Other Help Topics :: Backup / Restore

I don't know if there is, apart from building a myDSL extension instead of using restore. It's essentially the same, except there is no automatic creation and overwriting of the backup file when you shut down.
Personally I have been trying, at least recently, to leave user configs out of extensions i build so there would be no overwriting. If an application wants a personal config in $HOME and doesn't automatically create one, a wrapper can be made to check for the presence of that file....seems to be a little less presumptuous that way, as far as i 'm concerned.

EDIT: Perhaps Robert might be interested in the possibility of including a toggle to the backup gui, something like "rename old backup", which could set a variable or add another line to /opt/.backup_device. filetool could check for this and move backup.tar.gz to backup.bak....or something like that. Just a thought.

original here.