Cloud backup directory needs work

[multibit-legacy]

Cloud backup directory needs work

[gary-rowe]

Changed the title to avoid having to create a similar issue. We need an addition to the Tools | Edit Wallet wizard to allow a retroactive addition/modification to the cloud directory.

[jim618]

I have added a cloud backup directory file picker on the Edit Wallet screen.

It works EXCEPT for: If user selects file chooser and presses cancel, the file location gets cleared. Then if the user clicks finish this wipes the setting in the yaml.

[jim618]

Ready for review and closing

[owen-kellie-smith]

I've got the cloud backup folder set to /home/owen/Dropbox but I can't see anything to do with multibit in /home/owen/Dropbox. Should I see a backup file or something?

[jim618]

There are 3 sets of backups made at different times as follows:

1. Rolling backup. Copy of the wallet only, timestamped.
   First backup made @ 2 mins after startup. Every subsequent 2 mins.
   The last 4 rolling backups are stored.
2. Local backups of everything in the wallet directory (except the block chain).
   Stored in "zip-backups" in the wallet directory.
   First backup made @ 2 mins after startup. Every subsequent 10 mins.
   Note that the rolling backups are also stored in the zip backups.
3. Cloud backups. This is the identical file as in 2). copied to the cloud backup location.
   First backup made @ 2 mins after startup. Every subsequent 30 mins.

The cloud backups are less frequent so as not to use up too much bandwidth of the user, forever trying to sync the backups.

As long as the user keeps MBHD open for 2 minutes they will have at least one rolling backup, zip backup and cloud backup created.

(The numbers can be changed - current ones are a balance of the different uses of the backups, bandwidth, disk writing etc)

[owen-kellie-smith]

I've had wallet open for 13 mins

with Cloud folder set

but there's no sign of anything in backup folder

[owen-kellie-smith]

(Ubuntu) update: backup was made to cloud folder about 35 mins after wallet was opened.

[jim618]

That's interesting - the cloud backup is every thirty mins so it must have not written the first one for some reason.

I'll put in some more diagnostics I think

[owen-kellie-smith]

Looks OK now (on Ubuntu).

First cloud backup just came in 2 mins after wallet was opened. Wallet was opened at 3:17 and backup was made at 3:19.

[jim618]

Looks ok so closing