Change name of forum backup file

[criscokid]

I've got the following line in backup.php
print_input_row($vbphrase['path_and_file_to_save_backup_to'], 'filename', 'E:\Backups\forums\forumbackup-' . vbdate(str_replace(array('\\', '/', ' '), '', $vboptions['dateformat']), TIMENOW) . '.sql', 0, 60);

which if used today would create:
E:\Backups\forums\forumbackup-28thJanuary2005.sql

I'd like to change this so that the backup file names are stored in a better order of
E:\Backups\scene-OUT.com\forums\forumbackup-20050128.sql

If that's not possible then I'll settle for E:\Backups\scene-OUT.com\forums\forumbackup-2005January28.sql

[Steve Machol]

Sorry, I don't understand the question. Please explain.

Also please note the only reliable method of backing up and restoring a database is with shell access via telnet or ssh. Please see the instructions here:

Backup:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/maintenance_ssh_backup

Restore:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/maintenance_ssh_restore

This is because backing up with a PHP script like that in the Admin CP or phpMyAdmin can result in PHP timeouts errors and an incomplete backup file.

[criscokid]

Using backup.php today the 'dateformat' field produces '28thJanuary2005' which is used to create filename: E:\Backups\forums\forumbackup-28thJanuary2005.sql

I'd like to use the date in numerical format: 20050128 to create E:\Backups\forums\forumbackup-20050128.sql

[Steve Machol]

You can manually type in whatever name you want when making the backup.