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- !ClicBack
- Hard Disk Backup Utilities
- Version 2.8
- © Steve Spry 1995.
-
- Please note that this application is NOT Public Domain, it is
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- It is NOT free software.
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- Permission is hereby granted to allow any person, group, body, or company to
- use this program, subject to the following terms :
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- 1. The program is supplied "as is", without express or implied warranty.
- No representations are made about the suitability of this software for
- any purpose.
-
- 2. This version of the program is CAREWARE, as such continued use
- requires registration (see below).
-
- 3. The author reserves the right to refuse any person, or company,
- permission to use this program.
-
- 4. The unregistered version of the program maybe freely distributed
- and a small charge made for the copying and postage etc. This
- 'fee' should not exceed £2.
-
- !ClicBack Utilities are CAREWARE and NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN.
- This means that the proceeds are given to charity.In the case of these
- programs the charity is CLIC,The Cancer & Leukaemia In Childhood
- Trust, registered charity number 802396.
- If, after a period of 30 days, you find the program useful you are
- required to register your copy of the programs for a fee of £10. This
- payment will entitle you to the "Key" file which will remove the banner
- file and put your name into the Info box. As a registered user you will
- also be entitled to free technical support.
- To register your copy of the programs please send a cheque or postal
- orders made payable to Steve Spry and a blank 800K disk (without a lable
- as I will put on a nice coloured on for you) to:
-
- Steve Spry
- 36 Moreton Avenue
- Bideford
- North Devon
- EX39 3AY
- EMail : ClicBack@sprigo.demon.co.uk
-
- If you could also inform me as to which version of RISCOS you
- have, the amount of memory you have, the processor and the size of
- your hard disk it would help me to develop the program further.
- If you want to send any PD programs etc please feel free to do so.
- Like wise if you mention what you are interested in I will attempt
- to add some PD to the returned disc.
-
-
- Background
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- This program had been sitting on my hard disk for nearly three years
- in a half finished state whilst I played around with data compression
- techniques.
- Following the death of my five year old son from a brain tumour in
- January 1993 I decided to finish this program and donate the proceeds
- to CLIC. As the program progressed more and more features were
- added or changed. Even now there are things that I would like to
- change but I could carry on for ever.
-
- This program is dedicated to his memory and all those brave young
- children fighting all forms of cancer.For there sake, if you like the
- program, please register your copy of the program.
-
- Further details about CLIC can be obtained from:
-
- 12-13 King Square,
- Bristol,
- BS2 8JH
- Tel: 0117 9248844
- Fax: 0117 9244505
-
-
- Introduction
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The main features of the programs include :
- • Full, Differential and Incremental backups.
- • Selective option to preserve history integrity
- • Backup to floppies or another hard disk.
- • Backup only specified directories or files.
- • Exclude any files or directories from the backup.
- • Verify whilst backing up.
- • Password protection for added security.
- • 32 bit CRC
- • Restore data to any directory.
- • Powerful searching facility to locate Files / Directories or
- Applications within backup data.
- • Ability to restore whole directories or applications.
- • Variable data compression.
- • Estimate number of floppy disks required.
- • Estimate time required to complete backup.
- • Save settings as configuration files.
- • Customisation file.
- • Acorn’s Interactive help supported.
-
-
- Getting Started
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- First copy the program to a directory on your hard disc.
-
- To load the program double click on the !ClicBack
- icon.The program will be loaded and the !ClicBack icon
- will be displayed on the right hand side of the iconbar. If
- the program has not been registered a banner will be
- displayed reminding you that the program is Careware
- and of your obligation to do this. Before you can proceed any further
- with the program you will have to click on the "Un-Registered" icon.
- This will remove the banner and unlock the program.
-
- Iconbar Menu
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Clicking menu over the !ClicBack icon will display a menu as shown
- in figure 1.
-
- Info
- ~~~~
- Info will display information about your version of the program. The
- Registered to field will show ***Unregistered *** or your name if you
- have registered your copy.
-
- Save
- ~~~~
- Save leads to a standard “Save as” dialogue box which enables you
- to save the current settings to a configuration file. The configuration
- files have a file type of &326. The !ClicBack program can be started by
- double clicking on a configuration file. The program will be loaded
- with the options from the configuration file. These files can be edited
- by hand if required, the syntax and details are at the end of this file.
