database backup

[bretkennedy]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

am using whatsize to determine disk size on my hard drive. i have come across a database file that is in the following directory. /Users/bretkennedy/Documents/Microsoft User Dataoffice 2008 identities. there are 2 folders. main identity, and main identity backup(with a date it was done) now the backup holds a database file that is 3gig+, yet my normal identity file is only 568 odd meg.

my question is, is it safe to remove the backup, to free up more space? or is it still referenced during usage... i did have an issue about a month back with a database error in enterouge, and fixed it via database repair, so i am assuming that the old version, is the bad one.

any advice would be great
bret

 

[Diane Ross]

my question is, is it safe to remove the backup, to free up more space? or is
it still referenced during usage... i did have an issue about a month back
with a database error in enterouge, and fixed it via database repair, so i am
assuming that the old version, is the bad one.

You can delete this backup IF you are satisfied that you are actually using
the new database. Move the rebuild Identity to the desktop and rename it.
Now launch Entourage. Are you still in the new Identity? If yes, delete the
rebuild Identity.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

You can delete this backup IF you are satisfied that you are actually using
the new database. Move the rebuild Identity to the desktop and rename it.
Now launch Entourage. Are you still in the new Identity? If yes, delete the
rebuild Identity.

the following script will show you which database is currently in use by
opening a finder window and selecting the current file. It will work for
Office 2004 & 2008:

-- Show Current Database v1.0 (2008-10-12)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:[email protected]>
-- Opens a Finder window and selects the databse file currently in use
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details


tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set mudFolder to (path to MUD as Unicode text)
if version begins with "12" then
set idFolder to "Office 2008 Identities:"
else
set idFolder to "Office 2004 Identities:"
end if
set targetFolder to (mudFolder & idFolder & name of current identity
& ":") as alias
end tell
tell application "Finder"
activate
open folder targetFolder
select file "Database" of targetFolder
end tell

 

[Diane Ross]

the following script will show you which database is currently in use by
opening a finder window and selecting the current file. It will work for
Office 2004 & 2008:

Download link:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/scripts/barry/Show_Current_Database
..zip>