Only run backup within timeframe

[drwtsn32]

To do this you either need to use a pre-backup script or an alternate scheduler. Here’s an example of how to do it with a script:

Feature request: Better scheduling with Duplicati

Here’s an example cmd script that uses the error codes mentioned in @ts678’s post above. I know it isn’t as pretty as if Duplicati’s scheduler had this built in, but it should work. This checks the current hour and only runs the backup if it’s between 8 and 18. Could be made more robust to handle weekdays/weekends differently. @echo off for /f "tokens=1 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set _hour=%%a) if %_hour% lss 8 goto nobackup if %_hour% gtr 18 goto nobackup exit 0 :nobackup exit 1 …