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- Release Notes
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- Version 2.1
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- Fixed a problem with an incompatibility with SMARTDRV
- delivered with Windows 3.1. It did not work with the write
- back cache enabled. Although we have fixed this, we
- strongly recommend that you not run SMARTDRV with this
- feature enabled. Read the warning in the Windows 3.1 manual
- and see if you don't agree.
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- Fixed a problem during Backup of ignoring an exit selection
- when an overwrite data warning is issued.
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- Fixed a problem with an occasionally miss placed prompt for
- filename.
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- Fixed a problem if you were attempting to backup one and only
- one file that was less than 100 bytes, MAKEBAK failed to
- back it up.
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- Changed the Mouse interface in GETBACK to only respond to the
- Up and Down click (Previously certain screens responded with
- the Down click only).
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- Changed the Mouse interface in MAKEBAK and GETBAK to be
- limited to the active areas of the screen.
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- Added a Timeout to the Shareware version on nag screen to
- allow running MAKEBAK from a batch file.
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- Fixed a problem with certain mouse drivers in MAKEBAK and GETBAK.
-
- Changed the way 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 are displayed for improved compatibility
- with certain displays.
-
- 12/10/92
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- Fixed a problem with small undefined directories in the "Define a
- new Tree" portion of the Edit Include Excludes.
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- Version 2.2
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- Fixed a problem with MakeBak if there is less than 1024 bytes
- available on a DOS backup disk.
-
- Fixed Spawner's ability to handle an unlimited size DOS environment.
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- Version 2.3
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- Fixed a problem with GetBack when you save the configuration from
- the second menu screen.
-
- NOTE: For Windows Users - When running GetBack from Windows, files
- the Windows has open will not be backed up. Backup Windows
- Files using GetBack run from DOS.
-
- Version 2.3a April 2, 1993
-
- Fixed a problem with GetBack on certain Novell Machines. It was
- leaving the configuration file open before spawning MakeBak.
-
- Added a disk reset at the end of Makebak to prevent problems with
- some disk caches.
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- Version 2.4 December 8, 1993
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- Fixed problem with 2 prompt screens that would not accept lower case.
- This occured only during a recover when the master backup
- directory spanned 2 disks.
-
- Change so on recover only the needed directories are created
-
- Fixed the backup set name, date & time at the top of the recover
- screen to be correct. This problem only occured when recovering from
- a disk with multiple backup sets.
-
- Changed the use of GBK_LOG. GBK_LOG environment variable now
- defines where the configuration files are stored as well as
- the Backup set information as defined in the manual.
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- February 11, 1994
- Changed GETBAK for de-compression problem that caused GetBak to
- hang with certain data pattern.
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- add Ignore option when disk errors occur
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- Version 2.5 April 7, 1994
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- allow dos media disks with 0 free bytes to continue if delete files
- is selected
- fix double backup of backup up spec/s when no sub directories and
- /E was not given
- virtualize file list so getback & makebak can now backup unlimited
- number of files (must have free local directory space to create
- a scratch file)
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- change remaining bytes to go to 0
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- clear archive bits at the end of the program rather than as used
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- give a message center on read error, also on unable to
- open during backup
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- support 1000 directories instead of 500
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- support 255 disks instead of 100, 100 = A0, 110 = B0 etc..
-
- fixed the code to build the directory when the last disk is lost or
- unreadable.
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- Do not allow reuse of disk if from current backup set when DOS media
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- Fix not deleting files on DOS media when overwrite warning is off
- and delete is on
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- Fix 'S' being dropped during a preview in makebak.
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