[DXBase] another .bat file for backup

2003年2月23日 21:22:04 -0600

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.
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Why put off until tomorrow what you'll never do anyway?
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W9OL, Bill H. in Chicagoland