C-Worthy (R) Help Librarian Data File Version 1.0 COPYRIGHT (C) 1985 - 1989. All Rights Reserved. Custom Design Systems, Inc. Orem, Utah USA. CATALOG OPTION The CATALOG option is used to manage your OffLoad catalogs. Catalogs are used to keep track of the files which you have archived. The CATALOG menu option is used to activate a catalog to work on, save changes to a catalog, backup a catalog, delete a catalog and restore a damaged catalog. It also contains the option to exit OffLoad and go back to DOS. The various CATALOG options are discussed below: Activate an OffLoad works on one catalog at a time. You tell OffLoad Catalog it which catalog to work on by activating a catalog. Any files which you archive while a catalog is active are added to that catalog. Page 1 of 6 CATALOG OPTION (Cont'd) Activate an To activate a catalog, select the CATALOG menu item OffLoad Catalog by pressing ENTER when the highlight bar is on the (Cont'd) menu option. Press ENTER again while the highlight bar is on the ACTIVATE CATALOG option. A window will pop up asking for the name of the catalog to activate. Type in a catalog name or press ENTER, followed by insert (INS) to see a list of catalogs. Save Current When you make changes to a OffLoad catalog such as Catalog assigning keywords to archived files, editing the catalog description, etc., the changes are made only to the in-memory version of the catalog. Use this option to have these changes reflected permanently on the hard-disk copy of the catalog. Page 2 of 6 CATALOG OPTION (Cont'd) Save Current If you attempt to exit OffLoad without having saved Catalog (Cont'd) your changes, you will be prompted to see if you want them saved. Backup Catalog OffLoad maintains a "fail-safe" copy of each catalog on the last diskette of each catalog's archive set. Whenever you archive files to a catalog, OffLoad writes out an updated catalog. If you make changes such as assigning keywords, etc. without archiving any files, these changes will not be reflected in the "fail-safe" backup unless you explicitly request OffLoad to backup the catalog changes. Page 3 of 6 CATALOG OPTION (Cont'd) Backup Catalog To update your "fail-safe" backup, select this option (Cont'd) and press ENTER. OffLoad will prompt you to insert the last diskette in the archive set and will then write out a copy of the current catalog. Restore Catalog The "fail-safe" backup of an OffLoad catalog described above can be used to restore a damaged or lost hard-disk catalog. To accomplish this, activate the catalog you want to restore, select the RESTORE CATALOG option and press ENTER. OffLoad will prompt you to insert the last diskette in the archive set and will then replace your hard-disk catalog (if any) with the fail-safe backup catalog. Page 4 of 6 CATALOG OPTION (Cont'd) Delete Catalog Occasionally, you may want to get rid of one or more OffLoad hard-disk catalogs when the files archived in them no longer serve any useful purpose. You also might want to do this when you feel you no longer need to maintain an active catalog on the hard-disk but intend to keep the archive diskettes. To do so, select the DELETE CATALOG option and press ENTER. OffLoad will prompt to be sure you meant to delete it before doing so. If you keep the archive diskettes, you could restore the hard disk catalog with the RESTORE CATALOG option at a later date. Page 5 of 6 CATALOG OPTION (Cont'd) Quit OffLoad The QUIT OFFLOAD option shuts down OffLoad and returns you to DOS. If you have made any changes to the active catalog which have not been saved, OffLoad will prompt to see if you want the changes saved. You can exit OffLoad at any time by pressing the ALT-F10 key combination. You do not need to exit via the QUIT OFFLOAD option. Page 6 of 6 ACTIVATE A CATALOG OffLoad works on one catalog at a time. The catalog it is working on is called the "active" catalog. You choose which catalog you want to work on and "activate" it using this menu option. To activate a catalog, press ENTER and you will be prompted for the name of the catalog to activate. Either type in the catalog name or press your insert (INS) key to choose from a list of already defined catalogs. To create a new catalog, simply type in it's name. OffLoad will automatically create it for you. Note that when a catalog is activated, it's name and some basic statistics about the catalog display on line 3 of your screen. SAVE CURRENT CATALOG OffLoad maintains a series of files on your hard disk for each OffLoad catalog which document the contents of the catalog. These files are collectively called a hard-disk catalog. Whenever you archive files to a catalog, the hard-disk catalog is automatically updated to reflect the additions. Certain changes to the catalog (editing keywords, editing the catalog description, etc.) are not automatically reflected in the hard disk catalog unless you explicitly save the changes. Select this option and press ENTER to save any changes you have made to the catalog. If you have made any changes to your catalog and attempt to exit OffLoad without saving them, you will be prompted by OffLoad to save the changes. Simply answer yes and they will be saved. B! ARCHIVE FILE INFORMATION This panel displays information about the archived file that was highlighted by the highlight bar when you pressed ENTER. The following information is displayed: FILE NAME The file's name. UPDATED The date and time the file was last updated before it was archived. ARCHIVED The date and time the file was archived. SIZE The size of the file in bytes when it was archived. COMPRESSED The size of the file in bytes in its archived form. PGDN for more Page 1 of 2 ARCHIVE FILE INFORMATION (Cont'd) STARTS AT The starting location of the file on the archive disk. ON DISK The number of the archive disk on which this file resides. ARCHIVE FILE If this is a valid general purpose archive (GPA) file, this panel will say so. GPA files are a collection of one or more files which are compressed into a single file. KEYWORDS If you have assigned any keywords to this file, they will show on this panel. If this is a valid general-purpose archive file (ZIP, PAK, ARC or LZH), press ENTER again to see the catalog of files contained in this GPA file. PGUP for previous page Page 2 of 2 QUIT OFFLOAD When you are finished with OffLoad, you have two ways you can quit and exit to DOS. You can either select this option and press ENTER, or simply press your F10 key while holding down the ALT key (ALT-F10). If you have made any changes to the active catalog which have not been saved, OffLoad will ask if you want to save the changes.C* UPDATE OPTION The Update menu option provides facilities for archiving files, assigning keywords to files which have previously been archived, updating the description of the catalog and making temporary changes to some of OffLoad's configuration options. The individual UPDATE menu options are discussed below: Archive Files This option lets you use OffLoad's "point-and-shoot" (Manual) interface to identify hard disk files to be archive to the active OffLoad catalog. You peruse a directory tree, marking files for archival, and when you have marked all of the files to be archived, OffLoad copies or moves them to the appropriate archive diskettes. Press your help (F1) key while your highlight bar is on this option for more information. Page 1 of 4 UPDATE OPTION (Cont'd) Archive Files This option provides automated archival of files by Date after they have remained unmodified for a specified period of time. You activate this option one hard-disk directory at a time and can very easily control which files qualify for automated archival. It is a very simple and convenient method for moving old files into an archive without having to identify it manually. Update File Searching for files which have been archived can be Keywords greatly simplified if you take the time to assign keyword(s) to some or all archived files. Page 2 of 4 UPDATE OPTION (Cont'd) Update File The keywords can be of any type and are meant to help Keywords you organize the contents of your archive catalogs. (Cont'd) You can assign keywords at any time after