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- From: gt1610c@prism.gatech.EDU (McGaugh)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Some possible backup solutions.
- Message-ID: <68002@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 14:37:47 GMT
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Lines: 34
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- Hey All.
-
- First of all, the following suggestions have not been tested. I will not
- be able to test them myself until next week.
-
- Backing up the Workplace Shell:
-
- The new 32 bit zip and unzip from InfoZip not only store/retrieve EA's,
- but also empty directories (plus their EA's). This I have tested.
- Why not have a 'call=...' line in the config.sys to backup the *.ini
- files and the 'OS!2 Desktop' directory. I don't now right now if zip
- has the ability to keep multiple backups of the same file, like zoo
- does, but I'm sure that there is a way around that.
-
- Backing up to floppy:
-
- There was recently a thread about using gtar (GTAK100.ZOO from hobbes)
- with the -S option to backup to floppy. People were also complaining
- that this would not work with the option to compress the files.
- Why not pipe the output of the new 32 zip into gtar. Will this work?
-
- Finally, I have a question. If I were to make a backup of all the files
- on my hard disk, including system and hidden files, and then I reformatted
- my hard disk, what else is needed, other than an exact copy of each file,
- to make the system bootable again?
-
- Any comments or suggestions? Please post or write.
-
- Ken.
- --
- M. Ken McGaugh
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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