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title: Adding extra files to a backup
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weight: 1
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---
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The package ships with a BackupManifestWasCreated event that enables you to add additional files to the backup zip file.
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When backup process starts, the package will create a manifest of all file that are selected for backup. Once the manifest has been created, a zip file is made containing all the files in the manifest. The zip file will be copied to the backup destinations you configured.
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However, if you have cases where you need to add additional files to a particular backup, you can do so, between the creation of the manifest and the creation of the zip file.
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Right after the manifest is created and **before** the zip file is created the `Spatie\Backup\Events\BackupManifestWasCreated` event is fired. This is what is looks like:
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```
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namespace Spatie\Backup\Events;
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use Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\Manifest;
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class BackupManifestWasCreated
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{
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/** @var \Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\Manifest */
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public $manifest;
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public function __construct(Manifest $manifest)
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{
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$this->manifest = $manifest;
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}
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}
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```
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You can use that event to add extra files to the manifest as in the example below where the extra files are passed as an array to the addFiles() method.
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```php
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use Spatie\Backup\Events\BackupManifestWasCreated;
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Event::listen(BackupManifestWasCreated::class, function (BackupManifestWasCreated $event) {
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$event->manifest->addFiles([$path1, $path2, ...]);
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});
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```
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