a file has been added to an archive. Press your help (F1) key while your highlight bar is on the UPDATE FILE KEYWORDS option for more information. Edit Catalog Each OffLoad catalog can have a 40-character Description description. To create or edit a catalog description, select this option, press ENTER and type away. Page 3 of 4 UPDATE OPTION (Cont'd) Configuration Certain Offload configuration options can be temporarily over-ridden while running OffLoad. Changes made to the configuration via this option remain valid only until you either change them again or exit OffLoad. Press your help (F1) key while the highlight bar is on the CONFIGURATION option for more information about which option can be temporarily over-ridden and the procedure for accomplishing this. Page 4 of 4 FILES READY TO ARCHIVE This screen displays a list of files which are about to be archived. Review this list before starting the archive process. If you want to remove a file from the list, move the highlight bar to the file name and press the DEL key. If you want to remove a group of files, mark each file by moving the highlight bar to the desired file and pressing the F5 (mark) key. After you have marked all of the files, press the DEL key. If you are unsure about the contents of a file, move the highlight bar to the file name and press the F2 (browse) key. After you have reviewed the list and are sure you want to archive all of the files in the list, press the F10 (continue) key. OffLoad will prompt you to insert the appropriate disk and will begin archiving the files. RESTORING A CATALOG OffLoad maintains a fail-safe backup of your catalog(s) on the last diskette of each catalog's archive media. You can use this backup to restore your hard-disk catalog in the event it is lost or damaged. To restore the hard disk catalog, select this option and press ENTER. OffLoad will prompt you to insert the last diskette in the catalog. It will re-create your hard-disk catalog from this fail-safe backup. Note that changes made to the hard-disk catalog are reflected in your fail-safe backup when you: 1. Archive additional files to the catalog, or 2. Explicitly update the fail-safe backup using the BACKUP CATALOG option. UPDATE CATALOG DESCRIPTION Each OffLoad catalog can have it's own description (up to 40 characters) which is displayed on OffLoad reports as well as various OffLoad screens. You can easily create or modify a catalog's description by activating the catalog and then selecting this option. A pop-up window will appear showing the existing description, if any. Use your editing keys to make any desired modifications and press ENTER. After you have made changes to a catalog's description, you should use the SAVE CATALOG option to save your changes permanently. You may also want to use the BACKUP CATALOG option to update your "fail-safe" catalog backup on your archive media with the new catalog description. GENERAL PURPOSE ARCHIVE FILE CONTENTS This screen displays the catalog of files which are in this general purpose archive (GPA) files (ZIP, PAK, ARC and LZH). It contains the following information: FILE NAME The name of the file which is in the GPA file. DATE The date the file was archived into the GPA file. TIME The time the file was archived into the GPA file. CSIZE The file's current (compressed) size, in bytes. SIZE The size the file was when it was archived into the GPA file. DISPLAY/RESTORE OPTION The DISPLAY/RESTORE option is used to display summary information about the active OffLoad catalog, search the catalog contents, restore files to the hard disk, inactivate old, obsolete files and print reports of the contents of the catalog. The CATALOG STATUS option displays the following information about the active OffLoad catalog: - The catalog's description - The date and time the catalog was originally created - The date and time the catalog was last updated - The number and type of files in the catalog - The number of diskettes in the archive set Page 1 of 3 DISPLAY/RESTORE OPTION (Cont'd) As the size of your OffLoad catalogs grow, so does the job of locating files in the catalogs. Fortunately, OffLoad offers three different methods for simplifying the task. You can search any OffLoad catalog using one of the following criteria for focusing your search on a subset of the catalog's files: Search by You can specify a "DOS-like" file specification (e.g. Filename *.LTR, TS*.*, etc.) and OffLoad will display only the files in the catalog which match that specification. Search by You can assign keyword(s) to any file in an OffLoad Keyword catalog. Keywords help to group related files in the catalog. You can search for file(s) which have been assigned one or more keywords that you specify. Page 2 of 3 DISPLAY/RESTORE OPTION (Cont'd) Search by If you know approximately when you archived the file or Archive Date files you are trying to locate, you can search for files archived on a specific date or during a date range. OffLoad will then display only those files which were archived during the specified time period. When you have located the file or files you are looking for, you have two options available to you. You can print a hardcopy report of the search results. Your print (F8) key initiates this. You can also mark one or more files and restore them to your hard disk. Your mark (F5) key is used to mark (and unmark) files and your restore (F6) key initiates the actual file restore process. Page 3 of 3 CATALOG STATUS The CATALOG STATUS option displays summary information about the ACTIVE OffLoad catalog. The following summary information is displayed about the active OffLoad catalog: - The catalog's description (entered by the OffLoad user) - The date and time the catalog was originally created - The date and time the catalog was last updated - The number and type of files in the catalog (regular, General Purpose Archive and files in a GPA) - The number of diskettes in the archive set SAVE_FLE_HLP PRINT FILE NAME You indicated that you want to print the report to a file (instead of to the printer). Specify the name of an existing or new file (specify directory if desired) and press ENTER. WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS REPORT PRINTED? You can have OffLoad print this report directly to your printer or to a file on your PC. If you select DISK FILE, you will be prompted for a file name. If you select PRINTER, the report will go to the printer port specified in the OffLoad configuration program. CATALOG NAME You are being asked to select/specify the catalog that you want OffLoad to activate. You have four choices: 1. You can type in the name of an existing OffLoad catalog; 2. You can type in the name of a new catalog that you want to create; 3. You can press ENTER without typing in anything to activate the default catalog named OFFLOAD; 4. You can press your insert INS key and select from a list of existing OffLoad catalogs. CFG_MENU_HLP RECOVER_HLP BACKUP A CATALOG OffLoad maintains a fail-safe backup copy of each catalog on the last archive diskette of the catalog. You can use this backup copy to re-create your hard-disk catalog in the event it is lost. The backup catalog is automatically updated every time you add files to the archive. If you make changes to the catalog other than adding archive files (assign keywords, edit the catalog description, etc.) the changes are saved on the hard-disk copy of the catalog but not the backup version. If you want to keep your fail- safe version completely up to date, choose this option. OffLoad will prompt you to insert the last diskette of the catalog archive media and will update the fail-safe backup copy. EDIT FILE KEYWORDS Each file in an archive can have up to twenty four (24) characters of keyword information associated with it. This can be either a single keyword or a series of keywords, separated by a blank. The purpose of assigning keywords to archived files is to simplify locating files at a later date. Most OffLoad users organize related files in one OffLoad catalog. Assigning keywords allows a second level of organization. OffLoad allows you to search an archive catalog, looking for files which