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- Tape Catalogue
- Add Files & Find File Versions 1.23
- (C) 1992 It's Magic! PC Potions
- 9589 West Burgundy Avenue
- Littleton, Co. 80123-3408
- (303) 933-3531
-
-
- While roaming through the boards the I noticed a
- request posted to CMS for a program that would catalogue the files
- on a backup tape. "Boy could I use that!", I thought to myself. I
- watched the note for a couple of days and noticed that there were no
- answers.
-
- Now, I realize that CMS's software is very capable, but it can be
- confusing and awkward at times. I run two Hard Drives on my system,
- each with 240 megs. Once a week, or so, I perform a total backup of
- both drives with my Jumbo 250. Then, every day, I perform a
- incremental backup in my once-a-day batch file. The CMS software is
- fine when I want to restore a file from the total backup tapes, as each
- contains only one volume each, but the CMS software becomes
- unwieldy when I want to restore a file from the incremental tape.
- Because of the multiple volumes on the tape I have to search through
- practically every volume to located the version of the file I want to
- restore. There has to be an easier way!
-
- The only alternative ,then, was to build my own library file when I
- created each new volume on the incremental tape. DOS has the
- ability to redirect the output from a program into a file.
- My incremental backups are performed from a batch file
- using CMS's TAPE.EXE program. Since TAPE can be configured to
- list the files it is putting into each volume, I should then be able to
- redirect this output into a file. Great! So I added the necessary
- commands to my batch file. Upon inspection I noticed that I was
- getting a lot of extra lines of information in addition to the file names-
- messy. My answer was to write two utility programs; ADDCAT.EXE (Add Files)
- and FINDCAT.EXE (Find File).
-
- ADDCAT.EXE will read the file created by redirecting CMS's TAPE
- program's output, extract the filenames, and write them to a library
- file.
-
- FINDCAT.EXE is used to search the library file and restore a selected
- file.
-
- Setup is relatively simple. Copy the files ADDCAT.EXE, FINDCAT.EXE,
- TAPELIB.TXT, and TAPECAT.DOC into the same directory as CMS's TAPE.EXE
- resides (usually c:\TAPE). Then modify or create your incremental
- backup batch files. Here's what I do:
-
- To perform my incremental backups I have the following lines in my
- daily batch file-
-
- CD\TAPE
- TAPE BACKUP C:\ /A/-C/J/-K/M/P/-R/S > TEMPTAPE.CAT
- ADDCAT
- TAPE BACKUP D:\ /A/-C/J/-K/M/P/-R/S > TEMPTAPE.CAT
- ADDCAT
-
- Your parameters to the TAPE BACKUP command may vary, but be
- sure to include the "/P" parameter. Also, the "> TEMPTAPE.CAT" is
- required by ADDCAT.EXE. As you can see after each volume is
- created ADDLIB is run to update the library file- TAPE.CAT.
-
- ADDLIB will only function with versions 2.54 thru 3.03 of CMS's TAPE
- program. Call if you are using another version.
-
- To restore a program from the incremental tape use the FINDCAT.EXE
- program.
-
- Attach to the directory in which the files TAPE.EXE, FINDCAT.EXE
- and TAPE.CAT reside. Type FINDCAT at the DOS prompt to run the
- Find File program.
-
- TAPE CATALOGUE IS SUITABLE FOR TRACKING THE CONTENTS OF ONLY ONE TAPE. IF
- YOU NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF SEVERAL TAPES THEN TRY-OUT THE TAPE LIBRARIAN. A Demo
- version may be found on CIS and on CMS's BBS (TL123.ZIP)
-
- If you have any problems please call (303-933-3531) or message me on
- Prodigy (VGGS51A), or CIS 70143,3530.
-
- Good Luck!
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- Version 1.1 changes
- Improved error handeling.
- Added TAPE.EXE 3.01 support.
- Re-zipped to correct corruption in Version 1.0 zip file (sorry).
-
- Version 1.2 changes
- Product and File name changes all around
- Added TAPE.EXE 3.03 support
- ADDCAT.EXE will now support drives connected to floppy controller
- boards and continue to work on systems with CMS's controller boards
- FINDCAT.EXE better path/filename editing, plus view of Finds added.
-
- Version 1.21 changes
- Finally got the prettier interface done!
- version 1.23 changes
- Support added for more of those weird CMS parameter options in ADDCAT
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- NEW PRODUCT - NOW AVAILABLE!
-
- Tape Librarian System. Catalogues/Finds/Restores/Prints multiple tapes with
- multiple volumes per tape. Supports all Jumbo and Trakker Drives. $29 + $5 S&H.
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