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- 6H.177 Workplace Shell Backup Utility
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- FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR - 02/06/92
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- Thank you for trying 177bkup. Several changes have been made to the utility
- in this maintenance release:
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- - The program was recompiled using the 177 level of the IBM toolkit.
- - 177bkup correctly installs itself into the task list. It may be minimized
- and restored while running.
- - The program no longer requires the existence of directory \OS2\OS2.DTP.
- However, If this directory is present, it will be backed up and restored.
- - Additional tests for invalid INI files have been introduced.
- - The WipeDTP program has been replaced with WipeWPS. WipeWPS is a 32 bit
- program which correctly deletes all target WPS files and directories.
- - WipeWPS requires a user response of 'Y' to execute or 'N' to bypass
- clearing of the target directory(s).
- - The generated restore command file now uses Copy instead of Xcopy.
- - Lines in the Read.me and restore command files are terminated with
- carriage return and line feed.
- - The restore process has been tested using MOST to boot 6.167 in order to
- restore a 6.177 partition. This process is more timely than booting the
- installation diskette, but is limitted to individuals who maintain both
- beta levels on their hard drives.
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- A mysterious performance problem during backup of the OS2.INI file occurs
- on my PC and at least one other. Backup of that file has taken over 15
- minutes for me. If you have that problem as well, please let me know. I
- have included an additional input parameter that you may use at your own
- peril. "NoBackupIni" may be specified to skip the INI file backups. An
- obvious loss of synchronization will occur if you use this parameter.
- However, the INI files are much more static in OS 2.0 than they were in
- the past and it may be possible for you to use an old INI backup during
- restore. Again, I caution against using this parameter. The performance
- problem will try your patience, but will produce valid data.
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- Finally, I can not promise that it will be possible to produce a version of
- this utility that will work with the GA release of OS2 2.0. Things change
- and "stuff" happens. If one is not produced, it will not be for my lack of
- trying. I can promise that those who register 177bkup will be provided with
- free registration for production versions of this utility that may become
- available in the future.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Have you ever discovered that whole folders of laboriously entered programs
- have vanished from the desktop? How about dropping the System folder on the
- shredder? Deleted the System Clock? Lost sleep over the fact that the
- printer lives right next to the shredder?
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- If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then this utility is right
- on target for you! 177bkup.exe is a 32 bit PM program that will make an image
- copy of your workplace shell configuration while you are up and running. It
- creates a CMD file (DtpRest.cmd) that you can use to recover with the image
- copy if you need to.
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- NO MORE RE-INSTALLING just to recover from Workplace Shell catastrophes.
- To make your life even less complicated, every time you take a backup, a
- Read.Me file is placed into your backup directory. It will explain precisely
- how to execute the recovery procedure!
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- Contents of this package are:
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- Read.Me - You're reading it right now.
- 177bkup.exe - The Workplace Shell image copy utility.
- WipeWPS.exe - Clears out the desktop directorie(s) before recovery.
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- Installation is pretty darn simple:
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- Step1 - Copy 177bkup.exe to a directory that you use to store programs.
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- Step2 - Copy WipeWPS.exe to one of the boot drive directories named in the
- config.sys that is contained on your SYSTEM DISK 1 OF 14. They are:
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- \ (Root)
- \OS2
- \OS2\SYSTEM
- \OS2\INSTALL <== suggested
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- Step3 - Add a program entry to any of your folders for 177bkup.exe. As far
- as program settings go, all you really have to specify is path and
- file name for where you placed 177bkup.exe and the name of the
- target directory into which Workplace Shell backup data will be placed.
- Enter the name of the target directory in the Parameters entry field.
- You must specify drive and full path name. (ie. E:\DtpStore) If this
- directory does not exist, 177bkup.exe will create it when it executes.
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- TAKE NOTE: 177bkup.exe owns the target directory lock, stock and
- barrel. When it starts execution, it erases all files
- and sub-directories contained within its target directory.
- So don't specify a directory that holds any files or
- sub-directories that you wish to keep.
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- Executing the backup is as simple as double clicking the icon! 177bkup.exe
- is a well behaved 32 bit PM application. It does its considerable I/O on a
- separate thread so that you can close it, minimize it or do other tasks while
- it is running. After it completes execution, look at the Read.Me file that is
- created in the target directory. This file will tell you exactly what must
- be done in the case of a Workplace Shell failure.
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- Miscellaneous Notes:
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- 1) To receive syntax help for 177bkup, execute it with no parameters from
- an OS2 command prompt.
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- 2) Optional Parameters:
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- PurgePrompt | NoPurgePrompt - allows suppression of the confirmation
- message box that warns of the erasure
- of files and sub-directories of the
- backup target. Default is PurgePrompt.
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- TestVer2Rev | NoTestVer2Rev - allows suppression of the check made for
- 6H.177 OS2KRNL file size. Use this if
- you have a patched kernel and are sure
- that this backup procedure will still
- work with your revision. Default is
- TestVer2Rev.
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- 3) Make the target directory be disk resident. If you write to floppy, the
- backup of the system INI files may not complete in your lifetime. It
- would be prudent to use a drive other than your 6H.177 boot drive.
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- 4) Many checks are made to insure that you will be notified if valid backups
- are not created. However, image copies are created and the GIGO (garbage
- in / garbage out) rule applies. Therefore, make sure that you are running
- cleanly before you write over backup data with a new backup. Try to use
- a rotating target directory methodology so that you can maintain a valid
- -1 backup should the current backup data prove to be damaged.
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- ================== SUPPORT SHAREWARE =====================================
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- I hope you find this utility helpful, but (here comes the disclaimer) I am
- in no way responsible for any damages the use of this utility may cause.
- You are free to use this utility at your own risk with no obligation to me,
- the author, for only a short period of time.
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- This backup utility will allow 15 trial executions. Then it will "time out."
- If 177bkup is helpful to you or your organization, you should register it.
- The registration fee for individuals is $15 (US). The site registration fee
- for corporate entities is $150 (US). Please send registration fees along
- with a daytime phone number to:
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- Dave Lester
- PO Box 461
- New Freedom, PA. 17349 USA
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- Comments, suggestions and bug reports may be submitted through CIS Mail
- ID 75600,237. These will be answered on a "best effort" basis.
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