RAYMOND Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 would like to know if there is a way to have backups go to another folder that where the current dwgs are... I would hide the *.bak but don't see a folder option to do this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilio_KID Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 When you open a DWG file stored in a folder, work with it and then save it, that DWG is renamed to BAK and a new drawing with the same name as the original is created. Therefore the BAK is in the same folder. It's not moved after that. Why do you need to hide BAK files? To protect data in case of accidental file delection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAYMOND Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 well when you have a folder with a lot of dwgs in it be nice if those baks are somewhere else just for real estate purposes for example one folder for dwg another for bak i rarely open a bak... its just extra clutter... tho having them is critical.. just that they are in the way... i know just being cranky... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Ray i religiously (as in always) create a separate bak folder for every project and move the bak files into This folder several Times during The day just in case The dwg file gets corrupted you can go back To The bak file This keeps The current directory cleaner and it also gives you an extra backup file per dwg ** i have had To rename a bak file back into a dwg from Time To Time it can be a Life saver Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAYMOND Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 be nice if the move were automatic.. suppost one could run a bat file to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Ray maybe you could undefine The save command To add a "dos shell" command To move *.bak To a specified sub/folder just an idea i dont remember dos or xdos shell commands off of The Top of my pointed head does anyone remember "edlin" ?? (my all Time favorite Text editor) Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAYMOND Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 i think your idea is the only one that will work... think lisp has some dos commands.. edlin.... oh the painfull memories.. at UCSD monitored off of a CRAY super computer... thot it was wonderful then ... what a hassle tho to program. had to take the elevator 7 floors down just to get to the printer.. yep, got to get those bak file in another room somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hello! In ADT at the command prompt, typ in MOVEBAK and it will ask for a "new value" which is where you want to type in the new location. You will need to create the folder first if it doesn't already exist as it will not create it on it's own, and will return to default behavior if it can not find or connect to the path. Hope this does what you need! Bytor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAYMOND Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 wow, that's a gem worth having.... would have never found that one... works great... thnx... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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