-
- Quit
- ~~~~
- Quit will exit !ClicBack, removing it from the computers memory.
- Clicking SELECT on the !ClicBack icon on the iconbar will display
- the Setup Window shown in figure 3.
-
-
- <Figure 3>
-
- This window displays the various settings available.
-
- !ClicBack Setup Window
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Backup Type
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Backup Type popup menu allows you to choose the type of backup you
- wish to perform. There are three backup types available.
-
- Full Backup
- This type of backup backs up all the files on the source path to the
- destination path. This is first type of backup that you should perform.
-
- Incremental Backup
- This type of backup backs up only those files which have been
- created or modified since the last backup.The last backup maybe Full,
- Incremental or Differential. Therefore if you use Incremental backups
- you will need to use a different set of discs each time. Do not use the
- same discs that you used for the Full backup as you will lose the
- first part of the backup when it is over written by the Incremental
- backup data.
-
- Differential Backup
- A differential backup backs up only those files that have been
- created or modified since the last Full backup. Therefore only
- the one set of Differential backup discs will be required and can
- be used for each Differential backup. Once again do not use the
- same discs that you used for the Full backup as you will lose the
- first part of the backup when it is over written by the Differential
- backup data.
-
-
- Selective
- ~~~~~~~~~
- For this option it is necessary to explain basically how the program
- works.
-
- When you conduct a backup the program will compile a list of files
- to backup. Once the backup has been completed the program will store
- the logfile in the Resources directory inside the !ClicBack application.
- These logfiles are used as the basis for the Differential and Incremental
- backup’s. The program compiles a list then finds the difference
- between the various files. This method gets around the problem where
- files are copied to the hard disk but have an older date/time stamp than
- the last backup. If the selective option is selected then the logfile will
- not be stored in the resources directory. I would recommend that you
- use the selective option if you are backing up any directory other than
- the root directory.
-
- File Source
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The File Source specifies the directory that you wish to backup.
- Dragging a directory or file to this icon will insert the full pathname of
- that directory into the icon. If the object dragged is a file the inserted
- path will be the parent directory. Alternatively you can type the path
- into this icon.
-
-
- Destination
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Destination specifies where the backup data will be written to.
- The destination path can be set in one of two ways. If the destination is
- to floppy disks the destination drive is selected via the popup menu option.
- If the destination is another hard disk then simply drag
- the destination directory to the destination icon.Once again if the
- dragged object is a file then the inserted path will be the parent
- directory of the file. The two possible destinations are :
-
- ADFS floppy disk
- Other
-
- If the destination is to a floppy disk the program will prompt you for
- disks as required. The program will also automatically delete all files
- on the floppy disk and name the disk. If the disk is not a RISCOS 800k
- or 1.6M disk the program will prompt you to reformat it.
-
- If the destination is “Other” the program will not delete any files or
- attempt to name the disk.
-
- Lists Popup Menu
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This menu allows you to select which combination of the Include/Exclude
- lists you wish to use for the backup.
-
- The Use Include List option allows you to specify a list of files or
- directories to backup. Click on the Include option in the Misc menu to
- display the Include window.You may drag files / directories into this
- window to create a list of files to be backed up.
-
- If this option is not selected then the contents of the Include list are
- not used.
-
- When the program is started it will check for the presence of the files
- in the lists. If the files are not found then the file/Directory will be
- given the default icon of a directory.
-
- Cancel
- ~~~~~~
- Clicking on the Cancel icon will discard any changes you have made
- to the settings and reload the default settings.
-
- Save
- ~~~~
- Clicking on the Save icon will save the current settings as the default
- settings.
-
- OK
- ~~
- Clicking on the OK icon will start the backup sequence.
-
- Main Window Menu
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Clicking menu over the main window will display the menu shown
- in figure 4.
-
- <Figure 4.>
- Info
- ~~~~
- Info will display information about your version of the program. The
- Registered to field will show ***Unregistered *** or your name.
-
- Options
- ~~~~~~~
- This menu entry leads to the following sub-menu
-
- Include
- ~~~~~~~
- Clicking on this menu entry will display the Include File window.
- Dragging files or directories to this window will include them into the
- backup. It is not necessary to include files or directories that are within
- the source directory as these will be backed up automatically. The
- Include list will only be used if the “Use Include List“ option is
- selected.
-
- Exclude
- ~~~~~~~
- Clicking on this menu entry will display the Exclude File window.
