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- FORMAT
-
- The format of the Diskpack command is
-
- [d:][path]DISKPACK [d:][path]filename[.ext] d: [options]
-
- where
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- [d:][path]
- before DISKPACK specifies the drive and path that
- contains the Diskpack program.
-
- [d:][path]
- after DISKPACK specifies the drive and path that contain
- the file(s) you want to back up (source).
-
- filename[.ext]
- specifies the file(s) you want to back up. Global file
- name characters are allowed in the file name, and cause
- all of the files matching the file name to be backed up.
-
- d:
- specifies the drive that will contain the backed up files
- (target).
-
- [options]
- specifies optional parameters described below.
-
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- OPTIONS
-
- The following options can appear in the Diskpack command.
-
- /?
- Display help.
-
- /1
- Do not prompt to insert the first backup disk.
-
- /A
- Do not change the archive bit of each file copied.
- Without this option, Diskpack clears the archive bit of
- each file it backs up. When cleared, the archive bit
- indicates that a file has not been changed since it was
- backed up. Whenever DOS writes to a file, it sets the
- archive bit to mark it as changed. Normally, you should
- omit this option so that /M can be used to back up files
- that have been modified since the last backup.
-
- /B
- Beep when prompted to insert a disk.
-
- /C[[d:][path]filename[.ext]]
- Create a catalog file containing a list of all the files
- backed up. You can specify the name of the catalog file
- (and a drive and path). If you don't, the file
- DISKPACK.CAT will be created in the current directory.
- You cannot put the catalog file on the backup disk.
-
- The catalog file is a DOS text file and can be viewed
- using a text editor or displayed on the screen with the
- DOS TYPE command.
-
- type diskpack.cat
-
- /Dmm-dd-yy
- Back up files that have been modified on or after the
- specified date. The format of the date specified must be
- mm-dd-yy.
-
- /H
- Include hidden files. This will cause all files marked as
- hidden to be included on the backup disks. If you're
- backing up the root directory, the DOS hidden files
- IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM will be copied. You can
- avoid restoring these files to a system using a different
- version of DOS with the dRestore /P1 option.
-
- /I
- Display registration information (unregistered version
- only).
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- /M
- Back up files that have been modified since the last
- backup. A file has been modified if its archive bit is set
- (see option /A).
-
- /P
- Display a (y/n)? prompt before copying each file. You
- can choose to back up the file or not.
-
- /S
- Back up subdirectory files in addition to the files in the
- specified or current directory.
-
- /V
- Display a verbose description of the back up process.
-
- /W
- Prompt the user to press a key before reading source
- file(s).
-
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- NOTES
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- ⁿ Press Ctrl-Break to stop Diskpack.
-
- ⁿ New disks must be formatted with the DOS FORMAT
- command.
-
- ⁿ You can't back up to a hard disk.
-
- ⁿ Files are backed up from the current directory if you do
- not specify a path.
-
- ⁿ Files are compressed as they are copied.
-
- ⁿ You can't use the DIR command on backup disks. To get
- a list of files, display the catalog file or use the dRestore
- /D option.
-
- ⁿ You can't use the COPY command to copy files contained
- on backup disks.
-
- ⁿ Use high quality disks.
-
- ⁿ Do not use disks with bad sectors as backup disks.
- Diskpack will check the File Allocation Table of each disk
- and reject those that have clusters marked as bad.
-
- ⁿ Diskpack erases files already present on the backup disks.
-
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- EXAMPLES
-
- The following example backs up all the files from disk drive
- C to drive A.
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- diskpack c:\*.* a:/s
-
- The following example backs up the file FILE.TXT from drive
- C to drive A. A verbose description of the backup process
- is displayed.
-
- diskpack c:file.txt a:/v
-
- The following example backs up all files from drive C that
- have been modified since the date 01-01-88 to drive A.
-
- diskpack c:\*.* a:/s/d01-01-88
-
- The following example backs up all files from drive C to
- drive A that have been modified since the last backup.
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- diskpack c:\*.* a:/s/m
-
- The following example backs up all files in the current
- directory to drive A and creates catalog file DISKPACK.CAT
- in the current directory.
-
- diskpack *.* a:/c
-
- The following example backs up all files with an extension
- WK1 in directory \123 and all subdirectories of \123 to drive
- A.
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- diskpack \123\*.wk1 a:/s
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