[DXBase] Backup batch file

[Ron Stordahl]

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
>
>
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