Backup4All Pro and Symbolic Links

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Hightray
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Joined: Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:34 pm

Backup4All Pro and Symbolic Links

Post by Hightray »

I extensively use symbolic links as I have a SSD drive as my system drive and then software installed on a D: drive that is a conventional spinning drive. I use symbolic links to map to files on the spinner drive where speed is not important to me while I installed software where I want the speed onto the SSD.

When creating a backup job, the files that are symbolic links do not show up in the tree that you use to select the files you want to back up.

Is there a way to get the backup software to follow these symbolic links so I can perform a backup?

Thanks.

Windows 7 x64 Pro
Backup4All Pro
16GB Ram
256GB SSD
2TB Seagate Platter Drive

Adrian (Softland)
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Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:46 pm

Re: Backup4All Pro and Symbolic Links

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Hi,

Backup4all won't follow the symbolic links. In such cases, that could create a recursive parsing of the files.
Do you know you can monitor your backups remotely with Backup4all Monitor? You can read more here: https://www.backup4all.com/backup4all-monitor.html

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