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