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Information about “BAKTRACK”
BAKTRACK provides an easy way to back up hard disk files to floppy
diskettes. It is smart enough to make small daily backup chores fast
and painless. BAKTRACK performs both full and partial backups, with
directories and files easily excluded from the backup.
An index is maintained on your hard disk and on the backup diskettes.
The index is a convenient navigation tool for locating files on the hard
disk or the backup diskettes. The index allows fast recovery of one or
more files. After making a full backup, daily partial backups are fast
and easy since BAKTRACK keeps track of what files have changed or added
since the last backup and only backs up those files.
This program only works from the command line -- there are no menus.
BAKTRACK can be set to create a complete backup, prompted partial backup
by looking for the DOS archive bit on a file, or a partial backup as
specified by a control file named at startup.
BAKTRACK.DOC
BAKtrack -- Version 1.5
(C) Copyright 1989 Rockford Technologies Inc
All Rights Reserved
Rockford Technologies Inc
5126 Potomac Drive
Rockford, IL 61107
(815)226-8439
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Table of Contents
Copyright Notice ................................. 3
Disclaimer of Warranty ........................... 3
Registration Information.......................... 3
Restricted Permission to Copy .................... 3
I. Introduction ..................................... 4
II. Installing and Running BAKtrack .................. 5
III. File Exclusion ................................... 6
IV. Using the Index File ............................. 7
V. File Recovery .................................... 8
Release Notes .................................... 9
BAK Program Manual Page ......................... 10
RES Program Manual Page ......................... 12
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Copyright Notice
BAKtrack is not a public domain program. The manual and the
software described by the manual are protected by copyright
laws.
(C) Copyright 1989 Rockford Technologies Inc
All Rights Reserved
Disclaimer of Warranty
THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SUPPLIED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY.
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPLIED WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF
CONDITIONS AND HARDWARE UNDER WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE
USED, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS
OFFERED.
IN NO EVENT WILL ROCKFORD TECHNOLOGIES INC BE LIABLE FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR OTHER DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF THE USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THESE PROGRAMS,
EVEN IF ROCKFORD TECHNOLOGIES INC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIM.
Registration Information
To become a registered user of BAKtrack, send Fifteen
Dollars ($15.00) to:
Rockford Technologies Inc
5126 Potomac Drive
Rockford, IL 61107
In addition to software update notices, you will receive the
latest version of BAKtrack and two additional programs to
help with backup chores. One program interactively builds a
backup control file. The other will tell you how many
diskettes are required to perform a backup.
Restricted Permission to Copy
Rockford Technologies Inc grants permission to copy and
distribute diskettes containing BAKtrack software and
documentation. Distribution fees may be charged but may not
exceed six dollars ($6).
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I. Introduction
BAKtrack provides a simple and easy way to back up hard disk
files to floppy diskettes. It is smart enough to make daily
backup chores fast and painless. BAKtrack provides the
following features:
o Performs both full and partial backups.
o All backup files are current. During partial backups
non-current files are removed from the existing
backup diskettes and replaced by the latest version.
o Directories and files may easily be excluded from the
backup.
o The format of files does not change during backup so
that standard DOS utilities can be used to examine
and recover backup files. Files can be copied,
typed, or executed from the backup diskettes.
o An index is maintained on your hard disk and on the
backup diskettes. The index is a convenient
navigation tool for locating files on the hard disk
or the backup diskettes.
o The index allows fast recovery of one or more files.
Rockford Technologies hopes that you find this software
useful. We use the software daily because it is simple to
operate, quickly performs daily backups, and saves our data
in a sensible fashion. You are encouraged to report
software problems and submit enhancement ideas.