- Dragging files or directories to this window will add them to the
- Exclude List. It is not necessary to exclude files or directories that are
- not within the source directory as these will be excluded automatically.
- The Exclude list will only be used if the “Use Exclude List” option is
- selected.
-
- You might wish to exclude every directory or file with a particular
- name from the backup i.e. *.o to exclude all directories or files called
- 'o'. To do this simply press and hold the shift key and then drag the
- object into the window. Although it is possible to use this with the
- include list a filename of *.o, for example, makes no sense and will be
- ignored.
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
- Clicking on this menu entry will display the History Window as
- shown below.
-
- This window gives date and time that the backups were completed,
- whether the backups were Selective or Non-Selective, backup type and
- the time taken to backup. From time to time you may wish to delete
- some of the entries from the History file. Pressing menu over this
- window will display the following menu.
-
- Only the bottom entry needs any explanation. The Remove option
- will delete the selected History file entries. Individual entries may be
- selected by clicking SELECT on the required entry. Multiple entries
- can be made by using ADJUST.
-
- Password
- ~~~~~~~~
- This menu option leads to a dialogue box with two writable icons. Type
- your password into the top icon move to the second icon and retype the password.
- When you press return or tab with the caret in the second icon
- the program will check that the two copies of the password are the same.
- It will then unshade the 'Set' icon and allow you to password protect
- the backup data.
-
- The password must be at least two characters long and not more than eight
- characters. The password is not stored with the backup data. It is therefore
- important that you remember the password. The Password is also CASE
- SENSITIVE i.e. KEY is not the same password as Key. If the backup
- has been password protected the !Restore program will prompt you for
- a password before the restoration of data starts, but has no means of
- checking that the password is correct.
-
- Compression
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- This allows the user to set the amount of compression the program
- will attempt. The permitted values are in the range 1 to 9 with 9 being
- the maximum compression.The default value is 1 which provides the
- best compromise for speed whilst maintaining an adequate amount of
- compression.Setting this value to 9 will increase compression but will
- increase the time taken for the backup.The program uses the same
- amount of memory regardless of the compression level.
-
- Verify
- ~~~~~~
- When Verify is selected the data that has just been written to the
- destination file will be verified to ensure that the data was written
- correctly. If any errors are detected the data will be written again. This
- will slow down the backup considerably.
-
- Don't Compress...
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Some types of file are already compressed such as archives, GIF or JPEG
- files etc. Attempting to compress these files again might only save a
- few bytes, if anything, and therefore isn't really worth the extra
- processing time. Selecting the menu option will open a window called
- "Don't Compress Filetypes". Dragging a file into this window will display
- the file icon and the filetype in Hex beside it. The program will not attempt
- to compress any of the specified filetypes. This can produce significant time
- savings.
-
- Disc detect
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- This causes the computer to check for the presence on a new disc once
- every second. If a new, formatted disc is found then the program
- will continue automatically. If the disc is already part of the backup
- set then the program will do nothing.
-
- If you wish to check the contents of a disc before using it you will need to
- 'Pause' the backup BEFORE inserting the disc.
-
- Whilst the computer is waiting for a disc you will notice that the disc
- drive light will flash every second. It is perfectly safe to insert
- or remove a disc whilst the drive is doing this.
-
- Backup Sequence
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Before starting the backup you should quit any other applications
- that are currently running. The extra memory gained will speed up the
- backup. Once you have ensured that the File source, Destination,
- backup type and other options are set correctly, you may start the
- backup by clicking on the OK icon.
-
- The first thing that happens during the backup sequence is a pre-backup
- pass of the File source. This builds a log file of all the files to
- be backed up, and the amount of data. When the log file is complete
- the backup will start. If you are not backing up to floppy disks, the
- backup will commence immediately. You can abandon the backup at
- anytime by clicking on Abort. There maybe a short delay before the
- program acknowledges your request to abandon the backup especially
- if the program is compressing a large file.
-
- Backup to Floppy Disk
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you are backing up to floppy disks you will be prompted to insert
- the first floppy disk of the disk set. After inserting the disk into the
- drive click on OK or press return. The program will first check that
- the disk has been formatted and if not, will prompt you before formatting it.
- The program will also prompt you to format any disk that is not a standard
- RISCOS disk, i.e. MSDOS formatted disks. Although the program
- could use these disks there is no benefit in doing so, they hold less data
- than the RISCOS equivalents and writing to these disks is much slower
- than a native disk format.
