# Backup of programs

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083 "2022-11-17T06:16:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mikel.cinza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/mikel.cinza/32/2457_2.png) [@mikel.cinza](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mikel.cinza)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083/1 "2022-11-17T06:16:18Z")

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I have a robot connected to my local net.  
I have also a server PC.  
How can I do backup of the robots programs directly to the server?  
Can I use a button on my machine to do that?

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**Author:** ![m.hammerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@m.hammerton](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/m.hammerton)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083/2 "2022-11-17T07:59:22Z")

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Mikel.cinza,  
You need to use FTP.  
I use Filezilla to backup my UR5e’s but any FTP program should work. (I’ve even done it with a Windows batch file)

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**Author:** ![mikel.cinza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/mikel.cinza/32/2457_2.png) [@mikel.cinza](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mikel.cinza)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083/3 "2022-11-17T08:21:35Z")

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Thank you, but I know this way.  
I need to do that without a PC.  
I need to do the backup directly from robot to server.  
Can I modify linux to see a network route when I save de program?

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**Author:** ![m.hammerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@m.hammerton](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/m.hammerton)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083/4 "2022-11-17T08:28:07Z")

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I imagine you could do a Cron Job to automatically backup the Robot and copy it to a network location.  
I’m not a linux expert so you’d have to do a bit of digging on the Internet to find a solution that works for you.

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**Author:** ![eric.feldmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@eric.feldmann](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/eric.feldmann)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/backup-of-programs/25083/5 "2022-11-17T13:29:43Z")

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Plug in a keyboard and type Ctrl+Alt+F1 to access the terminal. The username is “root” and the password is"easybot"  
After that you’re pretty much free to go to town. can run a cp programs/ path/to/network/drive/ and be good to go I’d imagine