
FORMAT

The format of the dRestore command is

[d:][path]DRESTORE d: [d:][path]filename[.ext] [options]

where

[d:][path]
   before DRESTORE specifies the drive and path that
   contain the dRestore program.

d:
   specifies the drive that contains the backed up files
   (source).

[d:][path]filename[.ext]
   specifies the file(s) you want to restore and where you
   want to restore them (target).  Global file name
   characters are allowed in the file name, and cause all of
   the files matching the file name to be restored.  The files
   must be restored to the same directory they were in when
   Diskpack copied them.

[options]
   specifies the optional parameters described below.


OPTIONS

The following options can appear in the dRestore command.

/?
   Display help.

/1
   Do not prompt to insert the first backup disk.

/B
   Beep when prompted to insert a disk.

/D
   Display file names only.  This operation takes as long as
   restoring files, since dRestore must uncompress the data
   on the backup disks to obtain the file names.  If you
   created a catalog file when backing up, it's faster to
   display its contents with the DOS TYPE command.

     type diskpack.cat

/I
   Display registration information (unregistered version
   only).

/P1
   Display a (y/n)? prompt before restoring a file if it is
   hidden or has been changed since it was last backed up. 
   You can choose to restore the file or not.

/P2
   Display a (y/n)? prompt before restoring each file.  You
   can choose to restore the file or not.

/R
   Restore files.  If /R is omitted, dRestore will compare the
   files on the backup disks with the target disk- not
   restore them.

/S
   Restore subdirectory files in addition to the files in the
   specified or current directory.

/V
   Display a verbose description of the restore process. 


NOTES

ü  Press Ctrl-Break to stop dRestore.

ü  The files being restored must have been placed on the
   source with Diskpack.

ü  dRestore isn't as fast as Diskpack.  Diskpack's
   compression method was developed to be as fast as
   possible even though some of the techniques used to
   increase compression speed actually decrease the speed of
   uncompression.  This is a good tradeoff since Diskpack is
   used more frequently than dRestore.
   
ü  You don't have to start with disk 1 when restoring files. 
   If you want to restore a single file from a set of backups,
   start with the backup disk that contains the file (the
   catalog lists each file and its disk number).  If dRestore
   doesn't find the file, try starting with the previous disk.

ü  Before formatting your hard disk, you should back it up
   completely, compare the backup disks with your hard disk
   to be sure you have a good copy, and back it up again on
   another set of disks.

ü  dRestore will automatically create directories on the
   target disk if they don't already exist.


EXAMPLES

The following example compares the files on the backup disks 
in drive A with the files on drive C.  The files are not 
restored.

   drestore a: c:\*.*/s

The following example restores all files on the backup disks
from drive A to drive C.

   drestore a: c:\*.*/s/r

The following example restores the file FILE.TXT from drive
A to drive C.  A verbose description of the restore process
is displayed.

   drestore a: c:file.txt/r/v

The following example restores all files from drive A that
were backed up from the current directory and prompts the
user before restoring each file.

   drestore a: *.*/p2/r

The following example restores all files from drive A with
the extension WK1 that were backed up from the directory
\123 and all subdirectories of \123.

   drestore a: \123\*.wk1/s/r

