Help Creating a Task to Automate Daily File Backup

[likelydapper]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to RoboTask and looking for help creating an automated task that backs up a specific folder to an external drive every day at a set time. I’d like the task to:

Check if the external drive is connected

Copy new or modified files from my source folder

Skip files that haven’t changed

Log the process (success or failure)

I’ve looked through the documentation but could really use some step-by-step guidance. Any help or sample task flows would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Oleg]

Check if the external drive is connected

You can check root folder or any key folder on this disk
for example {FolderExists(I:\)}
This expression returns TRUE if the disk is mounted and the root folder I:\ exists.
Otherwise, it returns FALSE

Also take a look at complete list of system variables
Use menu Options->Variables to see this list in RoboTask

Copy new or modified files from my source folder
Skip files that haven’t changed

Use Synchronize Folders action
This action does exactly what you ask. In addition, the action preserves the folder structure.

Log the process (success or failure)

You can see necessary information in the task log

Algorithm will be like this:

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If {FolderExists(I:\)} then
   Synchonize folders
else
   Log message "Disk is not attached"
end if

[Wastathim]

Are you planning to run this even if the computer is asleep or shut down? I had some trouble with that before and needed to use Task Scheduler alongside RoboTask.

[Anthona]

Is there a way to set up email notifications if the backup process fails or if the external drive is not connected?
Thank you!

[Oleg]

Make the task like this:

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If not {FolderExists(I:\)} then
   send email
end if

Use Send email action
This task will send email if specified folder does not exist