Directory Tree Options
Entire Structure | This option ensures that DataArmour copies the entire source files
directory structure to the destination folder. This is best demonstrated in an
example: Your source directory is: "c:\my documents\letters" and you have a rule which backs up all files with a ".DOC" extension. You specify that the Entire structure is to backed up by DataArmour with the destination folder as "A:\backup". As the example there are two files called resume.doc and readme.doc. DataArmour will copy all ".DOC" files from the source folder and replicate
the entire structure of the source folder into the destination folder. As a result
the destination will look like this: |
Some structure, grouped by drive/unc | This option causes DataArmour to reduce the source directory structure
down to the lowest common path for all rules. Once again, this is best demonstrated
by an example of a backup item with a single rule. Example 1: DataArmour will examine the full path of the files being backed up, in this case "c:\my documents\letters".
DataArmour examines every source file and path and removes what is called the
"common prefix" of the path. Eg: Each file looks like this:
This is a simple example, with only one rule. A more complicated example is given below, illustrating a single rule, with subdirectories. Example 2: When DataArmour starts the backup, the files will look like this:
DataArmour examines the files and determines that the common
prefix is "c:\my documents\letters\". It
will now copy files to the destination, which will look like this: Example 3: When DataArmour starts the backup, the files look like this: |