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- The Restorer Version 1.0H
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- Copyright (C) Dexter (Chip) Orange, January 1988.
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- The Restorer is an utility designed
- to be used in conjunction with The Backer to allow
- you to restore files to your hard disk.
- The syntax is:
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- Restorer FROM <backup drive> TO <drive> [ALL|NEW] [SET|NOSET]
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- FROM <backup drive> is the directory/drive to be restored from,
- TO <drive> is the drive to restore the files to.
- NEW/ALL indicates whether all files
- from <backup> will be restored or only new ones (ones not on the hard drive
- or whos date is less than that of the backup)
- SET/NOSET indicates whether the archive bit should be set in the file after
- it has been restored.
- (note that the file date of the backup file is preserved, regardless of
- SET|NOSET).
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- Defaults:
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- Restorer <backup> NEW SET TO DH0:
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- To restore an entire hard disk:
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- (get your most recent group of incremental backup floppies,
- and for each type:)
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- 1> RUN RESTORER DF0: TO DH0:
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-
- (Next repeat the process for any remaining incremental backups going in
- reverse chronological order)
- (Then, repeat the process once more using your most recent full backup)
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- Going in reverse chronological order like this saves you a little time since
- the NEW option is the default, files that appear on multiple backups will only
- be restored once.
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- Doing a partial restore:
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- If you only want to restore a specific group of files,
- modify the above proces slightly by specifying the exact directory/file to
- be restored. For example:
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- RUN RESTORER DF0:MODULA TO DH0:
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- would only perform the restoration on files in the Modula directory. You
- should save yourself some time and only use the disks you know to contain the
- files you wish to restore.
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- The Restorer, like The Backer, The Estimator, and ArchStatus, is freely
- distributable for non-commercial purposes. It may be distributed with
- commercial hard drives as long as no extra charge is made for it.
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- Version History:
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- 1.0H -- recompiled with TDI 3.02A, mysterious gurus gone!
- 1.0G -- Tinkered with the code so it uses less memory and runs a little faster
- 1.0F -- Thanks to the arp.library, parameter handling is now
- a little better. Also reduced stack size requirements.
- 1.0E -- Removed some unnecessary code; runs a little faster now
- 1.0D -- allowed total file name length to be 255 chars
- 1.0C -- minor bug fixes
- 1.0B -- first release
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