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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: 32bit Shareware backup program.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.060443.14598@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Jul27.172403.16887@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 06:04:43 GMT
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- : >I have the problem of transporting my work to and from uni. I have OS/2
- : >running at both locations, but my programming/working environment are
- : >constantly changing. What I need is a utility which (at the end of the day)
- : >will update a set of disks which I can take home/to uni. Obviously to save
- : >time only those files which have been updated which be backed-up / restored,
- : >but all files should exist in the set in their latest revision.
- : >I think the Shareware idea is good - the author of such a package can
- : >almost certainly count on a contribution from myself.
- :
- : If all the files are in one place, you can always use the XCOPY
- : command with the "/m" parameter. This parameter will copy only files
- : which have their "archive" bit set, and will then clear the archive
- : bit. For those who don't know, both FAT and HPFS have an "archive"
- : bit for each file which is automaticly set when the file is written
- : to.
-
- I should clarify that my "programming/working" environment involves several
- directories on several partitions (my /include and /lib on c:,
- my work in various directories on e:). I've tried the simple XCOPY / lharc /
- zip / zoo mathods, none of which is satisfactory.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
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