- The program will AUTOMATICALLY DELETE any files on the destination floppy.
- An estimate of the number of disks required and the estimation of
- time left will be updated as each floppy disk is filled. The floppy
- disks will also be named to reflect the backup type, date and disk
- number i.e.
-
- 37F0105002
-
- This indicates that the backup was started at minute 37. The F shows that
- it was a Full backup, and the backup date was the 1st May and this is disc
- number 002. As the backup progresses you will be prompted to insert floppy
- disks as they are required. You can abandon the backup at any time by
- clicking on Abort.
-
- Backup progress
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- During the backup, information is displayed in the ClicBack Status
- window. Figure 5.
-
- <Figure 5>
-
- Name
- Displays the pathname of the file currently being processed.
- Size
- Displays the original size of the file.
- Done
- Shows the percentage of the backup completed.
- Disk
- This displays the current disk number.
- of ~
- Displays an estimate of the number of disks required. Updated during
- the backup.
- Estimated Time left
- Displays an estimate of the time remaining for the backup to including
- delays in inserting floppy disks.
- Compression
- Displays the percentage of disk space saved.This value might be
- negative when the program is unable to compress the input files.This
- negative value arises because !ClicBack writes some internal
- information with the backup data.
-
- The backup can be aborted at any time by clicking on the Abort icon.
- There may be some delay whilst the current data chunk is compressed.
-
- You might notice that the amount of data backed up is not the same
- as the amount of used space on your hard disk.This is due to the filing
- systems allocating space for directory entries. Each directory will take
- one block of your hard disk.Therefore if the block size is 1024 bytes
- each directory will take up 1k of disk space.The backup program only
- needs the date/time stamp of the directory to recreate it on restoring the
- data.
-
- !ClicBack now supports filenames of up to 56 characters in length as used
- by Jason Tribbeck's !Longfiles. Because !Longfiles is basically an extension
- of the operating system you will need to ensure that !Longfiles has been installed
- prior to restoring your data.
- Restore
- ~~~~~~~
- !Restore is copied to the first disc in a full backup. If you are using a
- Differential or Incremental backup then it is assumed that it will form
- part of a full backup set and that a copy of !Restore would have been copied
- to the first disc in the full backup set. This is done to save disc space
- on Incremental or Differential backups.
-
- Double clicking on the !Restore icon will load the application onto the iconbar.
- Clicking on the icon will open the programs main window.
-
-
- <Figure 6>
-
- The File Source and Destination icons will contain the default paths
- for the restore.These are obtained from a header within the BackData
- file.The destination will be the same as the source for the original
- backup.
-
- If you wish to restore the data to a different directory or drive then
- either drag the destination directory (or a file from that directory) into
- the destination icon or press menu over the window and drag the save
- icon from the destination submenu to your selected directory.
-
- Main Window Menu
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The menu has the following options.
-
- Info
- Info will display information about your version of the program. The
- Registered to field will show ***Unregistered *** or your name.
-
- Source
- The program expects to find the backup data file in the same
- directory as the !Restore program. If the program can not find the
- backup data an error will be displayed.
-
- When the program starts it will read certain details about the backup
- from the backup data such as source and destination.
-
- Destination
- This will bring up a standard save as box. Dragging the file icon to
- the destination directory will insert the full path into the destination
- icon.You can also select the destination directory by dropping the
- selected directory onto the destination icon. This will also insert the full
- path into the destination icon.If you drop a file onto the destination icon
- the parent directory will be inserted into the icon.
-
- Password
- This menu option leads to a writable icon into which you will have
- to enter the password if the backup is password protected. The
- Password is also CASE SENSITIVE i.e. KEY is not the same password
- as Key. If the backup has been password protected but you do not enter
- a password before starting the restore the program will prompt you for
- a password before the restoration of data starts, but has no means of
- checking that the password is correct.
-
- Clicking on OK will start the restore process. The program will
- display the status window which is identical to !ClicBack's status
- window.
-
-
- Retrieve
- ~~~~~~~~
- Retrieve is copied to the last disc in the backup sequence along with a
- file which holds the information that !Retrieve needs in order to
- locate and restore the selected object.
-
- This program is used to restore single files, directories or
- applications. The program is loaded by double clicking on
- the !Retrieve icon. Clicking on the iconbar will open the programs
- main window.