have been assigned a specific keyword or a series of keywords in a specific order. You might use this, for example, to simplify finding all files having to do with a specific project, customer, job activity, etc. Page 1 of 2 EDIT FILE KEYWORDS (Cont'd) Simply assign the appropriate keyword to a file and you can easily locate it later by searching for files assigned the specific keyword. To assign keyword(s) to a file or edit the keyword assignments already made, select the EDIT FILE KEYWORDS option, specify a file specification to use to reduce the list of files in the archive (optional), move your highlight bar to the desired file name and press ENTER. A window will pop up, showing the currently assigned keywords, if any. Use your editing keys to modify the keywords and press ENTER. After you have made changes to file keywords, you should use the SAVE CATALOG option to save your changes permanently. You may also want to use the BACKUP CATALOG option to update your "fail-safe" catalog backup on your archive media. Page 2 of 2 SELECT SORT SEQUENCE You can display the list of selected files in the active catalog in one of six different sort sequences. Move the highlight bar to the desired sort sequence and press ENTER.p` CONFIGURATION OPTIONS You have the option of temporarily overriding a number of OffLoad's configuration items. Configuration overrides made via this option stay in effect only until you exit OffLoad. To make permanent configuration changes, use the OffLoad Configuration program. The following configuration items can be overridden via this option: Target Drive The drive letter of the diskette drive to which OffLoad will write the files it archives. When you choose this option, a pop-up window appears where you can specify the letter of the desired drive and press ENTER. Page 1 of 6 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS (Cont'd) Compression Type Unless instructed otherwise, OffLoad compresses most files as it archives them. It has two different types of compression techniques. One technique focuses on getting the maximum compression of the file (favors size). The other focuses on completing the compression as quickly as possible (favors speed). The technique which favors size generally takes longer to compress files than the one which favors speed. Therefore, archive operations will usually take longer with the favors size option, but you will be able to fit more files on a single diskette. Page 2 of 6_g CONFIGURATION OPTIONS (Cont'd) Compression Type The Compression Type option lets you choose which type (Cont'd) of compression (or no compression at all) you would like OffLoad to use. You can switch compression types within one archive catalog as many times as you wish. Delete Archived Most of the time, you will use OffLoad to "move" files Files from you hard disk to archive media. This means that OffLoad will delete the files from your hard disk after it has successfully copied them onto archive diskette(s). Page 3 of 6 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS (Cont'd) Delete Archived There may be times, however, when you want to copy one Files (Cont'd) or more files to an archive and retain them on your hard disk. Use the DELETE ARCHIVED FILES option to instruct Offload whether or not it should delete the files it archives. If you choose to have the files deleted automatically, OffLoad still puts up a prompt every time to be sure that you want to delete the set of files you just archived. Restore Directory When you restore archived files to you hard disk, OffLoad needs to know where to put them. You have two choices; either you can have Offload always restore files to the directory they resided in when they were archived or you can select a directory each time. Page 4 of 6|o CONFIGURATION OPTIONS (Cont'd) Restore Directory The RESTORE DIRECTORY option lets you choose between (Cont'd) always having files restored to their original directories or always specifying the target directory yourself. Directory Sort When you are viewing lists of files on your hard disk, you can have them presented in one of three sort orders. Use the DIRECTORY SORT option to specify which order you prefer. Inactive Files You have to option of "inactivating" files in your archive catalogs as they become obsolete. The files remain on the archive media and could be restored to your hard disk, if desired. Page 5 of 6 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS (Cont'd) Inactive Files Generally, you will not want these files to be Cont'd) included when you display or print the contents of an archive catalog. Offload lets you choose whether or not you want to see them. Use the INACTIVE FILES configuration option to instruct OffLoad whether or not to show these files. Most OffLoad users set up their permanent configuration to exclude these files and use this OffLoad option on the rare occasions when they want to see them. Return To Use this option to return to the previous menu. Main Menu Page 6 of 6 DELETE A CATALOG OffLoad maintains a series of files on your hard disk for each OffLoad catalog which document the contents of the catalog. These files are collectively called a "hard-disk catalog". Each OffLoad catalog has between one and three files on your hard disk associated with it. If you want to permanently delete an OffLoad catalog, select this option and press ENTER. You will be prompted to be sure that you want to delete it before OffLoad actually deletes the supporting files. Note: you should never attempt to rename a catalog by renaming it's supporting files on your hard disk. Each archive diskette contains the catalog name and this would get your hard-disk catalog out of sync with the archive diskettes. SEARCH BY FILE NAME As OffLoad catalogs get larger, it becomes more important to be able to search a subset of the catalog when trying to locate an archived file. The simplest and most powerful way to do this is to search the catalog for a specific file name or a "DOS-like" file specification (e.g. *.TXT). To begin a file name search, move your highlight bar to the SEARCH BY FILE NAME option and press ENTER. A pop-up window will appear requesting a file specification. File specification rules are the same as for DOS; an asterisk matches anything and nothing, a question mark matches any single character in the file name, etc. Type in your file specification (or nothing if you want to display the entire catalog) and press ENTER. OffLoad will display only those files who's name matches your file specification. SEARCH BY ARCHIVE DATE You can search the active archive catalog for those files archived on a specific date or between a range of two dates. OffLoad will then show a list of files which were archived during the time period specified. To begin the search, move the highlight bar to the SEARCH BY ARCHIVE DATE option and press ENTER. A window will pop up asking for the first date in the date range (or just a single date). Enter the first date of the date range (or just a single date) in the form MMDDYY where MM is the month number, DD is the day number and YY is the last 2 digits of the year. For example 013190 is January 31, 1990. If you are entering a range of dates, enter the ending date on the next pop-up window. If you are searching a single date, just hit enter on the second window. { SEARCH BY KEYWORD As you accumulate more and more files in OffLoad archives, the task of locating a specific file or group of files becomes increasingly challenging. One of the most effective techniques for simplifying the task of locating files is to assign either keywords or a description to those files which have the greatest likelyhood of being needed later on. This not only helps you group related files in an archive, it also serves as a memory jogger down the road when you have a hard time remembering what a particular file was used for. Assuming that you have assigned keywords to some of the files in an archive, you can search for those files with the SEARCH BY KEYWORD option. Page 1 of 3 SEARCH BY KEYWORD (Cont'd) To begin a keyword search, move your highlight bar to the SEARCH BY KEYWORD option and press