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- This program is an answer to a lazy mans prayer. I hate to right disk labels
- every time I have to back up my hard disks. Some of the partitions already
- take about 15 disks to do it. So I began by writting a simple program to
- create disk labels for my backups. It was nice, but it still required that
- I write the information after each header on the label. Now, with the final
- version of this procedure, all I have to do is type in the drive or partition
- name, the number of disks in the backup set, which series of backups it is(I
- am a little paranoid, so I have two sets of backups I alternate), and the date
- the backup was done, which is usually the default system date that is supplied
- in the requester.
- This program uses arexx, and the rexxarplib v2.1. It will not work with-
- out them, and it DOES NOT check to see if the library is there. Niether piece is
- supplied with this program, arexx is not expensive, and is worth every penny, and
- the rexxarplib is available on Genie and Compuserve at least.
- If you have any comments, suggestions, or praise, send me a message, I would
- be happy to hear how you like it.
- To use this program, execute it as you would any other Arexx script, then
- answer the prompts given. You will have several chances to bail out before it
- starts to print the labels. I suggest you try it first on regular paper, then
- a few tests using one label should get you aligned correctly.