Handling New Files and Folders
When running repetitive backup tasks, especially scheduled unattended backups, the user would normally want files that are newly created in, or moved to a selected folder to be included in the backup automatically, without having to manually select them each time before running the backup task.
Genie Games Backup automatically detects files and subfolders that have been added to a selected folder after the date of most the recent backup, provided that the parent folder was originally selected, i.e. the check box next to folder containing the newly added files and folder was ticked when the backup job was created (or edited).
Example:
Lets assume Jack has a folder called Week that has three files, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Jack first creates a backup job, and selects the contents of the folder Week for backup. The next day, Jack adds several new files and folders to the folder Week.
Scenario: When Jack created the backup job he selected folder Week for backup by ticking its check box, marking all its files for backup.
Result: All new files and folders will be appended to the backup.
Scenario: Jack selected the three files by ticking folder Week's check box, but before saving the backup job he deselected files Sunday and Monday.
Result: All new files and folders will be appended to the backup.
Scenario: Jack selected the three files by ticking each file's checkbox individually.
Result: New files and folders won't be appended to backup.
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