Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!princeton!udel!gatech!ncar!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!cadnetix.COM!cadnetix!rusty From: rusty@cadnetix.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Public Domain/Shareware Backup Programs? Message-ID: <2876@cadnetix.COM> Date: 3 Jun 88 20:40:45 GMT References: <4237@zodiac.UUCP> Sender: news@cadnetix.COM Reply-To: rusty@cadnetix.COM (Rusty) Distribution: na Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO Lines: 36 Posted: Fri Jun 3 16:40:45 1988 In article <4237@zodiac.UUCP> cbunjiov@ads.com (Charleen Bunjiovianna) writes: >I've been trying to find a good backup program, with no success. >Perhaps there's something available on a BBS out there? > I am in the process of writing JUST SUCH A BEAST! I, too had the displeasure of needing a good incremental backup program. Unless someone can come up with a BETTER way, I will write it during the week I am recovering from my operation. Features planned: uses pkarc or some similar program for storing onto floppy allows you to keep a description of each file won't be confused by duplicate filenames in different directories, or even in the same directory. (But I bet YOU will end up getting confused by it!) Does incremental backup Keeps info about all the locations/descriptions on your hard disk so you can search for whatever you are looking for without having to shove tons of disks in the drive Searches above info/database by name, type, description, date, etc. Keeps track of who is in what. Probably will be able to use either the dos "i've changed" flag or the change date as the incremental backup include decision. Will checksum files for even better checking on change status, if I figure out how to make it easy to use. This program will be shareware. My first experiment with shareware. Any other things you want? Let me know BEFORE the morning of June 9, or it won't be worked on until long after I recover... ----- Rusty Carruth N7IKQ DOMAIN: rusty@cadnetix.com Cadnetix Corp. UUCP: cadnetix!rusty 5775 Flatiron Pkwy. {uunet,boulder,nbires}!cadnetix!rusty Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 444-8075