Chip Hitware 6 A/CHIP_HITWARE6_A.iso/tools/GRBack/README.TXT

Text File | 1997-12-27 | 10KB | 207 lines

Distribution Summary
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GRBack20.zip    GRBack: Backup utility for Windows NT/95/98 v2.00
Size( compressed/Not compressed): 373K/793K
Date: 28/12/1997
Category: Win95/NT, utility, file utility, disk utility, system utility
Replace files: GRBack19.zip, GRBack18.zip, GRBack17.zip.


Review
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GRBack (by GRSoftware) is a full functional Shareware Windows NT/95/98 backup
program that can help you maintain your vital computer data. It recreate your
source directory tree into the destination drive and for every directory it
create a PKZIP 2.0 compatible archive with long file name support. You can do
a full, incremental or differential backup of your data. You can schedule your
backup with the aid of the Microsoft System Agent (SAGE) under Windows 95 or
using the Microsoft AT utility under Windows NT. Fully configurable with
simple text files. The program comes with a setup program that allows you to
install, evaluate and unistall the package leaving your system clean.

Description
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Follows tha major GRBack features:

* Support for network and removable drives (floppy, Iomega ZIP/JAZ and
  other similar ).
* Can spawn on multiple removable media.
* Fully customizable: include, exclude files, skip directories.
* Fully Microsoft System Agent (SAGE) aware (Windows 95).
* Fully support VFAT long file names.
* Backup modes are: Full, Incremental and Differential.
* Allows you to copy files instead of compress them.
* Recreate exactly your source directory structure so that you can easily
  navigate into the backup archives.
* Create PKZIP 2.0 compatible archives with long file names.
* Synchronize you backup archives with your source files.
* Quick and background run.
* All backup activities are notified into a detailed log file.
* Easy registration with emailed personal key file.

What's New
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This version is a major update to GRBack version 1.90. This program will be a
Lite version in the future when the GRBack Professional version (3.xx) will be
released. This program will be maintained for all the users that do not need
the professional options but want a more simple backup program. Follows the
list of the news:

* added an option to exclude files whose date is before a specified date into
  the "Advanced Options" dialog. This option takes priority over all other
  options for the selection of the files to backup.
* added a new dialog box when the disk full condition is reached. This
  new dialog allows a better handle of the change of the destination disk.
* added an option to synchronize the content of the backup archive with the
  source. When you delete a source file and you want to automatically delete
  the same file from the backup archive you can now enable this option.
* added a test to verify if the destination disk is ready. Added a dialog box
  to ask for a disk before to start instead of quit the program.
* added the copy of the directories attributes on the destination disk.
* added a new backup mode:  differential.  This mode is based upon the archive
  attribute bit and stores all the files that have the archive attribute bit
  on.
* improvement: if the destination disk does not support the long file names
  GRBack now creates the destination directories using the alias short name.
  Also it automatically forces the creation of the $backup.dir files and store
  inside them the long file name and the alias file name so that restoring
  with the right name will be more easy.
* improvement:  more diagnostic messages on the log file.
* fixed a bug handling filenames with special characters like "àùè" in the
  name.
* fixed a bug when compression is disabled and the source files are only
  copied.
* fixed a bug for the option "Include System/Hidden Files" that was not
  correctly saved/restored.
* fixed a bug adding a task into the windows 95 SAGE task list.
* fixed a bug if the specified compressor temporary path end with the characters '\' or '/'.
* fixed a date/time bug inside the $backup.dir files.
* fixed the "Scan Drives" button so that it does no more add the floppy
  drives into the job list.
* moved the "Archive mode" group box from the "Zip Compressor" dialog to the
  "Backup" dialog renaming it as "Backup method".
* moved the option "clear the source archive attribute" from the "Advanced
  Options" dialog to the "Backup" dialog.
* moved the option "Include System/Hidden Files" from the "Zip
  Compressor" dialog to the "Advanced Options" dialog.
* while handling the disk full condition is now possible to clean up the
  destination disk before to continue the backup.