-
- Figure 7
-
- Main Window
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The main window has a writable icon for you to specify the name of
- the file/directory or application which you wish to restore. There is a
- group of three icons which enables you to select what type of object
- you are looking for. The ‘Wildcard’ icon will extend the window to
- show the available wildcards.
-
- The wildcards are as follows:
- Digit # - Matches any characters 0-9
- Any . - Matches any single character
- Not ~ - Matches any character except the character specified.
- Alphanum @ - Matches any alphanumeric character a-z, A-Z, 0-9 or _.
- Set [] - [abc] matches any of the characters a, b, or c.
- Note that a set is always case sensitive.
- Normal \ - \s will match the character s even if s is
- a special character.
- 0 or more * - *c matches 0 or more occurrences of c, where c is any of
- the simple character patterns listed above.
- 1 or more ^ - ^c matches 1 or more occurrences of c, where c is any of
- the simple character patterns listed above.
-
- Clicking on Run or pressing return will start the search. If the search
- finds more than fifty objects that matches the search pattern then an
- error will be generated prompting you to narrow the search pattern to
- reduce the number of possible matches and only the first 50 matches
- will be displayed.
- The matches will be displayed in a separate window called the
- search window as shown below. This shows the result of searching for
- objects called unique with the files and applications options set. To
- restore a selected file simply drag it from this window to the directory
- you wish to restore the file to. The program will prompt you to insert
- the required disks and proceed as for a normal restore. Several objects
- can be selected from the Matches window by clicking select on the first
- object and using Adjust to select subsequent objects.
-
- Figure 8
- History
-
- 1.00
- Not so much of a hard disk backup program but a hard disk cleaner.
- Managed to wipe every other file on a hard disk. If it wasn’t for a bug I
- would have had the lot. sorry Buck!
-
- 2.01
- A working Multi-tasking backup program which I was reluctant do
- release into the world incase there where any bugs that I had not found
- despite extensive testing.Finally plucked up the courage to release it
- and was pleased by the stability of the program.
-
- 2.06
- Fixed the minor bugs that have been reported and made some
- improvements that have been suggested by users e.g. Pause, better
- compression ratio etc.
-
- 2.50
- Implemented the Difference Algorithm instead of using just the date
- time stamp. Fixed a bug that prevented !ClicBack from formatting
- high density disks (couldn’t test this on my old A3000). Added the
- compression level to the options file. Sorted out !Restore to only close
- the destination window. Fully tested on the RiscPC.
-
- 2.51
- Fixed a bug that missed the last character off the filename when
- using !Retrieve.
-
- 2.52
- Added detection of native RISCOS format disks. !ClicBack will now
- only accept D/E or F formatted disks.
-
- 2.53
- Fixed a bug that prevented !Retrieve restoring any single file that
- was split across two or more disks.
-
- 2.54
- Removed “Unstamped” option as it has been made redundant since
- the release of version 2.50. Also fixed a bug that would cause
- !ClicBack to crash if there were no files to backup.
-
- 2.60
- Removed all restrictions on the demonstration version of the
- programs and decided to use a key file for registered users. (Thank you
- David Holden). Included and Shift-Drag option for excluding files to
- exclude all object with a given leafname. Finally tracked down the
- problem with !Restore asking for a disk beyond the last disk in the
- backup set.
-
- 2.70
- Following several phone calls from David Holden I have changed a number
- of things in this version and fixed a problem with ArcFS and SparkFS which
- would cause !ClicBack to crash when ArcFS or SparkFS ran out of memory.
- The problem was caused by the above two programs intercepting calls to
- OS_GBPB and OS_File and changing the object type returned from these calls
- from 3 (Image files) to 2 (directory). !ClicBack therefore thought that
- it was recursing through a directory structure and wasn't expecting another
- program to deny access to a file because it was out of memory. Anyway it's
- fixed now. Also changed the following:
- 1. User interface - I think this gives a cleaner, less cluttered feel
- to the program. I know the popup menus do not appear in quite the
- right positions but I cannot find a way around in in Risc_OSLib.
- 2. Changed format of configuration files. These are now in a human-readable
- format, the syntax of which can be found elsewhere in this manual.
- 3. Added a means for the user to specify which files not to compress. This
- can make backing up data a lot quicker as the program no longer has to
- work so hard in order to same a few k's compressing pre-compressed files.
