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- BAKCHECK
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- Description:
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- BAKCHECK is a simple utility designed to remind users to regularly
- back up their fixed disks. Given an optional parameter, it checks to see
- if a backup has been performed in that many days. If it hasn't the user
- is asked if a backup should be performed. If a backup is to be performed,
- the file BACKIT.BAT is executed.
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- Use:
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- The typical usage for BAKCHECK is to add a line to the AUTOEXEC.BAT
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- BAKCHECK 20
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- where backups are suggested on 20 day intervals. A BAT file named
- BACKIT.BAT must be available on the system. It would usually look like:
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- BACKUP C:\*.* A: /S
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- but could contain any valid commands to backup your individual system.
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- Comments:
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- Any backups performed that were not initiated with the BAKCHECK
- program will not update the data file that remembers the last backup date.
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- The program creates a file in the root directory named BACKDATE.DAT.
- This short file containing the date of the last backup. If you don't want
- to look at it all the time it can be hidden with the appropriate utility
- (like Norton or similar).
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- Glen Thompson
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