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- BACKINI.CMD is a small REXX program that makes backups of all the *.ini files
- found in the C:\os2 directory. You can easily modify it to use a different
- drive. If your *.ini files are the normal locations this will back up the two
- major ini files, os2.ini and os2sys.ini.
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- Backini.cmd is intended to be included in your startup folder. To do this copy
- the file to c:\os2. Create a shadow of the backini.cmd file in the startup
- folder.
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- The program works by maintaining a copy of a dir *.ini of c:\os2 in a file named
- ini.lst. Each time the computer is started, the program runs, reads the ini.lst
- file and creates a new one. It compares the new one against the old one, and if
- there are any items in the new one that are not in the old one, or that show any
- changes in the creation date or size, it creates backup(s).
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- The backups maintained are *.cur, a copy of the present ini file, *.bak a backup
- of the previous version, and *.bk2 a backup of the version prior to the previous
- one.
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- If the ini file is newly created, the program creates all the backup files (in this
- case these are all copies of the present one), and then will gradually "ripple"
- changes through the backup layers.
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- Because the os2.ini and os2sys.ini file frequently change, you will find that
- these get backed up most times the computer is run.
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- This is the first REXX program I have ever written, so it is wide open for
- improvement.
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- I have put a copyright on it, but you are free to use and modify the progam
- if you make available for public use any general improvements that you make
- so all may benefit.