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II. Installing and Running BAKtrack
The distribution diskette contains the following files:
README.DOC Latest and greatest information
BAKTRACK.DOC This documentation
BAK.EXE BAKtrack backup program
RES.EXE BAKtrack restore program
FULLBAK.BAT Procedure to perform a full backup
PARTBAK.BAT Procedure to perform a partial backup
To install BAKtrack on your hard disk, copy the .EXE files
to a directory on the DOS PATH. For example, to place the
software in a directory named C:\USR\BIN, put the BAKtrack
diskette in drive A: and issue the following command:
COPY A:*.EXE C:\USR\BIN
Two procedures are provided to make it easy to perform
backups. To use them, copy the files FULLBAK.BAT and
PARTBAK.BAT to a directory on the DOS PATH. These
procedures assume that all files on drive C: will be backed
up to drive A:. The procedures create an index file in the
root directory named C:\BAK.NDX. You must perform a full
backup before you can perform a partial backup. To do a
full backup with these procedures, type the following
command at the DOS prompt:
FULLBAK
BAKtrack will prompt for formatted diskettes to be placed in
drive A:. Backup diskettes are numbered and should be
labeled accordingly. You should have approximately 30
formatted diskettes for every 10 megabytes of disk space
used on the hard drive. After the backup is complete,
BAKtrack will copy the index file to a diskette called the
index disk. Keep the index on a separate diskette.
After making a full backup, daily partial backups are fast
and easy. At the DOS prompt issue the following command:
PARTBAK
BAKtrack will locate the files which have been modified
since the last backup and replace them on the existing
backup diskettes. All new files will also be copied to the
backup diskettes. You should have additional formatted
diskettes ready to handle any new files.
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In order to use more advanced features of BAKtrack, you need
to learn how to run the BAK program. You may wish to
exclude some files and directories from the backup
procedure, or you may want to put the index file in a
different location on the hard disk. The FULLBAK.BAT and
PARTBAK.BAT procedures may be modified to perform these
tasks.
III. File Exclusion
BAKtrack allows files and directories to be excluded from
the backup diskettes. A control file may be specified to
tell BAKtrack what files should and should not be backed up.
The control file may be produced with any editor which can
create ASCII text files. Each line in the control file is a
complete directory name, a complete file name, or a wild
card file name. The character in the first column of each
line indicates the operation to perform on the file or
directory. A minus character (-) tells BAKtrack to exclude
the file(s) or directory from the backup diskettes. Any
other character tells BAKtrack to back up the file or
directory. When a directory is excluded from the backup,
all the files in the directory will be excluded.
Sometimes only some files in a directory need to be backed
up. This can be accomplished by excluding the directory and
then including the files that need to be backed up. As an
example, assume that you have purchased a popular software
product which installs over one hundred files in the
directory C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT. Most of the files never
change and are easily recovered from the product
distribution diskettes. There are, however, three
configuration files which are difficult to reproduce and
represent hours of work configuring the system the way you
like it. The following control file would let you back up
the configuration files without wasting time and disk space
on the product files:
- C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT
C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT\CONFIG1.DAT
C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT\CONFIG2.DAT
C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT\CONFIG3.DAT
The first line tells BAKtrack to ignore files in the
C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT directory. The remaining lines
explicitly include files in the directory and cause the
files to be backed up.
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BAKtrack also lets you exclude entire classes of files by
using DOS wild card file names. For example, to exclude all
temporary files which have a file extension of .TMP, place a
line in the control file which looks like this:
- *.TMP
All DOS wild card patterns are supported. You may also
exclude a specific file from all directories with a control
file entry like:
- C.ERR
IV. Using the Index File
Every line in the index file has two fields. The first
field is the diskette number where the backup file is
stored. The second field is the original name of the backup
file. Files are stored on the backup diskettes in the same
directory as on the hard disk; only the drive letter is
different.
The index file is a valuable resource for locating files on
your system. To locate a file on your hard drive, use the
DOS FIND command:
FIND "CONFIG" C:\BAK.NDX
This command will display all lines in the index file which
contain the text "CONFIG". A backup which used the control
file in the previous example would display:
5,C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT\CONFIG1.DAT
5,C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT\CONFIG2.DAT
5,C:\POPULAR\PRODUCT\CONFIG3.DAT
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The index is also handy for quickly recovering one or two
deleted files. Use the DOS FIND command to find out which
backup diskette the file is on, then copy the file back to
your hard disk. For example, assume that the file
LETTER.TXT was accidentally deleted. Issue the following
command:
FIND "LETTER.TXT" C:\BAK.NDX
The output from the above command might look like this:
12,C:\USER\DATA\LETTER.TXT
This tells you that the file is on backup diskette number
12. Place backup diskette number 12 in drive A: and issue
the following command to restore the file:
COPY A:\USER\DATA\LETTER.TXT C:\USER\DATA\LETTER.TXT
Notice that files are saved on the backup diskettes in the
same directory as on the hard drive.
V. File Recovery
BAKtrack includes a restore program named RES.EXE. The
restore program will restore all files listed in the index.
If you only want to recover some of the files, make a copy
of the index and edit it to remove files that you do not
want restored.
If you have a catastrophic hard disk failure, you must
reformat and install the DOS system files before performing
full file recovery. BAKtrack does not process HIDDEN or
SYSTEM files and cannot install DOS on the hard drive.
See the command description for examples and details on how
to use the RES program.
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Release Notes:
Version 1.4
1. The BAK program now allows diskettes to be formatted
during backup. This option is only available during
full backups and when additional diskettes are
required at the end of a partial backup.
2. The initial copyright notice now reports which
BAKtrack program is running.
3. Several typographical problems were corrected in the
manual and some topics are better explained.
Version 1.5
1. It was possible to run out of disk space when trying
to build a new directory on the target diskette.
This situation is now detected and the user is
prompted for a new diskette.
2. Full backups will save the old index under name
bak.old. If this file already exists, it is deleted
and the backup wil continue normally.
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NAME
bak BAKtrack backup program
SYNOPSYS
bak [-?] [-f] [-v] [-u] [-ddrive] [-iindex] [-ppath]
[-ccontrol]
-f Perform a full backup (default is incremental)
-v Verbose flag
-u Unix file names
-d Target drive for backup (default is A:)
-i Alternate name for index file (default is BAK.NDX)
-p Backup begins in this directory (default is the
current directory)
-c Control file name
-? Help
DESCRIPTION
The program BAK will copy files from one drive to another
and create an index of the files copied. By default, files
are copied to drive A: beginning in the current default
directory. The directory tree is descended and all files in
the tree are processed. By default, BAK performs a partial
backup and expects an index file named BAK.NDX in the
current default directory. Only files which have been
modified since the last backup are processed during a
partial backup. The default options may be changed with
command line arguments.
The -f flag causes a full backup to be performed. All
files will be copied, regardless of their modification
status, and a new index file will be created.
The -v flag will print file names that are skipped.
The -u flag converts DOS file names to UNIX file names
by replacing all backslashes (\) with slashes (/) and
changing all characters to lower case.
The directory where BAK begins may be specified with the
-p flag. A complete directory name is expected. This
causes BAK to begin in a different directory than the
current default directory.
By default the index file is placed in the current
default directory and named BAK.NDX. The name and
location of the index file may be changed with the -i
flag.
The default destination drive A: may be changed with the
-d flag.
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A backup control file may be specified with the -c flag.
The control file specifies which files get copied to the
backup diskettes. If information about a file is not
contained in the control file, then BAK will copy the
file. The control file is an ASCII text file. Each
line in the control file may specify a file name, a
directory name, or a wild card name. A full path name
must be used for all file and directory names. The
character in the first column of each line determines
how the file is processed. A minus character (-) tells
BAK not to copy the file, or if the name is a directory,
not to copy any files in the directory. Any other
character causes the file or directory to be copied.
Files will always be copied if they are included in the
control file, even when the directory has been excluded.
A file name without a path and optionally containing
wild card characters specifies a class of files to be
excluded from the backup diskettes. For example,
consider the following control file:
- C.ERR
- *.OBJ
- C:\LOTUS
- C:\FREELANC
- C:\FREELANC\FONTS
- C:\FREELANC\SYMBOLS
C:\FREELANC\SYMBOLS\MISC.DRW
C:\FREELANC\SYMBOLS\LOGOS.DRW
All C.ERR files and files which have a .OBJ extension
will not be copied to the backup diskettes. All files
in the C:\LOTUS, C:\FREELANC, C:\FREELANC\FONTS, and
C:\FREELANC\SYMBOLS directories will not be copied to
the backup diskettes. The files MISC.DRW and LOGOS.DRW
in the C:\FREELANC\SYMBOLS directory will be copied,
however.
EXAMPLES
The command
bak -f -pC: -iC:\BAK.NDX -cC:\BAK.CTL
specifies full backup of all files on hard disk C: to
drive A:, places the on-line index in the root directory
of drive C:, and uses a control file named C:\BAK.CTL.
The command
bak -pC: -iC:\BAK.NDX -cC:\BAK.CTL
Specifies a partial backup using the same files as the
first command.
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NAME
res BAKtrack restore program
SYNOPSIS
res [-?] [-ddrive] [-iindex] [-r] [-s]
-d Drive containing backup files (default is A:)
-i Alternate name for index file (default is BAK.NDX)
-r Silently replace existing files
-s Silently create directories
-? Help
DESCRIPTION
The program RES will copy all files named in the index
file BAK.NDX to their original locations. The backup
files will come from drive A:. If a directory does not
exist, the user is asked if the directory should be
created. If a file already exists, the user is asked if
it should be replaced.
The -d flag may be used to specify a drive other than A:
for the backup files.
The -i flag specifies a different index file name. If a
drive letter is given and it matches the drive where the
backup files are located, then the index is retrieved
from the index disk.
The -r flag will cause files to be replaced without
asking the user for confirmation.
The -s flag will cause directories to be created without
asking the user for confirmation.
EXAMPLES
The command
res -iA:\BAK.NDX -r -s
will restore all of drive C: from backup files using
drive A:. The index will come from the index disk.
Directories and files will be created and copied without
user confirmation.
To only restore some files, make a copy of the index
file and remove the undesired files from the index. Use
the modified index as input to the restore program. The
following commands demonstrate this method:
copy A:\BAK.NDX TEMP.NDX
edlin TEMP.NDX
res -iTEMP.NDX
x
FILE1869.TXT
Disk No: 1869
Disk Title: BakTrack
PC-SIG Version: S1.2
Program Title: BAKtrack
Author Version: 1.5
Author Registration: $15.00
Special Requirements: Hard drive.
BAKTRACK provides an easy way to back up hard disk files to floppy
diskettes. It is smart enough to make small daily backup chores fast
and painless. BAKTRACK performs both full and partial backups with
directories and files easily excluded from the backup.
An index is maintained on your hard disk and on the backup diskettes.
The index is a convenient navigation tool for locating files on the hard
disk or the backup diskettes. The index allows fast recovery of one or
more files. After making a full backup, daily partial backups are fast
and easy since BAKTRACK keeps track of what files have changed or
added since the last backup and only backs up those files.
This program only works from the command line--there are no menus.
BAKTRACK can be set to create a complete backup, prompted partial backup
by looking for the DOS archive bit on a file, or a partial backup as
specified by a control file named at startup.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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README.DOC
BAKtrack -- Version 1.5
(C) Copyright 1989 Rockford Technologies Inc
All Rights Reserved
Rockford Technologies Inc
5126 Potomac Drive
Rockford, IL 61107
(815)226-8439
To get started, print the documentation with the following command:
COPY A:BAKTRACK.DOC PRN
The manual is eleven pages long. To look at the manual without
printing it, use the following command:
MORE <A:BAKTRACK.DOC
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1869
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
BAK EXE 31248 1-15-90 6:50p
BAKTRACK DOC 23059 1-15-90 6:50p
FILE1869 TXT 2295 3-20-90 4:34p
FULLBAK BAT 285 1-15-90 6:50p
GO BAT 38 1-01-80 1:37a
GO TXT 540 1-01-80 1:54a
PARTBAK BAT 273 1-15-90 6:50p
README DOC 649 1-15-90 6:50p
RES EXE 22864 1-15-90 6:50p
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