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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HD Backup info wanted
Message-ID: <246@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 15:55:05 EST
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.246
Posted: Sat Feb 21 15:55:05 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Feb-87 01:56:35 EST
References: <210@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division
Lines: 37
Keywords: Hard Disk, Backups

In article <210@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> hsgj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Dan Green) writes:
>Does anyone know of any Hard Disk backup software?  I have a 20 meg
>hard disk, and my backup solution consists of using Copy ALL to copy

On one of my disks in the last batch released (sorry, I forget the exact
disk number) is an alpha version of a port of a Unix utility called
bru (Backup and Restore Utility).  It is a quick and dirty port, but it
is usable.

>each directory onto its own floppy.  This takes me about 2 hours.  If
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gak!  No wonder you are looking for something else...


>					Another thing to take into
>consideration for backup software is whether it changes the file date
>or not.

The alpha version does not preserve the date.  The beta versions will,
using the new facilities available under 1.2  Beta 1 will be ready in the
next week or so.

> Of course, if you know of pd stuff thats great; 

The alpha version is not pd, but it is freely redistributable.  All
subsequent versions, up to and including any possible commercial release,
will not be.

Disclaimer:  I am the author of bru so I obviously have some interest in
seeing it become popular.

-Fred
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