Is there an easy batch script/program I can get to run fairly regularly to create a version of a document I’m working on?
I want to keep daily versions of my thesis (as I start writing it) and other important uni documents as I change them and I don’t want to use Syncback as it locks them down in a propertary format.
could knock you up a unix shell script easily enough… or is this windoze based ? 
Windows based.
Trouble is it’s easy in linux (I’d use a script similiar to that find and tar one you helped me with).
Maybe a Perl script that copies the file and renames the output with a ‘yyyymmdd’ (based on the system clock) as part of the file name. Put in Scheduled Tasks, and it should run like a cron job.
use a source hosting solution such as unfuddle - they have a free account that you get hosted SVN or CVS with some limitations but will suit you for your needs. Always nice to have it backed up elsewhere as well 
DT.
Hmm Why not just make a bat file to copy work folder to folder with today’s date as the name. This why you have it backed up, and in order, and can go back to X date if needed.
Hard Drives are cheap enough to handle this or even a big USB STICK…ok just my two cents…
smartsvn = free
unfuddle = free
DT.
[QUOTE=STEP2000;439750]Hmm Why not just make a bat file to copy work folder to folder with today’s date as the name. This why you have it backed up, and in order, and can go back to X date if needed.
Hard Drives are cheap enough to handle this or even a big USB STICK…ok just my two cents…[/QUOTE]
Thats similiar to what I want. - However the issue I have, I don’t know how I can find only the changed files with a batch script.
Those SVN repositories seem good DT but I’ve no idea how to work them! Just had a look and I need to use svn import to send data to them?
install smartsvn
add a new project and use the url given to you by unfuddle.
Then all you need to do is open smartsvn and comitt your document when you want to take a version.
I might be simplifying it a touch, but there are loads of help files on unfuddle to get you started. SVN in my opinion is the best version control server, I run three different unfuddles that are paid for versions (consultancy) and we have our own subversion server at work with raid backups and a ticket system (trac). If I’m honest, unfuddle is trac with a much simpler and cleaner interface.
All I’m saying is that there are version control systems that are a heck of a lot easier to use than they used to be, so try out unfuddle 
DT.
Am I missing something here?
I did as you said, commited 2 files, then changed the files on my local PC then comitted them again. However I can only acess the current copies. It’s like it updated the file on the server without making a copy.
Also as it’s a manual process (however I’ve had a quick look and there’s a SVN.exe for Windows, I can write a script I guess.)
What format are these documents. If it’s a Word document, can you not write a VB script to save as different filename with date and time on exit?
It is word but it is also things such as a bib file (my bibliography, managed in Jabref) and other bits.
That and I know sod all VB 
However VB can be run as scheduled task cant it? That way I could try and write a standalone VB script.
tortoise svn and smartsvn both have explorer integrations, and to view different versions in svn, browse repository and enter a different version number
DT.
Sorted, cheers
EDIT:
Soltuion is a mix of DT’s and Syncback - I forgot in Syncback I can set variables. So the local cop searches for files changed in the last day and copies them to a folder in V:\Versions%DATE%