<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> <div><div>"would it also be possible to simply backup all the Journal to USB drives or a network share and then give each pupil a copy of their backup? Would they be able to extract files into standard formats?"</div><div><br></div><div>Hi,</div></div><div><br></div><div>This activity: <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4326">http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4326</a></div><div><br></div><div>Make a backup of the Journal entries...</div><div><br></div><div>The process is make an .tar.gz of all entries and save in a folder into an usb: /backup/SN###### (SN#... is the serial of the XO)</div><div><br></div><div>With this, you can make some backups in the same pendrive...</div><div><br></div><div>The twin activity: Restore: <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4327">http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4327</a></div><div><br></div><div>Decompress the .tar.gz into the journal again...</div><div><br></div><div>If you decompress the .tar.gz the files are in the format of the journal.. With luck, you find the file</div><div>that you search and change the extension and you get the file..</div><div><br></div><div>Regards!</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div>PD: in ourt Uruguayan image.. Dextrosa.. The backup/restore are functions that appears in the Journal.. </div><div>I think that is the same script that this activities had..</div> </div></body> </html>