by Ryan Panning.
I finally ran it again (first run took 8.5 hours) and you're right on the modified thing. Now I get a bunch that say (Not modified in the past 3 days). That option is misleading in my opinion. To me the modified date is something the course should know, has nothing to do with backups. It's like saying you can't look at the modified date on a file because it hasn't been backed up yet.. The "Skip courses not modified since previous backup" option is logical though.
Why backup to an alternative location? The course location make it easy for teachers to find, keeping everything contained in Moodle.
Thanks