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Bare Bones Backup Button

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg77536] Bare Bones Backup Button
• From: Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at earthlink.net>
• Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:23:53 -0400 (EDT)
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This is something I've wanted for years. Click the button, and a copy  
of the current InputNotebook -- with output cells deleted -- is  
Exported into a backup folder in your $HomeDirectory.

CreateDocument[PaletteNotebook[
Button["Bare Bones Backup",
    Module[{filename, thisnb = InputNotebook[]},
     If[thisnb =!= $Failed,
      CreateDirectory[ToFileName[{$HomeDirectory, "MathBackups"}]];
      filename =  StringJoin[
        StringReplace[(WindowTitle /. AbsoluteOptions[thisnb]),
         s_ ~~ ".nb" -> s], "_",
          StringJoin[ToString /@ Round /@ Rest[Date[]]], ".nb"];
      Export[ToFileName[{$HomeDirectory, "MathBackups"}, filename],
       DeleteCases[NotebookGet[thisnb], Cell[_, "Output", ___],  
Infinity]]
      ] ] ] ] ]

(Button is new to 6, but the function inside Button should work fine  
in 5.2.)

I've got a version of this that runs automatically every 15 minutes  
(you can change the interval, of course). Anyone who's interested  
should let me know.

Selwyn Hollis

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: Bare Bones Backup Button
    • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>

• References:
  • Re: Re: v6: still no multiple undo?
    • From: "Barthelet, Luc" <lucb@ea.com>
  • Re: Re: Re: v6: still no multiple undo?
    • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz@mimuw.edu.pl>
  • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: v6: still no multiple undo?
    • From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob@bigfoot.com>