Daily back-up file from System Library

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Daily back-up file from System Library Mon May 21, 2012 2:08 am • by Scooter-IT
I am want to copy a back-up file that is daily generated by a CRM application that is stored in a folder in the system library.

Simply want to copy the new file to drop-box to have a disaster proof off site back-up of the client data.

I am new to Hazel. My attempts with Automator failed. Any help is very well appreciated !!!!

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Re: Daily back-up file from System Library Mon May 21, 2012 11:24 am • by Mr_Noodle
Have Hazel monitor the folder containing the file, set up a rule to match that file and copy it. I'm not sure where you are getting stuck so if you could provide more info, that would be helpful.
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Re: Daily back-up file from System Library Sun May 27, 2012 11:51 pm • by ecormany
Hazel could copy the files into your Dropbox folder, but unless you really want two local copies, why not just put a symlink to the folder inside your Dropbox?

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Re: Daily back-up file from System Library Mon May 28, 2012 10:37 pm • by alexande
Mr_Noodle wrote:Have Hazel monitor the folder containing the file, set up a rule to match that file and copy it. I'm not sure where you are getting stuck so if you could provide more info, that would be helpful.

Yes,that's right.
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Re: Daily back-up file from System Library Thu May 31, 2012 1:27 am • by Scooter-IT
Sorry for my late reply, I was traveling:

Here is the folder structure from the Mac Mini Server running 10.6.8:

HD > Library > ST > Frontbase > Backups > STX.fb

The STX.fb folder receives a daily backup from the CRM database. Witch is a approximately 145MB compressed file. All I want to do is to have a copy of the STX.fb folder with the daily generated new file on Drop Box.

Sounds all simple but I can't get it to work. Any suggestions????
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Re: Daily back-up file from System Library Thu May 31, 2012 4:51 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Please read the troubleshooting article stickied in the support forum and report back with more details about how it is not working.
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