ENTER. A pop-up window will appear where you can type in the keyword or keywords to search on. All files in the archive who's keyword field contains the text you enter in this window will display in the search results display. For example, if you type in the keyword search criteria of "SHEET", the table below shows which archive entries would match. Keyword Field Contents Matched? ------------------------------------- -------------- Lotus 123 spreadsheet for XYZ product Y Sheet steel pricing database Y 1989 payroll history file N Page 2 of 3 SEARCH BY KEYWORD (Cont'd) If you type in multiple keywords in your search criteria, only those archive entries with the same keywords in the same order will be matched. For example, if you typed in the search criteria of "pricing data", the table below shows which archive entries would be matched: Keyword Field Contents Matched? ------------------------------------- -------------- Pricing spreadsheet database product N Sheet steel pricing database Y 1989 Pricing Data for Modem group Y Page 3 of 3 DELETE CATALOG You are about to permanently delete a catalog from your hard disk. OffLoad wants to confirm one more time that this is what you want to do. Note: A copy of this catalog exists on the last disk in the catalog. You can use the RESTORE CATALOG option to re-create the catalog you are about to delete at a later time. SELECT AN EXISTING CATALOG Offload has presented you with a list of existing catalogs. Use your up and down arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the catalog you want to activate and press ENTER. You can also click on the desired catalog with the left mouse button. Either way, the catalog name will be filled in on the prompt panel and you need only press ENTER once again to activate the catalog. Press your help (F1) key while you highlight bar is on the ACTIVATE CATALOG option for more information on activating catalogs. TARGET DRIVE This option lets you temporarily override the diskette drive which OffLoad will use to archive files. You can change the drive letter here and OffLoad will use that drive until you either: 1. Change the target drive again (using this option) 2. Exit OffLoad To override the target drive, place your highlight bar on the option and pres ENTER. A pop-up window will appear where you can type in the drive letter. OffLoad will not allow you to specify the drive letter of a fixed (hard) disk; only diskette drive letters are allowed. RESTORE DIRECTORY When you restore archived files back to your hard disk, Offload needs to know where to put the files. You can choose from two methods: 1. You can have OffLoad always restore files to the directory they were in when they were archived. If the directory (or directories) no longer exist on your hard disk, OffLoad will create them. 2. You can have OffLoad prompt you for the name of a directory to restore the files into. If you choose this option, OffLoad puts a directory tree on your screen (similar to the one used for manual archiving) and you simply point to the desired directory. Page 1 of 2 RESTORE DIRECTORY (Cont'd) To override the current RESTORE DIRECTORY selection, press ENTER and a pop-up window will appear asking if you want OffLoad to always restore files to their original directory. Select YES or NO and press ENTER. Your override will remain active until you either change it again using this option or exit OffLoad. To change the RESTORE DIRECTORY option permanently, run the OffLoad Configuration program. Page 2 of 2 DIRECTORY SORT You can override the sort sequence that OffLoad uses to present lists of files on your hard disk. There are three sort sequences to choose from: Primary Sort Secondary Sort File name File Extension File name Date Last Updated File Extension File Name MARK FILES INACTIVE This screen shows a list of files in the active archive catalog. Those which have already been inactivated will have a "(I)" to the right of the file name. To inactivate a file, move the highlight bar to the file name and press ENTER. To inactivate a group of files, mark each file with the F5 mark key and press ENTER when all files have been marked. RETURN TO MAIN MENU Press ENTER to return to the OffLoad main menu. CFG_RET_HLP TARGET ARCHIVE DRIVE Specify the drive letter of the floppy disk drive that you want to archive your files to. This override of configuration will only last until you exit OffLoad. The next time you run OffLoad, the target drive will revert back to that specified in OffLoad configuration (OLCONFIG). SET_TRG_HLP COMPRESSION OPTIONS You can override the compression option you chose in the OffLoad configuration program. The new compression method you choose will apply until you exit OffLoad. You have three compression options: FAVORS - This method compresses a file as much as possible before SIZE copying it to the archive disk. It takes the longest amount of time in compression of the three options. FAVORS - This method compresses the file some, but focuses more on SPEED getting the compression done quickly than on making the file as small as possible. NO - You can also eliminate compression altogether. This is the COMPRESS fastest method for archiving files but fits the fewest files on an archive disk. DIRECTORY SORT SEQUENCE You can specify the default sort sequence that OffLoad uses to present lists of files on your hard disk. You can choose from three sort sequences: Primary Sort Secondary Sort File name File Extension File name Date Last Updated File Extension File Name Select from this list of sort options by moving the highlight bar to the desired sort sequence and pressing ENTER. EDITING A CATALOG'S DESCRIPTION Each OffLoad catalog can have a description of up to forty (40) characters. When you elect to edit the active catalog's description, a window pops with the existing description and you can then edit it. If a description already exists, use your editing keys to change the existing description. If not, simply type in a description. When you have the desired description, press ENTER. EDITING FILE KEYWORDS FILE SPECIFICATION To assign keyword(s) to a file (or edit the keywords which have previously been assigned), you view a list of files in the catalog and select files for keyword editing. You can reduce the list of files OffLoad displays by specifying a "DOS-like" file specification. If you do, only those files whose name matches the file specification will display. File specification rules are the same as for DOS; an asterisk matches anything and nothing, a question mark matches any single character in the file name, etc. If you want to display all of the files in the catalog, simple enter no file specification a file specification and press ENTER. CATALOG STATUS This panel display the status of the active catalog. The following information is displayed: CATALOG DESCRIPTION The description you assigned to this catalog. CATALOG VERSION The version number of the OffLoad program which NUMBER last updated this catalog. CATALOG CREATED The date and time the catalog was created CATALOG LAST UPDATED The date and time the catalog was last updated NUMBER OF DISKS The number of disks in this catalog. PGDN for more Page 1 of 3 CATALOG STATUS (Cont'd) NUMBER OF FILES The total number of files archived into this catalog. NUMBER OF ACTIVE The total number of active files in the catalog. FILES NUMBER OF INACTIVE The number of inactive files in the archive. FILES NUMBER OF The number of ordinary (non-general purpose ORDINARY FILES archive) files in the archive NUMBER OF ARCHIVE The number of general-purpose archive (ZIP, PAK ZOO, and ARC) files in the catalog PGDN for more, PGUP for previous page Page 2 of 3 CATALOG STATUS (Cont'd) NUMBER OF FILES The total number of files contained inside the CONTAINED IN general-purpose archive files in this catalog. ARCHIVE FILES PGUP for previous page Page 3 of 3 DISPLAY OF FILES IN A CATALOG This screen lists all of the files in the active catalog which pass the selection criteria you specified (file spec, date range or keyword). The following information is displayed about each file: LENGTH The size of the file in bytes when it was archived. SIZE The size of the file in bytes in its archived form. UPDATED The date and time the file was last updated before it was archived. ARCHIVED The date and time the file was archived. To see more information about a specific file, move the highlight bar to the file name and press ENTER. SORT_DSP_HLP EXPAND ARCHIVES Do you want to see a list of the files in any general purpose archive file in your archive catalog? General purpose archive files (e.g. ZIP, PAK, ARC) are files which contain one or more files in a compressed form. If you want the contents of GPA files displayed in the report, select YES. FILE SEARCH KEYWORD SPECIFICATION In this window, you can specify one or more keywords to use to search for a file in the active archive catalog. If you specify more than one word, only files with the same keywords IN THE SAME ORDER will be matched by the keyword search. Type in the desired keyword(s) and press ENTER. FILE SEARCH ARCHIVE DATE RANGE SPECIFICATION You can search the catalog for files which were archived on a specific date or during a date range. To search for files archived on a specific date, specify the date on the first date window and press ENTER without specifying a date on the second window. To search for files archived during a date range, specify the starting date on the first date window and the ending date on the second date prompt window. Specify all dates in the form MMDDYY (e.g. 123191 for December 31, 1991). FILE SEARCH FILE NAME SPECIFICATION You can search the catalog for files which match a specific file name or match a file specification (e.g. *.TXT, ABCDE.*). Type in a file name or file specification and press ENTER to display all files in the active archive catalog which match your specification. INSERT NEW DISK Your current archive disk has filled up and there is more to write out (more files to archive and/or more of the backup catalog to write). Insert a pre-formatted disk (any density) and press ENTER. INSERT NEXT DISK OffLoad has used all it needs from the current disk and now requires that you insert another disk. It has requested a specific disk, by name. Insert the disk that has been requested and press ENTER. ARCHIVE FILES (MANUAL) The manual archiving process is the "point-and-shoot" method of identifying and archiving files. It is also useful for combing through a hard disk and deleting unneeded files. The manual archive process works as follows: 1. Specify a drive to scan. 2. View a directory "tree" of directories on the disk. 3. Select directorie(s) to review and view a list of files in each directory. 4. Mark any files you want to archive. Delete any files which are no longer needed. 5. Initiate the archival process. UNCHANGED FILE ARCHIVAL OffLoad provides a capability for archiving select groups of files automatically, based on the amount of time that has past since the file(s) were last modified. This is based on the date which is maintained by DOS when each file was last updated. If you have established your unchanged file archival specifications via the OLCONFIG program, you are ready to begin a unchanged file archiving run. Press ENTER while the highlight bar is on the ARCHIVE FILES BY DATE option and OffLoad will scan your hard disk looking for files which pass the unchanged file archival specifications you made for the active catalog. If any files are found, they will be displayed on a panel for you to review and optionally edit. Press ENTER from that screen to begin archiving. RESTORE TO ORIGINAL DIRECTORY? You have two choices regarding where OffLoad will place the file you are about to restore. You can either have OffLoad restore it to the same directory it was in when it was archived. If the directory no longer exists, OffLoad will create it for you. If you do not want to do this, answer NO and OffLoad will display a directory tree and allow you to select and existing directory into which it will restore the file. DRIVE TO SCAN FOR RESTORE DIRECTORY Specify the drive letter of the disk drive you want to restore the file(s) to. OffLoad will scan this drive and present you with a directory tree of the drive. Select a directory from this tree and OffLoad will restore the file(s) into that directory. SELECT DIRECTORY FOR RESTORE A directory "tree" showing the directories on the selected drive is displayed on the screen. Use your up and down arrows to move the highlight bar to the directory into which you want to restore this file and press ENTER. SELECT SORT SEQUENCE You can display the list of selected files in the active catalog in one of six different sort sequences. Move the highlight bar to the desired sort sequence and press ENTER. RESTORING A CATALOG You have chosen to restore a hard-disk catalog from it's fail-safe backup which is located on the last diskette of the catalog's archive set. Place the last diskette in the diskette drive and press ENTER to proceed with the restoration. If you do not want to proceed with the restoration, either press your escape (ESC) key or move the highlight bar to NO and press ENTER. For more information about restoring a catalog, press your help (F1) key while on the RESTORE CATALOG option. WARNING: IF YOU PROCEED WITH THE RESTORATION PROCESS, YOUR EXISTING HARD-DISK CATALOG WILL BE OVER-WRITTEN. DIRECTORY FILE LIST This screen contains a list of file(s) in the selected directory. Use the following keys to work with the files in this list: F2 Use the browse key to view the first 64K of the file (BROWSE) on your screen. If the file contains binary data (e.g. EXE, COM and OVL files), the file's contents will look like gibberish on the screen. F5 Use the mark key to mark files to be archived into the (MARK) active catalog.The mark key acts as a toggle. It alternates between including and excluding the file from the list of files to be archived every time it is pressed. PGDN for more Page 1 of 2 DIRECTORY FILE LIST (Cont'd) DEL Press the DEL key to delete a single file or a group of (DELETE) marked files from your hard disk. If no files are marked, the DEL key works on the file which has the highlight bar on it. If one or more files are marked, the DEL key works on the marked group. ENTER Press the ENTER or F10 key when you have finished working OR with the files in this directory and want to save any F10 marking of files you have done. ESC Press the ESC key to abort any marking of files you have (ABORT) done this time in this directory. PgUp for previous screen Page 2 of 2 COMPRESSION TYPE Unless instructed otherwise, OffLoad compresses most files as it archives them. It does this to increase the number of files it can fit on a single archive diskette. It also automatically decompresses these files when you restore them back to the hard disk. It has two different types of compression techniques. One technique focuses on getting the maximum compression of the file (favors size). The other focuses on completing the compression as quickly as possible (favors speed). The technique which favors size generally takes longer to compress files than the one which favors speed. Therefore, archive operations will usually take longer with the favors size option, but you will be able to fit more files on a single diskette. Page 1 of 2 COMPRESSION TYPE (Cont'd) Offload keeps track of which compression technique it used for each file it compresses so it can automatically decompress it properly when the file is restored. You can use either compression technique (or no compression at all) whenever you want. You can mix compression techniques in a single archive catalog. To override the compression technique used, place your highlight bar on this option and press ENTER. A pop-up window will appear giving you three choices (favors speed, favors size and no compression). Move your highlight bar to the desired technique and press ENTER. OffLoad will use this compression technique until you either change it again or exit OffLoad. Page 2 of 2 DELETE ARCHIVED FILES Most file archiving involves "moving" the file from a hard disk to archive media. To accomplish this, the file is copied to the archive and then deleted from the hard disk. You can have OffLoad delete the files from your hard disk that it archives. If you elect to do so, whenever OffLoad completes an archival operation, it pops up a window to make sure that you want to delete the files. If you just press ENTER, it will delete the files. You can also choose at this point not to have OffLoad delete the files. This is the normal method of operating OffLoad. If you want, you can have Offload leave the files it archives on your hard disk and you can then selectively delete them yourself at some later time. To override this option, press ENTER and select the desired choice. VIEWING A FILE ON YOUR HARD DISK This screen shows the contents of a file. You can scroll down using the PgDn key and view the first 64K bytes of the file. If the file contents looks like gibberish, you are probably viewing a binary file. EXE, COM, OVL and WKS files are examples of binary files. TARGET DRIVE Specify the drive letter of the floppy disk drive OffLoad is to use for archiving files. This is the drive OffLoad will use unless told otherwise. You can temporarily override this setting while OffLoad is running if you need to archive to an alternate drive. PRINTER DRIVER A printer driver is a file which contains the information OffLoad needs to make your printer work properly. A number of printer drivers are supplied with OffLoad. To select a printer driver, press INS and a list of pre-defined printer drivers will be displayed. Move the highlight bar to the appropriate driver name and press ENTER. Refer to Appendix A in the OffLoad User's Guide for more information about supported printers. PRINTER PORT Type in the name of the port to which your printer is attached to your PC. Valid printer port names are of the form: LPTx where x is 1, 2, 3 or 4 COMx where x is 1, 2, or 3 If you are unsure, check the configuration settings for other software which prints successfully to see if a printer port (or printer address) is specified. COMPRESSION OPTIONS OffLoad can compress files as it archives them, thereby increasing the number of files you can fit on an archive disk. You have three compression options: FAVORS - This method compresses a file as much as possible before SIZE copying it to the archive disk. It takes the longest amount of time in compression of the three options. FAVORS - This method compresses the file some, but focuses more on SPEED getting the compression done quickly than on making the file as small as possible. NO - You can also eliminate compression altogether. This is the COMPRESS fastest method for archiving files but fits the fewest files on an archive disk. DELETE ARCHIVED FILES When OffLoad archives a file, it can delete it from the hard disk. You have two choices in this configuration option. You can: - have OffLoad ask you every time it archives one or more files if you want the file(s) deleted - take responsibility for deleting the files upon yourself. If you specify YES for this configuration option, every time you archive files, OffLoad will ask if you want them deleted. Answer YES to that question and OffLoad will delete them. ALWAYS RESTORE TO ORIGINAL DIRECTORY When you restore files which have been archived back to the hard disk, OffLoad needs to know where to put them. You have two choices: - You can have OffLoad always restore files to the directory they were in at the time they were archived, - You can have OffLoad prompt you for a target directory every time you restore a file. If you have OffLoad always restore to the original directory, it will notify you whenever the directory no longer exists and ask if it should create the directory or put the file in a different directory. DIRECTORY SORT SEQUENCE You can specify the default sort sequence that OffLoad uses to present lists of files on your hard disk. You can choose from three sort sequences: Primary Sort Secondary Sort File name File Extension File name Date Last Updated File Extension File Name Press ENTER followed by INS to select from this list of sort options. ARCHIVE CATALOG DIRECTORY OffLoad maintains files on your hard disk which contain information about all of the files you have arhived. These files comprise the archive catalog(s) you have created. Specify the name of a directory on your hard disk where you want OffLoad to maintain these catalog files. WORK DIRECTORY OffLoad creates temporary files on your hard disk in support of its operation. It needs to know where (which directory) you would prefer it create these temporary files. All temporary files are deleted by OffLoad when it is finished with them. Specify the name of a directory on your hard disk where you want OffLoad to create these work files. DIRECTORY AGING FACTOR Specify in this field the number of days a file in this directory can remain unchanged before it is eligible for unchanged file archival. In addition to remaining unchanged for the specified time period, the file must have one of the extensions included in the list in the lower left and must NOT be in the list of excluded files in the lower right list before it is eligible for unchanged file archival. UNCHANGED FILE ARCHIVAL FILE EXTENSION LIST On the lower left side of the screen is a list of file extensions which are eligible for unchanged file extensions. Only files with one of these extensions will be archive candidates. To add an extension to the list, type in the extension and press ENTER or press INS and select an extension from a list of extensions in this directory. To remove an extension, place the cursor in the field and use the DEL key to delete the extension characters. UNCHANGED FILE ARCHIVAL FILE EXCEPTION LIST On the lower right side of the screen is a list of files in this directory to be excluded from unchanged file archival. They will be excluded even though they may have an extension which is in the list of eligible file extensions. To add a file to the list, move the cursor to an empty field and type in a file name or press INS to select from a list of files in the directory. To delete a file from the list, move the cursor to the file name and use the DEL key to delete the file name characters. PRINTER DRIVER OffLoad needs to know how to communicate properly with your printer. It determines this via a printer driver. A printer driver is a file which contains instructions for OffLoad about how to get your printer to print normal and special characters (bold, underline, etc.). Refer to Appendix A in the OffLoad User's Guide for a list of supported printers and their coresponding printer drivers. Either type in the name of the appropriate printer driver or press ENTER, followed by INS to see a list of known printer drivers. MANUAL FEED Specify Y in this field if your printer requires manual feeding of paper. If so, OffLoad will stop after each page and prompt you to insert a new sheet of paper. Specify N in this field if your printer feeds paper automatically (pin-feed printers, laser printers, ink jet printers, etc.). INITIALIZE PRINTER CODES Specify in the two initialization fields the control characters required to initialize your printer. If you are unsure, check in your printer manual. NORMAL PRINTING Specify in the two normal print fields the control characters required by your printer to print normal characters. If you are unsure, check in your printer manual. BOLD FACE PRINT Specify in the two bold fields the control character pair required by your printer to turn on and off bold face character printing. If you are unsure, check in your printer manual. If you can't find this information, leave these blank and your reports will print without the benefit of bold face characters. PRINTER UNDERLINING Specify in the two underline fields the control character pair required by your printer to turn on and off underlined character printing. If you are unsure, check in your printer manual. If you can't find this information, leave these blank and your reports will print without the benefit of underlining. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRED OR USED BY OFFLOAD. LINES PER PAGE Specify here the number of lines per page your printer supports. For most printers, this will be 66 lines per page. Some laserjet printers support only 60 lines per page. OFFLOAD CONFIGURATION A number of items which control OffLoad's operation are under your control. These include such items as: - Which floppy drive to use to archive files - Whether or not to compress files during archive - Whether of not to delete files after they are archived - Where to store the archive catalogs on the hard disk You must specify a few of these configuration items before you can run OffLoad, ANALYZE or SCHEDULE. To review the current configuration items, press ENTER. COLOR PREFERENCES You have the option of specifying the colors that you want OffLoad to use for its screens. For users of color monitors, this allows you to make OffLoad run in colors which are pleasing to your eye. For laptop users, you can modify the colors to make your monochrome screens more readable. To review and modify OffLoad's color settings, press ENTER." UNCHANGED FILE ARCHIVAL OffLoad provides a capability for archiving select groups of files automatically, based on the amount of time that has past since the file(s) were last modified. This is based on the date which is maintained by DOS when each file was last updated. Unchanged file archival specifications are maintained seperately for each OffLoad catalog. A catalog need not have unchanged file archival specifications. You will establish them only for catalogs for which this type of archival is appropriate. Unchanged file archival specifications consist of a list of directories on the hard disk(s) to be searched, a list of file extensions which are eligible for this type of archival, an aging factor for each directory and, optionally, a list of files in each directory to be exempted. PGDN for more Page 1 of 2 UNCHANGED FILE ARCHIVAL (Cont'd) To build unchanged file archival specifications, move the highlight bar to the AutoMove Directory Setup option and press ENTER. You will be prompted to enter the name of the catalog you want to work with. Specify the catalog name (existing or new) and press ENTER. You will be presented with a list of directories (if any) already defined for this catalog. If no specifications exist for this catalog, the list will be empty. To add one or more new directories to the list, press INS and specify the drive letter of the drive containing the directories. Mark any directories you want to add and press F10 when you are done. You will then be prompted to specify the archival criteria for each directory you chose. PGUP for previous screen Page 2 of 2 PRINTER DRIVERS A printer driver is a file which contains the information OffLoad needs to make your printer work properly. A number of printer drivers are supplied with OffLoad. If you need to customize a printer driver to meet the special needs of your printer, select this option and fill in the resulting panel with the print codes used by your printer. If you are unsure what a print driver is or how to specify print codes, refer to the OffLoad User's Guide. PRINT OFFLOAD DOCUMENTATION If the OffLoad package that you received includes an on-disk manual (it should), you can print a copy of the manual on your printer via this option. To print the manual: - Get your printer ready - Select this option and press ENTER If your package didn't include a manual, an error message will display. EXIT OFFLOAD CONFIGURATION PROGRAM Use this option when you are finished with the configuration program and want to save any changes you may have made. A faster way to accomplish the same thing is to press ALT-F10 at any time. DISPLAY SCHEDULE The SCHEDULE and ANALYZE utilities provide a method for scheduling the archiving of files at some future date. When you schedule a file with either of these utilities, an entry is added to the OffLoad schedule file containing the file name, catalog and schedule date. This option enables you to view the current schedule file and modify its contents. You can delete files from the schedule. You can also change the target catalog and/or schedule date for any file in the schedule. To view the schedule file, press ENTER. SCHEDULED ARCHIVAL OffLoad's ANALYZE and SCHEDULE utilities allow you to schedule files to be archived on a specific date to a specific catalog. OffLoad maintains a master schedule of files to be archived. When you start OffLoad, if there are any scheduled files which are ready to be archived, a panel display showing the number of files and catalogs ready for archival. To archive these scheduled files, move the highlight bar to the Archive Files (Scheduled) option and press ENTER. OffLoad will, in turn, select each group of files (by catalog) and present them for you to review. Follow the prompts to insert the appropriate archive disks. If you do not want to archive a catalog's files, press ESC when viewing the list of files. OffLoad will skip them and go on to the next catalog's files. SPECIFY FILE NAME AND EXTENSION If you want to view a list of ALL files in the catalog which have not been inactivated, press ENTER. To view a subset of files, type in a file specification (file name, *.*, *.TXT, etc.) and press ENTER. MARK FILES INACTIVE As files age in an archive, some may become obsolete. You can simplify catalog searches by marking obsolete files inactive, thereby eliminating them from file searches and file list displays. Select this option to display a list of active (e.g. not yet inactivated) files in the active archive catalog. From this list, you can mark and inactivate files. Press ENTER to view all files in the active archive catalog. To view a subset, type in a file specification (e.g. *.txt, abc*.*) and press ENTER4 OFFLOAD SCHEDULE UTILITY The SCHEDULE utility provides a convenient method for scheduling files on a hard disk to be archived by OffLoad. When you run schedule, it shows a list of files in the active hard disk directory. You can use this list to mark individual files or groups of files and schedule them for archiving into a specific archive catalog. They can be scheduled to be archived on any date, now or sometime in the future. You can also use this list to delete files from the hard disk. Every time you run OffLoad, it checks to see if any files have been scheduled to be archived on or before the current date. If so, if displays a summary panel showing the number of files which are ready to archive and the number of different archive catalogs which will receive files. PgDn for more Page 1 of 3 OFFLOAD SCHEDULE UTILITY (Cont'd) Use the following keys to work with the files in this list. Place the highlight bar on the desired file and press one of the keys discussed below: F2 Use the browse key to view the first 64K of the file (BROWSE) on your screen. If the file contains binary data (e.g. EXE, COM and OVL files), the file's contents will look like gibberish on the screen. F5 Use the mark key to select a file to be processed as part (MARK) of a group of one or more files. The mark key acts as a toggle. It alternates between including and excluding the file from the group every time it is pressed. PGDN for more Page 2 of 3 OFFLOAD SCHEDULE UTILITY (Cont'd) DEL Press the DEL key to delete a single file or a group of (DELETE) marked files from your hard disk. If no files are marked, the DEL key works on the file which has the highlight bar on it. If one or more files are marked, the DEL key works on the marked group. ENTER Press the ENTER key to schedule a single file or a group of (SCHEDULE) marked files for archiving. If no files are marked, the ENTER key works on the file which has the highlight bar on it. If one or more files are marked, the ENTER key works on the marked group. After you schedule a file, the catalog name and schedule date for the file shows on the right side of the screen. PgUp for previous screen Page 3 of 3]# ANALYZE HARD DISK ANALYSIS TOOL ANALYZE is a utility which helps you identify and archive files on a hard disk. It is one of three OffLoad components which are designed to simplify the process of locating and archiving (or deleting) files which are no longer needed on the hard disk. ANALYZE presents, in alphabetical order, a list of file extensions which are found on a hard disk. This display contains the