Toucan

I have two syn scripts I run in Toucan

I select the script tab.
I click on the dropdown window.
I select the first script I want to run.
The script populates the window and is highlighted from beginning to end.
(This is not normal from version 3.0.4)
The script runs as is or it will run when I click on the window and the highlight goes away.

Next, I click on the dropdown window and select the second script to run.
The script is added to the previous script in the window and is highlighted. The existing script is no longer highlighted.

When I used version 2 the following script was in the help file and worked just fine for my needs.

Delete "E:\Backup-5.zip"
Rename "E:\Backup-4.zip" "E:\Backup-5.zip"
Rename "E:\Backup-3.zip" "E:\Backup-4.zip"
Rename "E:\Backup-2.zip" "E:\Backup-3.zip"
Rename "E:\Backup-1.zip" "E:\Backup-2.zip"
Backup "RotationBackupJob"

Now that I'm using version 3, the script fails after the first line with the following error.

Cannot run lua file: [string "Delete "E:\Backup-5.zip"..."]:2: '' expected near '\'

Hello, I am new to Toucan. I want to use Toucan to workaround an issue with Microsoft Skydrive. I have setup a local drive which is mapped to Skydrive. The problem is that Skydrive does not allow uploading files with any extensions. example I cannot upload a file named "toto.js". However I can rename the file to "toto.js.txt" upload it to skydrive and then rename it back (on the destination drive) to its original name "toto.js". I wonder if we can make a script with Toucan to do that on all files in a given folder and sub-folders. Thank you.

Hello!

A beginner, I am having problems with Toucan merging folders with subfolders. For example, I want to merge two main folders--my current main UserName and the corresponding folder from my old computer:

Source Folder: C:\Users\UserName\OldComputer\UserName
Destination Folder: C:\Users\UserName

However, when I "run" Toucan sync using the graphical user interface and the "move" function, I receive a completion report, but the two folders (i.e. Source and Destination) remain unchanged.

How do I get Toucan to merge my folders?

Thank you for any suggestions.

In successive differential backups, certain unchanged files are backed up in each run. The date, size, and CRC of the files are identical according to 7-zip.

For example, the same 400MB VirtualBox .vdi file keeps getting saved in every differential backup. Immediately after the original BaseFile.7z was created, Toucan was working correctly and was ignoring this file. As soon as the file changed, all subsequent differential backups have included a copy of this file even though it has stopped changing. (Virtualbox is not running).

First, let me say that I think Toucan is great! My un-compressed folder of 'synched' backup files went from 300+MB to ~100MB.

Second, I have been searching the support forums and the help files for answers but haven't found all of the answers to my questions. So I apologize up front if I didn't see that my questions have already been asked and answered.

Given:

• Toucan PE version 3.0.4 running from C:\PortableApps folder
• Windows 2000 SP4, with Admin permissions

Greetings Steve

First i thank you for your wonderful application

If i may suggest few improvement to you

1.Prior file versions would be very nice (versioning)...
2.Realtime sync ie when file is changed sync it!!! if this is possible i can finally remove dropbox
3.if Realtime sync is not possible integrated Scheduling not relying on Windows schedule maybe it is already possible with scripts...
4.Port to linux would be nice but it seems that Wine version is working at least for me
5.Locked files syncing

Thanks

Hi folks,

Newbie with Toucan (3.1 pre 4) - have followed the docs in relation to setting up a backup job, as follows:

- Content: Multiple files and folders from several locations on C: drive
- Backup Location: \\HDA\chickey\Backups\DailyBackup-@date@--@time@.zip
- Type: Complete
- Format: Have tried all as part of troubleshooting but selected 7zip
- All others are at default (Compression, Other)
- No rules created/used
- Files to Backup: Full list of the required/expected files to be backed up are displayed

The only issue I have with Toucan (or any program of this kind) is that files retain their filename when encrypted. This tells anyone looking at the files what sort of file it is, regardless of whether or not they can access it.

I am totally new to Toucan but found it really useful in getting an external HDD mirrored to another. What I need now is to be able to perform an automatic backup every weekend, and will need to scale this over multiple HDDs(this is a longer term issue).

I went through the forum, but would love to have a primer wherein I can create a batch file to run a saved job on a schedule. I have zero knowledge of Lua but can hash up something with some help. Thanks.