Anyone know if there is a way to get a backup program to automatically run immediately before or immediately after ending DXBase?
Ron, N5IN Bill Nowicki [WA4OYH] wrote: >I think it would be easier to go on the internet and look for a freeware or >shareware program that was designed to do incremental backups. I remember a >freeware program called Back4WIN that would do what you wanted but is not >for WindowsXP. There are other files in DXBase one needs to backup like any >label, QSL card or report that has been designed by the user. I just save a >copy by hand because these files don't change once I have a final design. > >73 Bill WA4OYH > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ron Stordahl >Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:57 AM >To: Jim McDonald >Cc: DXbase Reflector >Subject: Re: [DXBase] Backup batch file > > >Jim > >Your suggestion is a good one, however I am wondering if it could be >enhanced so as to preserve the last 'N' runs, or maybe the time & date >could somehow be incorporated so that a series of backups could be >preserved. In the later case it would be the resposibility of the user >to delete an excessive number of backup's. I don't know what features >are available in BAT files in Windows...I suppose it's documented >somewhere. > >Probably some DXBase user is up to date on this, or has a better solution. > >Ron, N5IN > >Jim McDonald wrote: > > > >>A few months ago we had a discussion about using a DOS batch file to backup >>DXbase files. If you've upgraded to DXbase 2004, don't forget to update it >>with the new path for DXbase 2004 instead of 2003. >> >>BTW, if you don't have one and want to try it, mine looks like this: >> >>Rem Copy all important DXBase files to a Mapped Drive H: >>copy "C:\Program files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2004\*.CO" H:\DXbBak\ >>copy "C:\Program files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2004\*.mdb" H:\DXbBak\ >>copy "C:\Program files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2004\*.ini" H:\DXbBak\ >>copy C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts H:\DXbBak >>Rem Copy all important DXBase files to another Hard Drive on my system >>copy "C:\Program files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2004\*.CO" >>D:\Backups\DXbBak\ >>copy "C:\Program files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2004\*.mdb" >>D:\Backups\DXbBak\ >>copy "C:\Program files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2004\*.ini" >>D:\Backups\DXbBak\ >>copy C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts D:\Backups\DXbBak\ >> >>I have a shortcut icon on the desktop and run it with DXbase shutdown. >>Takes just a few seconds to run. >> >>Jim N7US >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > >_______________________________________________ >DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >
