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- From: gjm@cray.com (Gordon Miller)
- Subject: Re: Just what IS Alt-F1 (was Re: Multiple Desktops....)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.144333.18095@hemlock.cray.com>
- Lines: 51
- References: <JEFF.92Sep3163618@claw.clearpoint.com> <jdecarlo.240.716128041@mitre.org> <pwtnr9m.xtifr@netcom.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 14:43:33 CDT
-
- In article <pwtnr9m.xtifr@netcom.com> xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters) writes:
- >In <jdecarlo.240.716128041@mitre.org> jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo) writes:
- >
- >>And this is exactly what IBM recommends in the applicable Red Book. They
- >>recommend that the first line of CONFIG.SYS be an XCOPY of the *.ini files
- >>into the INSTALL directory. Then they recommend that STARTUP.CMD copy
- >>the .INI files into .1, .2, and .3 versions so you have several versions
- >>back, in case the most recent one is corrupted.
- >
- >As an alternative, this idea came up in a discussion on a local BBS.
- >(Note that I haven't tested this yet, but I cannot think of any reason
- >it wouldn't work...)
- >
- >Add to your CONFIG.SYS:
- >
- >CALL=C:\BIN\ZOO.EXE uh+ C:\INIBAK.ZOO C:\OS2\OS2.INI C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
- >
- >This will save the INI files *if* they have changed, and will keep older
- >versions (Zoo allows you to have several versions of a file in an
- >archive). Of course, this means that you must have a copy of zoo, but I
- >suspect that most people reading this do.
- >
- >Just thought I'd pass this idea along. Comments and criticism are welcome.
- >--
- >Chris Waters | the insane don't | NOBODY for President!
- >xtifr@netcom.COM| need disclaimers | Because Nobody's perfect!!
-
-
- Here is another suggestion that was posted some time ago.
-
- Add the following two commands to your CONFIG.SYS:
-
- CALL=C:\...\zoo.exe unP+q ini.zoo C:\*.SYS C:\*.BAT C:\*.INI C:\OS2\*.INI
- CALL=C:\...\zoo.exe glAq=8 ini.zoo
-
- Although more cryptic, it will probably be a lot faster.
-
- The first line adds a compressed version of the SYS, BAT, and INI files to the
- archive ini.zoo, only if the files have changed since last backup. The
- second line tells zoo to keep eight versions of each file. Change it as you see
- fit.
-
- Also, these commands only store the 8 most recent *versions* of each file.
- They will simply pass over any files that haven't been changed - saving that
- much more time on every boot.
-
-
- Cheers,
- Gordon Miller
-
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