Changing autoBackup storage location

If you really mean that the storage is at the 'root; of the vps the path would be only '/backups' if you ssh in as root and do 'cd /backups' and that lands you in the spot then that is the right path. Problem may arrive if you do not have permission for web scripts to go outside the base directory .. google 'php open_basedir' for more information.

If you have changed the backup directory setting in the admin option > General Settings > Backup & Restore should be pointing to where you redirect the backups.

Hi Larry,

Many thanks for the prompt response. I have just logged in via SSH and when I type cd /backups I am indeed taken to the right location. So I have changed the code in line 23 to be as follows:

$GLOBALS['AUTOBACKUP_DIR']    = ('/backups');

However, when I view the location of the backups under "Backup & Restore" in General Settings it still says, "Create a backup file in /data/backups/", which is not the correct location.

Do you know if there is somewhere else in the code that I need to update the location?

Also, do you know how I can manually run the backup script so it stores a dump? When I try and visit the script's URL through my browser I just receive an error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function addAction() in /home/myaccount/public_html/cmsAdmin/plugins/autoBackup/autoBackup.php on line 27

Thank you for your kind help.

Regards,

Greg

My bad manual backup seems to be pretty much hardcoded .. not to same spot as auto.

You can't run the autobackup the way you are trying, if I am reading the code right, simply delete the files in /backups and load cmsBuilder and it will do it again, it seems to check if the files are there and if they need refreshing will re-do.

Just wanted to jump in here and let anyone else following along that we've taken this into consulting as it looks like the change needs to be hardcoded into the plugin. I'll update the thread again once we've had a chance to think this one through.

Thanks!

Hi Greg,

Just sent you an email but wanted to update the thread as well.

Auto Backup 1.04 will be released next week and fixes the handling of custom autobackup directory.

When it is available, it can be downloaded under "My Pruchases" here:

http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/my_purchases.php

Thanks again for bringing this to my attention.