. You may end up with a lot of LARGE backup files. I usually use the 200* wildcard on files to automate the archiving/deleting of these files, but in a separate script. Samir. -----Original Message----- From: Toby Dickenson [mailto:tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 21:19 To: Chris Muldrow; Paul Winkler; Sorin Marti Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Where does Zope store files... On Wednesday 05 March 2003 4:56 pm, Chris Muldrow wrote:

Here's a backup procedure on Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Members/jrush/howto_rsync_zope

That process is very dangerous. Your backup can be trashed if something goes wrong mid-rsync, or soon after the rsync. Also, rsync sometimes aborts if the file is changed while it is processing it, with insufficient guarantees about the state of the file it leaves behind. I recommend: http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zodb-dev/2002-October/003418.html -- Toby Dickenson http://www.geminidataloggers.com/people/tdickenson _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )