Computing.Net - Findig Changed Files

Subject: Findig Changed Files

Original Message

Name: Dman65
Date: April 8, 2008 at 05:05:14 Pacific
Subject: Findig Changed Files
OS: Windows NT 4.0
CPU/Ram: Various

Comment:

I am wondering if anyone knows if there is an API call or something that can be setup in Windows NT 4.0 where the system can be made to proactively communicate files that have changed.
I have a system that includes a couple thousand directories with a few hundred files in each one. Very few of the files change on a daily basis, but currently to back them up I have to go through each individual file and test it's last update date against the date and time the last backup process began. That takes over 25 minutes currently. I would like for the system to either write the names of changed files to a log or call a program whenever a file is changed so it can be backed up immediately so I can have a running backup.

Report Offensive Message For Removal

Response Number 1

Name: wanderer
Date: April 8, 2008 at 09:14:09 Pacific
Subject: Findig Changed Files

Reply: (edit)

Ever heard of a differential backup?
http://www.riskythinking.com/glossa...
ntbackup can do this automatically instead of you manually doing it.
Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal

Response Number 2

Name: Dman65
Date: April 8, 2008 at 10:17:11 Pacific
Subject: Findig Changed Files

Reply: (edit)

Yes, a differential backup is what I am doing. Only the backed up files are compressed and encrypted and electronically sent off site. But I am spending a lot of system resources checking last modification dates on files. I am looking for some type of logging capability where the system would keep a running log of the files that have changed so instead of checking the time stamps on thousands of files I can just compress and encrypt the ones that appear in the log.

Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal