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- Note from the Programmer:
-
- Five words about backing up data files: Do it often and regularly.
-
- The Save As feature is listed in the Test Bank, Editor, and Destination
- menus to allow you to keep multiple copies of your data. Since this feature
- has a history list, you can easily alternate between two different drives to
- save each update on a different disk.
- DOS has several commands to aid in creating backups. You may use these
- commands before loading Test PowWare, after exiting Test PowWare, or while in a
- DOS shell. A brief description: (refer to your DOS manual for more
- information as this is not meant to be a DOS tutorial)
-
- COPY {Filespec 1} {Filespec 2} will copy the file at {Filespec 1} to the
- location at {Filespec 2}. {Filespec 1}
- must contain the filename and, optionally,
- the path name of the file to be copied.
- {Filespec 2} need only contain the pathname
- unless the filename is to be changed. The
- * and ? wildcards may be used to copy more
- than one file.
-
- XCOPY {Filespec 1} {Filespec 2} is similar to the copy command, but will
- save time by loading all source files at
- once before writing them to {Filespec 2}.
- To use XCOPY, the file XCOPY.EXE must be
- in the current directory or in a directory
- listed in the PATH environment variable.
-
- DISKCOPY {Drive 1} {Drive 2} copies all files on {Drive 1} to {Drive 2},
- deleting all files on the diskette in
- {Drive 2}. To use this command, both of
- the diskettes must be formatted to the same
- capacity. To use DISKCOPY, the file
- DISKCOPY.COM must be in the current
- directory or in a directory listed in the
- PATH environment variable.
-
- BACKUP The backup command parameters will vary
- with the version of DOS that you are using.
- Refer to your DOS reference guide for more
- details.
-
- Remember, it only takes one little accident to totally destroy a lifetime of
- work. The easiest way to protect the investment of your time and effort is
- to keep copies of work in separate locations. After all, if you keep the
- backup diskettes with the original ones and a fire burns the building
- containing the original diskettes, what is left?
-
- Make backups often and regularly: what good is a backup if you have to
- replace six months of work?