Cobian Reflector • Sleep during backup file delete

I have switched from Cobian Backup to Reflector. CB did exactly what I want. I switched because I like shiny new things.

I have CR set to ...
CR is backing up six folders to a NAS and creates six folders that each contain a full backup every Sunday. Every other day, CR creates six differential folders that contain either absolutely nothing (when no files in the source have changed) or files that have changed.

"Ignore empty directories" is ticked on in the Task under Advanced.
"Never ignore empty folders in full backups" is not ticked in Options.
"Do not delete the final directory if empty" is not ticked in Options.
"Save empty backups" is not ticked in Options.
"Prevent sleeping" is ticked on in Options.

When CR runs a full backup ...
CR attempts to delete the folders containing the full backups
CR does not keep the computer awake while deleting old backup folders.
CR does not delete the folders containing the differential copies.
CR does not produce a reliable log of folders that have been deleted.

I can fix all these problems by upgrading to Cobian Backup ... but ... is there a reliable way to get Reflector to keep the computer awake and automatically delete old full and differential backups?

Statistics: Posted by Graham — 06 Jan 2025, 13:58

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