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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Filing Cabinet Utility for CIM for OS/2 allows you to perform backup and
maintenance on CIM's filing cabinet.
The icon shown immediately above allows you to store notes about the Filing
Cabinet Utility. To access the notes feature, simply double click the notes
icon when it is displayed at the bottom of a help panel. The first time you
save notes, you will be prompted to associate a filetype with your notes.
Simply select Plain Text.
The notes feature uses the OS/2 E Editor. For more information on using the E
Editor, consult your OS/2 user documentation.
The features provided by the Filing Cabinet Utility are:
Backing up the filing cabinet
Restoring filing cabinet backups
Compress filing cabinet
Rebuild filing cabinet folders
Statistics about your filing cabinet
Related Information
Preferences
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Backup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To backup the contents of a filing cabinet, select the Backup option from the
File pulldown menu.
A dialog will be displayed that allows you to select the source directory and
destination file. If the defaults displayed by the utility are not correct,
enter the correct path to your current filing cabinet directory (normally
C:\CSERVE\FCABINET) in the Source field and the destination directory and
filename in the Target field. When satisfied with your options, click the Begin
button to initiate the backup.
The Backup feature is accessed by selecting Backup from the File pulldown menu.
Backup Options
Method
Log Transactions to Text File
Delete Saved Record(s)
Related Information
Preferences
Progress Meter
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Log Backup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this option will cause a summary of your Backup operation to be
written to a text file. You may find it useful to examine this file should your
Backup operation result in warnings or errors. The summary will report all
records from your filing cabinet not written to the backup file.
Transactions are logged to FCUTIL.LOG in the same directory as the filing
cabinet you have selected for backup.
This option can be selected from the Filing Cabinet Backup dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Delete Records ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can choose to have records deleted from your filing cabinet as they get
backed up. This option is especially useful for archiving old records that you
don't want to lose but don't want cluttering your filing cabinet.
If you have chosen this option the Filing Cabinet Utility will delete from the
filing cabinet only after a record has been successfully processed. If you
cancel the backup or if the backup terminates prematurely due to errors, please
be aware that the records which were saved no longer exist in your filing
cabinet,
This option can be selected from the Filing Cabinet Backup dialog.
Related Information
Compress filing cabinet
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Method ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Filing Cabinet Utility gives you the opportunity to select the type of
backup you would like to perform. The options available are :
o Full will backup all records in the source filing cabinet.
o Incremental will backup all records in the source filing cabinet added since
you last did a full or incremental backup. If no last date is known for the
source filing cabinet, all records will be backed up.
o Date Range will backup all records that fall within the range of dates you
provide.
o Relative Date allows you to select the number of days to be backed up. This
number is retained and is not dynamically changed by the utility software.
The backup method can be selected by clicking the Method button from the Backup
Filing Cabinet dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Progress Meter ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog indicates the progress of the current operation and also displays
the number of records that may not have been processed.
To cancel the current operation, select the Cancel button.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Progress Meter Cancel ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Pressing the Cancel button will abort the current backup, restore or compress
activity.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Duplicate Records ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If the Filing Cabinet Utility detects that you are attempting to restore
records that already exist in your current Filing Cabinet, you will be prompted
for the following actions:
o Skip
o Skip All
o Add
o Add All
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Skip Duplicate Record ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Skip will cause the utility to ignore the current record.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Skip All Duplicate Records ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Skip All will cause the utility to ignore all duplicate records
located.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Add Duplicate Record ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Add will force the utility to add the current record.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Add All Duplicate Records ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Add All will force the utility to add all duplicate records. It is
strongly suggested that this option not be selected, as it could result in a
large number of duplicate entries in your filing cabinet.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Exit exits the Filing Cabinet Utility.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Product Information displays the version information for the Filing
Cabinet Utility.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> OK ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting OK accepts the directory and file selections you have made.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Cancel ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Cancel aborts the file selection procedure and closes the dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Read Only ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Checking the Read Only option prevents the opened file from being modified by
the Filing Cabinet Utility.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Restore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To restore previously archived filing cabinet entries, select the Restore
option from the File pulldown menu.
A dialog will be displayed that allows you to enter the source directory and
filename, as well as the target filing cabinet.
When satisfied with your choices, click the Begin button.
Records can be restored by selecting the Restore option from the File pulldown
menu.
Restore Options
Log Transactions to Text File
Delete Original File(s)
Index Records Upon Completion
Related Information
Preferences
Progress Meter
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Log Restore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this option will cause a summary of your Restore operation to be
written to a text file. You may find it useful to examine this file should your
Restore operation result in warnings or errors. The summary will report all
records from your backup file not added due to errors or skipped because they
were considered duplicates.
Transactions are logged to FCUTIL.LOG in the same directory as the filing
cabinet you have selected to restore.
This option can be selected from the Filing Cabinet Restore dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Delete Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can choose to have backup files deleted once you have restored from them.
This option is useful when you want to free the disk space taken by your backup
files.
If you have chosen this option the Filing Cabinet Utility will delete the
backup file only after successful completion of the restore activity. You will
be asked to confirm the removal if suspected duplicate records in the backup
file were skipped. Otherwise, the file removal is automatic.
If you have multiple backup files selected for the restore activity, the file
removal will take place before proceeding to the next backup file. Please be
aware that files completely processed before cancelling a multi-file restore
will have been deleted.
This option can be selected from the Filing Cabinet Restore dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Index Records ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this option will automatically index the target filing cabinet as
soon as the records have been restored. Indexing must be completed before full
text searches are performed, otherwise the search results may not accurately
reflect the contents of the filing cabinet.
This option can be selected from the Filing Cabinet Restore dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Compress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
As you delete files from CIM for OS/2's filing cabinet, you may notice that the
actual size of the file FCABINET.CIF does not decrease. To reduce the size of
your physical filing cabinet file, you must compress the filing cabinet
entries. This removes unused space in the file, resulting in additional free
disk space.
This option can be selected by choosing Compress from the Database pulldown
menu.
Note: Before compressing, you must have free space on your drive equal to the
size of the current filing cabinet file (FCABINET.CIF). You can find the
current size of your filing cabinet file by using the Statistics feature
of the Filing Cabinet Utility.
Related Information
Progress Meter
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Rebuild ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may find that the folders listed as being available in your filing cabinet
do not accurately reflect what you believe should be available. This can happen
when you restore records without indexing or minor corruption of the disk file
used to track the folder information. The Rebuild option will search your
filing cabinet file and rebuild the list of available folders.
This option can be accessed by selecting Rebuild from the Database pulldown
menu.
Related Information
Progress Meter
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Statistics ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You should occasionally determine the amount of space that is currently unused
in your filing cabinet file. Selecting the statistics option will display the
current size of your filing cabinet file, the amount of space unused in that
file and the percentage of the total file size that the unused space
represents. If you find that the unused space is physically very large or
consumes a large percentage of the total filing cabinet size, you should use
the Compress option to remove the unused space.
This option can be accessed by selecting Statistics from the Database pulldown
menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The preferences are used to permanently store your source and target directory
information used for backups. Information placed in these preferences can be
manually overridden at backup or restore time if you wish.
This option can be accessed by selecting Preferences from the Database pulldown
menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog indicates the progress of the current operation and also displays
the number of records that may not have been processed.
To cancel the current operation, select the Cancel button.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Skip will cause the utility to ignore the current record.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Skip All will cause the utility to ignore all duplicate records
located.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Add will force the utility to add the current record.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting Add All will force the utility to add all duplicate records. It is
strongly suggested that this option not be selected, as it could result in a
large number of duplicate entries in your filing cabinet.