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- From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu)
- Subject: Re: BackUP & ABackup (fish disks)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.192449.1672@nynexst.com>
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- Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
- References: <1992Dec28.024022.9766@netcom.com> <1992Dec28.144746.27467@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 19:24:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.144746.27467@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu> lofaso@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Bernie Lofaso) writes:
- >garyweir@netcom.com (Gary Weir) writes:
- >
- >>Note - Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- >
- >>I'm presently using BRU (thanks Fred) via HDBackup for my hard drive
- >>backup needs. I was hoping to get Ami-Back (commercial package) but
- >>Santa wasn't quite good enough to me this year (I didn't get a lump
- >>of coal, I did at least get WB 2.1.....8-). Has anyone used either
- >>or both of the following shareware packages? Any and all comments
- >>appreciated.
- >
- >>BackUP version 3.77 by Felix R. Jeske Fish#767
- >
- >>ABackup version 2.00 by Denis Gounelle Fish#780
- >
- >>Thanks!
- >
- >>--
- >>Gary M. Weir Milpitas, California (Silicon Valley) garyweir@netcom.com
- >
- >I've tried both programs on an A4000. I don't like the user interface
- >for BackUP very much. It doesn't allow you to enter the directory to be
- >backed up, but instead requires you to enter a volume. You don't have to
- >back up then entire volume, you can select/deselect what you wish, but
- >having to read a large disk volume only to deselect everything and start
- >over is a pain. I tried backing up a directory with 2.7M in it to HD floppy
- >with compression turned on. After about 10-15 minutes I got tired of waiting
- >and turned the machine off.
-
- That was one of the custom changes Felix did for me when I registered.
- It turns on the recursive option, so that you can just click on a
- directory to recursive select/deselect it.
- >
- You're right about the volume stuff though. But since my volumes aren't
- so large, I didn't notice this.
-