jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

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jabuTBackup
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Re: jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

#46 Post by jabuTBackup »

Hello again.

Just a little report about what's happening right now.
The changelog has grown from 9 up to 49 now. There are 7 things added, 32 improvements and 9 fixes.
Normally I wanted to stay on main version 10. But the improvements and changes are so heavy - they allow me to pass to version 11 - I think.

A few Icons have been changed too to make the program look a little bit more modern. This little menu icons have changed at multiple places.
I'll never make jaBuT backup look like a "Windows 8/10"-App - this is for sure. I just wanted a few new Icons - that's the background.
The update is coming this evening finally!
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Re: jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

#47 Post by jabuTBackup »

jaBuT Backup version 11.0.46 has been released!
This is the performance update!

If you encounter bugs or some kind of unexpected behaviour please share it with me.

Download : http://jabut.de/download#download
Changelog: http://jabut.de/en/changelog#v1146

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#48 Post by FileHandler »

After running a series of tests and actual backups with real data:
- the core functionality seems to work nicely, at least for basic backup and syncing scenarios
- I still encounter problems with some commandline switches, but can't elaborate on that right now
- Exiting the application still has its challenges, not sure if it's just me and my settings, killing it via TaskMananger seems the only really reliable way

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#49 Post by jabuTBackup »

- Exiting the application still has its challenges, not sure if it's just me and my settings, killing it via TaskMananger seems the only really reliable way
Can you tell me what you did just before?
- did you start a profile?
-- if yes: is it preparing or running? which mode and how many files round about?
- is the profile maybe sending re e-mail-report (this blocks the exiting for about 10 seconds)

I have found a possible problem which has been fixed just a few minutes ago.
The problem was: the GUI has never been reset after cancelling a profile preparation or the profile run.
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Re: jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

#50 Post by FileHandler »

Thanks for responding so quickly.
For starters and to keep things simple - when I dbl-click jaBut.exe to open the interface, then without taking any action just try to exit again, it won't do that. No matter whether I click the X in the upper right corner, or via the File menu.

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#51 Post by jabuTBackup »

when I dbl-click jaBut.exe to open the interface, then without taking any action just try to exit again, it won't do that.
Do you close the program directly after opening?

I have an idea but I am not sure.
When starting the program it creates a JumpList (see the picture below).
Maybe there is an incompatibility with your system and the creation "crashes" without error.

I will investigate this!
Are you using Windows 10? Until now I can not recreate this error neither with Windows 7 nor Windows 10.
Another good information can give the file "exceptions.dat" inside the directory "jabuT" (it's where the profiles are etc).

Information:
I have taken offline the new update for a few hours today.
I will release a new one (version 11.0.46.3937) today.
The new update can be downloaded - as always - through the updater or from the website.

Post edit: the new update is not coming today unfortunately. But this week - for sure. This time the update needs to be perfect.
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Re: jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

#52 Post by FileHandler »

Win7, no time to try it on another OS atm
I open the interface to see what profiles I have, then I exit - without running a profile.
There is no exceptions.dat in the jaBut subfolder. All I get is warning on next startup that jaBut was not closed properly the last time around.

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#53 Post by jabuTBackup »

Interesting and a little bit strange.
You do not need to try on another OS, don't worry =)

Can you maybe try something else?
- Could you rename your "jaBut" folder (where the profiles.dat file is inside) and start jaBuT.exe again?
-- If there is no error, one of the files is corrupt or has a faulty entry.

There isn't a exceptions.log? This can be good or bad. Depends on the test above.

If the file is really corrupt or if it has faulty settings, could you send it to me or post it here if it's the settings.dat file?

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#54 Post by ozziguy »

Really nice program but when editing a profile it can't be saved unless all green ticks, which means a field in an unticked section must be edited even if you don't want to or need to

It would also be good if it backed up all timestamps (Modified, Created, Accessed)

Thanks

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#55 Post by FileHandler »

jabut-backup wrote: Can you maybe try something else?
- Could you rename your "jaBut" folder (where the profiles.dat file is inside) and start jaBuT.exe again?
-- If there is no error, one of the files is corrupt or has a faulty entry.
Renamed the jaBut subfolder. Restarted the app. No error, but ofc I have to start over from scratch. Exiting works fine. May just try to copy some profiles over from the old jaBut subfolder.
Thanks.

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Re: jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

#56 Post by jabuTBackup »

Thank you for your settings-file!

the problem has been found.

The line
- showexitdlg=0
is not working in the new version.

Temporarily and unfortunately until the new update you need to change this to =1 to get the exiting working.
The problem has been fixed and will be available in the new update.

The new update will still be version 10.0.46 - just another build number.

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Re: jaBuT - a flexible back-up and sync program

#57 Post by I am Baas »

Wanted to test JaBuT but nothing to download.
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#58 Post by jabuTBackup »

Hey,

don't worry. The download will be available very soon again. I needed to take it offline because of some serious bugs I didn't see before.

I think this evening (means in a few hours) I can put it online again because I fixed everything I think.
The changelog has grown from 49 up to 59 now so I think I fixed and repaired everything.

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#59 Post by jabuTBackup »

Hello everyone,

the new fixed version 46 has been released. Everything should be fixed and working now.
This is the "Performance update" with huge speed improvements.

The update can be downloaded, as usual, from the website or through the updater.

Download : http://jabut.de/download#download
Changelog: http://jabut.de/en/changelog#v1146

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#60 Post by jabuTBackup »

Little information:
the new update version 47 was scheduled for this evening.

I think I will release it this week-end instead because I got some nice feedback with improvements which I would like to implement for this version.

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