Backup files
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From: ps56k on 2 Mar 2010 13:58 "Hank Arnold" <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:4b8cdd50$0$22538$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > On 3/2/2010 1:31 AM, ps56k wrote: >> "desgnr"<desgnr(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:hmgmnr$2kn9$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... >>> When i backed up today i get 2 files. >>> 2010-03-01 >>> >>> 2010-03-01.AM09.19 >>> >>> Both say Backup file& have the same date. >>> Can you explain the 2 different files& why i get 2 >>> -- >> >> I've always wondered about what Quicken calls a "backup"... >> since it doesn't appear to really create a single zip-type image for >> "restore", >> but merely appears as just produce file copies.... >> >> main data filename. QEL, QDF, IDX >> >> backup filename (1-5). QTX, QPH, QEL, QDF, IDX >> >> manual backup filename (date). QEL, QDF, IDX >> >> > That changed with Q10. They now create a single backup file. Not a ZIP > file, but a "QDF-Backup" file... > > -- > So, for Q2010 - what's the file name syntax and the suffix for these backup files ?
From: ps56k on 2 Mar 2010 16:58 "Hank Arnold" <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:4b8cdd50$0$22538$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > On 3/2/2010 1:31 AM, ps56k wrote: >> "desgnr"<desgnr(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:hmgmnr$2kn9$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... >>> When i backed up today i get 2 files. >>> 2010-03-01 >>> >>> 2010-03-01.AM09.19 >>> >>> Both say Backup file& have the same date. >>> Can you explain the 2 different files& why i get 2 >>> -- >> >> I've always wondered about what Quicken calls a "backup"... >> since it doesn't appear to really create a single zip-type image for >> "restore", >> but merely appears as just produce file copies.... >> >> main data filename. QEL, QDF, IDX >> >> backup filename (1-5). QTX, QPH, QEL, QDF, IDX >> >> manual backup filename (date). QEL, QDF, IDX >> >> > That changed with Q10. They now create a single backup file. Not a ZIP > file, but a "QDF-Backup" file... > > -- > ahhh - found this in searching around other forums & groups - -- Quicken 2010 changed the "single" backup file name format to: yyyy-mm-dd.qdf-backup to make directory sorting easier SO - the suffix is not the usual 3chars, but is ".qdf.backup"
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