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- Longfilename Backup LBACK Version 0.1
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- Based on Odi's DOS tools for long file names http://www.odi.ch/
- Longfilename Backup is a Tool similar to D.J. Murdoch DOSLFNBK.
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- I've written this program mainly to backup/restore chinese and japanese Windows (DBCS based)
- If you ever had the pleasure to backup and restore a japanese Windows you know what i mean.
- The program is also useful for eg. russian, greek, turkish Windows, all language Versions
- that does not fit in the DOS Code Page 850.
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- How it works:
- The program makes a backup of every long filename
- AND also a backup and rename of short filenames under the following conditions:
- any character in the shortname that is above 127 will be mapped to _ and a new
- shortname with ______~XX is created. The original short name is backed up like
- a long filename. Long names are only backuped but not removed and never renamed.
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- After the renaming one can savely backup and restore without any influence of the
- actual codepage or DOS-Version. Especially japanese DOS/Windows contains characters
- in the shortnames that are completely illegal on all other DOS-Versions, you cannot
- create or access a file with such characters.
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- The program works under plain DOS.
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- Backup:
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- lback C:\ /b /f:back.txt makes a backup of the long names and renamed short names
- Make a shortname archive of the harddisk with e.g. zip or arj
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- Restore:
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- Unpack the archive to the harddisk
- lback C:\ /r /f:back.txt restore the long and renamed short names.
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- Note: After lback C:\ /b /f:back.txt you should not start Windows.
- First use lback C:\ /r /f:back.txt to restore the original short names.
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- Otherwise Scandisk is a little unhappy if the short name part of a long name
- is renamed, but you you can ignore this error, the other applications works fine.
- But there is a risk that you renamed a shortname that is in the registry
- and windows is missing the file.
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- Disclaimer:
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- THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM.
- THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
- USE THE PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME ALL COSTS.
- IN NO EVENT WILL ANYBODY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
- EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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- This is the first Alpha-Release of the Software, there a surely bugs.
- Dont use the Program on Harddisks with critical data before you are absolutely sure it
- works for you. Use it first on a floppydisk to fully understand how it works.
- Use scandisk to check the filesystem after restore.
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- License:
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- This is free software under the GPL License, see license.txt.
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- Known Problems:
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- -Current version can only restore to the same drive as backuped.
- Will be fixed.
- -Restore of a filename will not work if you changed the size of a file
- in the backup archive between backup and restore.
- Sizecheck is intended as a security check.
- Command line switch planned to suppress size checking.
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- SourceCode:
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- Compiled with Borland BC3.1 BC4.52 should work also
- LARGE MODEL, Stack Checking ON (Advised).
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- Contact:
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- herbert.reichardt@justmail.de
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