- 4. Re-coded a large portion of the programs, saving quite a bit of space
- and, hopefully making it a bit quicker.
- 5. !ClicBack now recognises image files and will back them up as a
- single (sometimes large) file (DOS partition files).
- 6. Cleared the bug that would cause the program to sometimes crash when
- you selected History. I still don't know why it did it but i've
- recoded this and the problem (appears) to have vanished. The
- text justification of the history file does appear a bit strange on
- a RiscPC if you are using an outline font for the desktop.
- 2.71
- Fixed a problem with the lists that would cause the program to crash if
- the user selected all items and then selected remove.
- Also changed the saving of options files to save the numerical filetype
- and not the string filetype as this could cause problems if the textual
- filetype was not know to the system when the options file was loaded.
-
- 2.80
- Replaced the deletion routines for ADFS floppy discs with 'Quick Format'
- routines. This can save a lot of time if the backup discs have a lot
- of files on them.
-
-
- Future Plans
- I intend to make the restore program more visually based. i.e. show a
- directory tree and allow you to point and click to specify the files to
- restore. As usual the problem is time.
-
- Improve the search facilities to incorporate fuzzy matching. i.e. a
- search for directtory would find directory.
-
- And the normal improvement ..... speed. I hope to double the
- program speed of the backup eventually. The speed of restoration is
- already pretty impressive for large files.
-
- known bugs
- None at the moment.... and as they say, it's not a bug it's just an undocumented
- feature!!!!
-
- Thanks To
- Dominic Symes for THE text(?) editor !ZAP. If you haven’t got a
- copy get one!
- Martin Ebourne and Bryan Scattergood for the C/Assembler modes in !ZAP.
- Acorn for there C Compiler (and computer).
- Jonathan Marten for the inspiration to start this program. (UAP ?)
- Chris Taylor for the suggestions on improving the program and encouragement
- My wife for being a computer widow.
- David Holden for persuading me to remove all restrictions on the program and
- for his advice and suggestions regarding !ClicBack's operation.
- And all registered users of the program.
-
- Configuration File Syntax
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- !ClicBack uses a very simple script language for its configuration files.
- The language consists of 15 tokens. The tokens are as follows:
-
- on - These are used in conjunction with the other tokens to specify
- off if an option is switched on or off.
-
- The simple on/off options are as follows.
- #selective on|off Turns the selective option on or off.
- #use_exclude on|off Informs the program that you wish to use the exclude list.
- #use_include on|off Informs the program that you wish to use the include list.
- #verify on|off Turns the verify option on or off.
-
- The following options require either a string or number parameter.
-
- #compression 1..9 Sets the level of data compression to a value between 1 and 9.
- #drive_number 0..3|255 Used to indicate which floppy disk drive you wish to backup to.
- If the destination is another hard disk then this value should
- be set to 255.
-
- #backup_type full|diff|incr Allows you to specify the type of backup you only need to give
- the first four characters of the backup type.
-
- #source path Set the source path for the backup.
- #destination path Set the destination for the backup.
- #include pathname Add the object to the include list.
- #exclude pathname Add the object to the exclude list.
- #dont_compress &filetype Add the file type to the list of filetypes not to compress.
-
- There is one token which is currently unused.This option will be added in the future.
- The minimum size for file compression is currently set in the messages file
- inside the !ClicBack application.
-
- #auto_disk_detect on|off Turns disk changed polling on or off.
- #min_size number Set the minimum file size for compression.
-
- Example 1 script:
- #source SCSI::Backup.$.Test.UTILITIES3
- #destination SCSI::Backup.$.Test
- #drive_number 255
- #backup_type full
- #compression 1
- #verify off
- #selective off
- #use_include off
- #use_exclude off
- #dont_compress &3FB
- #dont_compress &DDC
- #dont_compress &C85
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- Example 2 script
- #source SCSI::Backup.$.Test.UTILITIES3
- #destination ADFS::0.$
- #drive_number 0
- #backup_type full
- #compression 9
- #verify off
- #selective off
- #use_include on
- #use_exclude on
- #exclude SCSI::Main.$.EagleM2.!TakeTwo
- #exclude *.Scrap
- #include SCSI::Main.$.EagleM2.!AudioWrks
- #dont_compress &3FB
- #dont_compress &DDC
- #dont_compress &C85
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