[DXBase] another .bat file for backup

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

The /V switch was always mis-understood.  It was intended to simply
verify that data written to a floppy could be read i.e. the floppy was not
damaged
similar to the read =after-write heads on a tape drive.

From the MS-DOS Encyclopedia by Ray Duncan - Microsoft Press:

"The /V switch caulses a read-after-write verification of each block of the
destination file.  Its effect is equivalent to that of the VERIFY ON
command.
No comparison is made between the source and destination files ---the /V
switch simply causes MS-DOS to verify that the destination file has been
written
correctly."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McDonald" <jim@n7us.net>
To: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>; "DXBase List" <dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 03:54
Subject: Re: [DXBase] another .bat file for backup


> Remembering from the old days of DOS (like going back 21-22 years!), the
> Copy command has a /V option to ensure the copy was made correctly.  To do
> that, add a " /V" after each Copy line.
>
> I have a question.  What are the apostrophes for?
>
> Jim N7US
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
> To: "DXBase List" <dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 8:22 PM
> Subject: [DXBase] another .bat file for backup
>
>
> Taking a lead from Tony Cash's backup utility I created a version for me.
> Slightly different but principals the same.
> In my case DXBase is installed on the E drive directory called DXB (I did
> all this to make the copy commands easy to type hence eliminating typos)
>
> So the first part copy the important DXB files to the C drive and a
> directory call Backup.
>
> Rem Copy all important DXBase files to a C drive, F drive(CDRW)
> rem and E drive on FR Computer (CDRW)
>
> rem First it copies the important DXB files to the C drive on the same
> computer.
>
> rem Copy all important DXBase files to another Hard Drive on Hamshack1
> copy "E:\DXB\*.co" "C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\Backup\"
> copy "E:\DXB\*.mdb" "C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\Backup\"
> copy "E:\DXB\*.ini" "C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\Backup\"
> copy C:\WINDOWS\DXB2003.ini "C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My
> Documents\Backup\"
> copy C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts "C:\Documents and
> Settings\Bill\My Documents\Backup\"
>
>
> rem The second part copies the same files to a CDRW drive on the same
> computer.
>
> REM Copy all important DXBase files to CDRW on Hamshack1
> copy "E:\DXB\*.co" "F:\"
> copy "E:\DXB\*.mdb" "F:\"
> copy "E:\DXB\*.ini" "F:\"
> copy "C:\WINDOWS\DXB2003.ini" "F:\"
> copy "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" "F:\"
>
> rem The third part copies the same files to a CDRW drive on different
> computer which is on the LAN
>
> Rem Copy all important DXBase files to a CD-RW drive on another computer
via
> the LAN.
> copy "E:\DXB\*.co" "\\FR\D on CDRW\"
> copy "E:\DXB\*.mdb" "\\FR\D on CDRW\"
> copy "E:\DXB\*.ini" "\\FR\D on CDRW\"
> copy "C:\WINDOWS\DXB2003.ini" "\\FR\D on CDRW\"
> copy "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" "\\FR\D on CDRW\"
>
> (if you have a LAN, you can easily get the address of that computer by
going
> to Windows Explorer, drilling to the drive on the LAN you want and copying
> the address from the PATH bar at the top of the screen)
>
> I save this file to C:\ You can now use the Windows Schedule program to
> automate this .bat file.
> Of course your computer must be on to do this. But mine never shut down.
> I make it a practice that before making any changes, importing any contest
> logs, etc. to manually start the .bat file from the RUN command.
> Even though I have a couple .mdb files this whole process barely takes a
> couple of minutes.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Why put off until tomorrow what you'll never do anyway?
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> W9OL, Bill H. in Chicagoland
>
>
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