The purpose of the tool is to download online BUGtrack account data to the local machine for backup/off-line view purposes. Using this tool you may schedule regular incremental backups to your local computer to completely automate backup process.
Of course, we continue running global database backups daily as we normally do, so this backup tool is only needed to comply with some companies' policies when it is absolutely necessary to keep the local copy.
BUGtrack backup tool is provided "as-is" and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 is required to run the tool.
Follow the link to download and unzip the executable: btbackup.zip
Run the executable from the command line and supply at least 3 arguments: license host, user name and password. We would recommend to run CMD mode and copy / paste the command string with the parameters there as in this case the command window won't disappear immediately in case if you messed with the parameters.
Here is an example of minimal command string:
C:\btbackup\btbackup.exe -l=mycompany.bugtrack.net -u=admin -p=***** -v
Substitute values following equal sign for -l, -u and -p with your license host name, administrators user name and password. -v (verbose) parameter instructs btbackup to produce progress report.
The tool scans all active projects in the BUGtrack license for changed records since last tool run and writes the changed data into HTML format. File attachments are also downloaded. As the tool operates in the context of the user account passed in the command line, thus, to perform full backup the account should have access to all bugs. No modification rights are required as no changes will be performed on the BUGtrack license data during the backup process.
The data will be backed up to the "current" folder unless an optional "-folder" parameter is specified.
You may also set current folder using "cd" command within the command mode.
A command window will stay open until the backup is complete. You may cancel the process at any time by pressing CTRL+C. Backup will continue from the right place next time as it saves the "last download" info in the index.xml file. If this file is missing, the backup will start from the very beginning.
You may run btbackup.exe from the command mode without arguments to see quick help:
btbackup options:
-license=license - license host (required)
-user=user - BUGtrack admin's login (required)
-password=password - BUGtrack admin's password (required)
-folder=folder - full or relative folder name (default: current folder)
-xsl=xsl - full or relative path to XSL file (default: html.xsl)
-proJect=project - perform backup on a single project
-debug=bug# - fetches bug with specified number for XSL debugging
-verbose - display progress messages (default: off)
You may abbreviate options to a single letter.
Following options are used to connect via proxy server (experimental):
-ps=server Specifies server name to connect
-pu=username Supplies credentials for proxies
-pp=password that require authentication
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