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This program is an answer to a lazy mans prayer. I hate to right disk labels
every time I have to back up my hard disks. Some of the partitions already
take about 15 disks to do it. So I began by writting a simple program to
create disk labels for my backups. It was nice, but it still required that
I write the information after each header on the label. Now, with the final
version of this procedure, all I have to do is type in the drive or partition
name, the number of disks in the backup set, which series of backups it is(I
am a little paranoid, so I have two sets of backups I alternate), and the date
the backup was done, which is usually the default system date that is supplied
in the requester.
This program uses arexx, and the rexxarplib v2.1. It will not work with-
out them, and it DOES NOT check to see if the library is there. Niether piece is
supplied with this program, arexx is not expensive, and is worth every penny, and
the rexxarplib is available on Genie and Compuserve at least.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or praise, send me a message, I would
be happy to hear how you like it.
To use this program, execute it as you would any other Arexx script, then
answer the prompts given. You will have several chances to bail out before it
starts to print the labels. I suggest you try it first on regular paper, then
a few tests using one label should get you aligned correctly.