The new backup methods behave as follows:

* Full: clear any previous archive or file and recreate the new backup.
* Update (Incremental): updates the backup archives copying any new or
  modified file.
* Archive bit logic(Differential): update the backup archive
  if the source file has the archive attribute bit on despite of its date.

Evolution
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GRSoftware is working on a new Professional version of the program whose name
is GRBackPro. GRBack Professional edition is a big enhancement of GRBack. The
program is designed with a completely new user interface and has the many
options that a professional user usually ask for. The program will do all what
GRBack do with the following improvements:

* a more complete and flexible user interface.
* the possibility to select a single folder or even a single file to backup.
* an integrated restore facility.
* an integrated scheduler.
* a report dialog to easy the view and extract of your backup activities.
* live in the background and is activable from your tray icon bar.

Visit http://www.grsoftware.net to download the beta version.


Install
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Unzip the distribution archive and run the setup.exe program. This program
will copy all the needed files where you want and will register the program on
your system. This setup program allows you to add a desktop icon, and to list
the program into the "Start Menu" or into the "Start Menu\Programs" menu. It
also registers itself into the Control Panel to allow a quick and full Remove.

Remove
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From the "Control Panel" - "Add/Remove Programs" you can quickly remove the
program (completely) from your system how the Windows 95 standard requires.

License
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This is NOT FREE software.  This license allows you to use this software for
evaluation purposes without any charge for a period of 30 days.  If you use
this software after the 30 days evaluation period a registration is required
(see the help file for details on how to).  I recommend you to register the
program ONLY after you have full tested it on your system as this shareware
version behaves exactly as the registered version.

Registration
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Thanks to the growing interest and to better promote this product, this
version is licensed at ONLY 29US$ (site licenses 800US$ and world-wide
licenses 2000US$).  Register immediately: do not lose this unique occasion!
Credit cards supported: VISA, Master Card, American Express, Discovery and
Dinners Club.  You can also register this product directly on the WEB:
http://order.kagi.com/?LU with a secured transfer protocol, or by phone: +1
[phone].  NOTE: registrations by email will not be accepted if coming
from anonymous email addresses.


Disclaimer of Warranty
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This software and the accompanying files are provided "as are" and without
warranties as to performance of merchantability or any other warranties
whether expressed or implied. Because of the various hardware and software
environments into which this software may be put, no warranty of fitness for a
particular purpose is offered. Please use the Shareware concept and
extensively try this software before to buy it.  Any liability of the seller
will be limited exclusively to product price refund.  This software is
produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).  ASP
wants to make sure that The Shareware Principle works for you. If you are
unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting
the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
157-F Love Ave. Greenwood, IN 26142 USA, FAX [phone] or send email to
[e-mail].


Distribution
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Freely distributable as soon as the files inside the compressed archive aren't
modified in any way. Other text file can be added to the archive. Please
contact the author for written permission.


Author information
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Ing. Roberto Grassi
P.O.BOX 48, 10096 Leumann (Torino) ITALY, EUROPE.
Internet E-Mail : [e-mail], [e-mail]


WWW home pages
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http://www.grsoftware.net
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4866
http://www.ipsnet.it/ospiti/grsoftware
http://www.bsoftware.com/cgi-bin/fetchsan.cgi?AuthorID=499,LocationID=1
http://mini.net/cgi-bin/sax?2347

Internet Download URLs
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http://www.grsoftware.net/grback20.zip
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4866/grback20.zip
http://www.ipsnet.it/ospiti/grsoftware/grback20.zip

Alternative public download sites:

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/diskutl/grback20.zip
ftp://ftp.coast.net/pub/coast/win95/sysutil/grback20.zip
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win95/dskutil/grback20.zip
http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/diskutl/grback20.zip
http://www.winsite.com/win95/dskutil/grback20.zip