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Re: Backup

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On Sat, 6/7/2025 6:10 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-06-07 22:38, Alan K. wrote:
>> On 6/7/25 6:23 AM, pablito wrote:
>>> Is it possible to configure TB to do an automatic backup at a certain time ?
>>> TNX
>> As for backup, as others have said, a simple batch file will suffice for TB.
>> Then if you get one working the way you want it, just put it in the scheduler.
>>
>> You could maybe go as far as killing TB as part of that batch file?
>>      taskkill /IM "thunderbird.exe" /F
> 
> Careful. He could be composing an email and it be destroyed.
> 

Yes.

Don't use the /F unless there is a way of determining draft windows
are not open.

I tested with Notepad.exe , to see what happens if there
are edits in a window about to be lost. If you do this

   taskkill /IM "notepad.exe"

then it will ask whether you want to save the changes.

If you do this

   taskkill /IM "notepad.exe" /F

the changes are lost. Other files may not get
put away properly. The database journal files will be
left behind.

That's the thing about graceful changes, it gives a signal handler
an opportunity to "clean up". And that behavior is not convenient
to deal with. The programs need an option to "save my changes
in a temp file", to automate a graceful exit.

   Paul

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Backup pablito <abc@abc.bom> - 2025-06-07 12:23 +0200
  Re: Backup NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-06-07 09:10 -0700
    Re: Backup "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-07 21:01 +0100
      Re: Backup Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-07 18:00 -0400
      Re: Backup NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-06-08 21:03 -0700
        Re: Backup Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-09 00:39 -0400
          Re: Backup "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-09 11:52 +0100
            Re: Backup Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-09 14:09 -0400
    Re: Backup Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-07 16:04 -0400
  Re: Backup "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2025-06-07 09:22 -0700
  Re: Backup "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-06-07 16:38 -0400
    Re: Backup "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-08 00:10 +0200
      Re: Backup Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-07 18:20 -0400
        Re: Backup "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-06-07 18:29 -0400
        Re: Backup Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-06-08 04:21 +0100
          Re: Backup Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-08 00:13 -0400

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