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Big File Copy (BFC) V1.0 by Shamus Husheer
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LEGAL STATUS:
This program is PUBLIC DOMAIN. I have released the program and it's source
free of any legal obligations to the Amiga Community as a whole. However,
as a result I take NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER for any defects in this
program, documentation etc., nor any responsibility for the use of this
program, the source code or whatever.
Basically, if you use this and then contract mad cow disease, don't come
running to me.
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INTRODUCTION:
BFC is a utility to aid in the copying of BIG files (greater than 1 disk)
between non-networked Amigas. It works by breaking the file into
disk-based segments and writing these (via a trackloader) to disk. This is
faster and more efficient than using a normal split/join program.
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REQUIREMENTS:
BFC should run fine on any Amiga with DOS 1.2 and above. It was programmed
on an Amiga A1200 with 10MB Ram, using DevPac 3.14. I have not tested it
on any other configuration. BFC is a CLI-only program, and is so simple to
use that a GUI would add nothing to it except program size. It will should
crash if launched from WB however.
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USE:
Use is very simple. Use the following commands:
BFC <source> <dest>
If you are wanting to copy the file HD0:File onto DF0: disks, you use:
BFC HD0:File DF0:
When you come to recreate this file at some future point, you use those
disks in order, with the following command:
BFC DF0: HD0:File
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USES:
Originally this program was written for transfering archived DIP images
from CD on my CD32 to my Amiga A1200. The CD32 has a floppy drive only
added (not an SX1), and so with large files there is a problem in
transfering them. However using BFC the archives can be broken up onto
disk and copied to the A1200 easily. This operation is performed using
only 1 disk, so you don't need heaps of disks lying around.
Disk Backup:
Using multiple disks you can back up large files (eg an archive of your
system) to floppies, and re-create it later if necessary.
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CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
I am contactable by various means:
E-Mail: thorium@xtra.co.nz
Other methods of contact may be changing at the beginning of 1997 due to me
finishing Industry Experience and going back to University (I am doing s
BSc (Technology) through Waikato University), however the snail-mail should
be redirected.
SNAIL MAIL:
Shamus Husheer
BOX 3030
Onekawa
Napier
NEW ZEALAND
I would love to hear from anyone about BFC, for just about any reason.
E-Mail is preferable, but snail is OK (however might not get to me).
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