extension names as well as the number of bytes on the hard disk which is take up by files with each extension. Starting with this list, you can select an extension and view a list of directories which contain files with the selected extension in them. From this list, you can display a list of the individual files in each directory and can even display the contents of any individual file. PgDn for more Page 1 of 2 ANALYZE HARD DISK ANALYSIS TOOL (Cont'd) You can mark individual files or groups of files and schedule them for archiving into a specific archive catalog. They can be scheduled to be archived on any date, now or sometime in the future. PgUp for previous screen Page 2 of 2 SCAN DISK You can analyze by file extension, any hard disk on your system. If you want to analyze a drive other than the one specified in this window, type the drive letter and press ENTER. To analyze the drive specified in the window, press ENTER.k* ANALYZE HARD DISK STATISTICS AND FILE EXTENSIONS This screen displays two types of information about the hard disk that was analyzed. In the window on the left are some summary statistics about the capacity and utilization of the hard disk. It shows the capacity of the hard disk, the amount of space taken up by files, the number of files and directories on the disk and the amount of free space which remains. In the window on the right side of the screen is a list of file extensions which are found on the disk along with a count of the total munber of bytes of storage on the disk take up by files of each extension. This file extension list is the base of operations from which you can review files, delete files and schedule files for archiving. To view a list of directories which contain at least one file with a particular file extension, move the highlight bar to the extension and press ENTER. PgDn for more Page 1 of 2 ANALYZE HARD DISK STATISTICS AND FILE EXTENSIONS (Cont'd) From the directory list screen, you can place the highlight bar on a specific directory and press ENTER to display a list of files in the directory which have the extension currently being analyzed. Once you have the file list, you can browse a file by placing the highlight bar on the file name and presing the browse (F2) key. You can delete a file by placing the highlight bar on the file name and pressing the DEL key. You can schedule a file for archiving by placing the highlight bar on the file name, pressing ENTER and answering the two prompts. You can delete and schedule for archiving a group of files by first marking each file in the group with the F5 key and then pressing the appropriate key (DEL or ENTER) after all of the files have been marked. PgUp for previous screen Page 2 of 2 ANALYZE FILE EXTENSION EXCLUSION LIST ANALYZE gives you the option of excluding certain file extensions from displaying when you display the file extension list. Some of the file extensions on your hard disk will be unfamilar or uninteresting to you. By excluding them from the display, it is easier to focus in of the files you want to manage. As you mark file extensions to be excluded, they are placed on a excluded extension list. This list is maintained permanently on your hard disk. This screen displays the file extension exclusion list that you have built. It contains two pieces of information; the file extension and the drive to which the exclusion applies. If the drive is shown as an "*", it means that this extension is excluded on all drives. PgDn for more Page 1 of 2 ANALYZE FILE EXTENSION EXCLUSION LIST (Cont'd) You can remove a single file extension from the exclusion list by moving the highlight bar to the extension and pressing the DEL key. You can remove a group of extensions by first marking all of the extensions with the F5 mark key and then pressing DEL. PgUp for previous screen Page 2 of 2V7 DIRECTORY FILE LIST This screen contains a list of file(s) in the selected directory which have the file extension currently being analyzed. Use the following keys to work with the files in this list: F2 Use the browse key to view the first 64K of the file (BROWSE) on your screen. If the file contains binary data (e.g. EXE, COM and OVL files), the file's contents will look like gibberish on the screen. F5 Use the mark key to select a file to be processed as part (MARK) of a group of one or more files. The mark key acts as a toggle. It alternates between including and excluding the file from the group every time it is pressed. PGDN for more Page 1 of 2 DIRECTORY FILE LIST (Cont'd) DEL Press the DEL key to delete a single file or a group of (DELETE) marked files from your hard disk. If no files are marked, the DEL key works on the file which has the highlight bar on it. If one or more files are marked, the DEL key works on the marked group. ENTER Press the ENTER key to schedule a single file or a group of (SCHEDULE) marked files for archiving. If no files are marked, the ENTER key works on the file which has the highlight bar on it. If one or more files are marked, the ENTER key works on the marked group. PgUp for previous screen Page 2 of 2 DIRECTORY LIST This screen shows a list of directories on the drive you had analyzed which contain at least one file with the selected extension. You can view the list of files with the selected extension in any of the directories shown by moving the highlight bar to the appropriate directory and pressing ENTER. After you are finished looking at this list of directories, press ESC to return the the file extension list. ANALYZE FILE EXTENSION EXCLUSION LIST As you review your list of file extensions with ANALYZE, you have the option of excluding certain file extensions from displaying on the extension list. Some of the file extensions on your hard disk will be unfamilar or uninteresting to you. As you mark file extensions to be excluded, they are placed on a excluded extension list. This list is maintained permanently on your hard disk. You can choose to have ANALYZE use the exclusion list before the list of extensions is displayed. If you want to see the extensions that you have excluded, select the NO option and press ENTER. ARCHIVE SCHEDULE DATE You can specify a date (today's date or some future date) when the file or files will be archived. If you specify a date later than today's date, OffLoad will keep track of the date and will remind you that you have files ready to archive as soon as that date arrives. To schedule the file(s) to be eligible for archiving immediately, press ENTER without specifying a date. To schedule archiving on a future date, type in the date in MMDDYY format and press ENTER. SCHEDULE FILE This display shows all files which are scheduled for archival (either now or some date in the future). Shown are the file name, the date the file is scheduled for archival and the catalog into which the file is to be cataloged. You can modify the schedule using the following procedures: Remove File(s) To remove a file from the schedule, move the From Schedule highlight bar to the file name and press DEL. To remove a group of files, mark each file by pressing the mark (F5) key with the highlight bar is on each file name and press DEL when all files have been marked. PGDN for More Page 1 of 2 {G SCHEDULE FILE (Cont'd) Change Schdule To change the date a file is scheduled for archiving, Date for File(s) move the highlight bar to the file name, press ENTER twice and type in a new date. To change the date for a group of files, mark each file by pressing the mark (F5) key with the highlight bar on the file name, press ENTER twice when all files have been marked and type in the new date. PGUP for Previous Page, PGDN for Next Page Page 2 of 3 SCHEDULE FILE (Cont'd) Change Catalog To change the catalog a file is scheduled to be for File(s) archived into, move the highlight bar to the file name, press ENTER and type in the desired catalog name (or press INS to choose from a list). To change the catalog for a group of files, mark each file by pressing the mark (F5) key with the highlight bar on the file name, press ENTER when all files have been marked and specify the catalog name. PGUP for Previous Page Page 3 of 3