Different File Size between SQLBackupAndFTP and manually Download

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Today I tried the SQLHackupAndFTP-Software for Backingup my local mediawiki. It’s working fine and i get my downloads without problems.

But i detect a big difference in the filesizes between the files which was backupped automatically with SQLHackupAndFTP (~14.000KB and ~15.000KB) and the other manually downloaded file (~28.000KB and ~29.000KB).

Settings:
Server Type: MySQL (phpMyAdmin)
Advanced backup settings: Checked both (Full and Folder)

I download manually from phpMyAdmin, with as custom export with zip-compression.

  1. Why arent the filesizes equal? Does this have any effects if i need to restore my Wiki from backup?

Other Questions:
2. Is there a possibility to change the backuppath automatically?
3. is there a possibility to start the software (and execute backup) with cmd?

2

Hello,

SQLBackupAndFTP compresses backups, however, we stopped supporting phpMyAdmin due to frequent anomalies in its operation. We do not recommend using connections through phpMyAdmin; use this option at your own risk.

Regarding your question about running a backup job from the command line, yes you can do it, please find more details here: How to run SQLBackupAndFTP v11 from a command line | SQLBackupAndFTP's blog

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Thank you.