This is a simple console app in C# for backing up a directory as specified in the app.config file.

I use it to backup my Quicken files to a folder on Dropbox.

Couldn't I have just done this with a .bat script? Yep. But I didn't, so deal with it.

Ultimately, I would like this app to be a replacement for a Carbonite-type backup solution, beacause I have gotten weary of paying for these types of services. They still don't do everything that I want for the money that I am willing to pay.

Change the app.config file settings to match your source and destination directories:

<add key="sourceFolder" value="YourSourceFolderGoesHere"/>
<add key="detinationFolder" value="YourDestinationFolderGoesHere"/>
<!--Values for the following are either "files" or "folder"-->
<add key ="filesOrFolder" value="files"/>
<!--If above key is "files", the following key is a comma delimited list of file names to backup.-->
<add key="fileNames" value="FileName1.txt,FileName2.xlsx"/>

Compile the source to an executable and copy the .exe and .config files from the project bin folder.

I find it useful to setup a Windows scheduled task to run this .exe every night.

• Read-in source and destination directories from a database or xml file, so that multiple directories can be backed-up in one run.
• Add capability to specify multiple directories to backup.
• Add a GUI for specifying folders and/or files to backup.
• I also like the idea of using Azure storage or Amazon S3 as the backup destination, rather than a traditional file system.