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Ärende: [VOICENWS] SW: LDBkup v1.02a
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From: "Walter F. Metcalf" <walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com> 

New Release of LDBkup
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Version 1.02a is essentially a maintenance release of LDBkup.  It contains
only a few changes designed to make backups run faster than before.  In
some instances, the previous versions were taking far too long to backup
large drives. 

v. 1.02a	13 December 2004
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1.	Removed "-s" (solid archive) parameter from RAR commands.  This
	may result in a very slight increase in the size of the archive file(s).

2.	Added "-msrar;zip" parameter to RAR commands. This causes RAR to
	skip the compression step for any file with the extension ".zip" or 
	".rar"

I made both these changes to reduce the length of time required for the
backups to run, which on my system, at least, was getting  completely
out-of-control.

To make the most of these changes you may want to consider moving all 
your  zip and rar files to one drive.


The new version of LDBkup is available NOW from my web site at 
http://wmetcalf.com/kw2/Utilities/LDBkup1-02a.exe and from Hobbes
incoming.  It should  be eventually be moved to its home at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver

See the next section for an introduction to LDBkup and a partial list of
its features.


Enjoy!


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Large Disk Backup (LDBkup)

LDBkup is a program designed specially to backup very large disk drives,
especially those larger than 2 GB.  LDBkup can back up your disk(s) to the
following media:

 Local hard drive
 Remote hard drive
 CDR(W) media
 DVDRAM media

To accomplish backing up to optical media, they must be "attached" to the
system (i.e. assigned a drive letter) by a software package such as RSJ CD
Writer. So far, only RSJ has been tested, though CDRecord, etc., should
work just as well.

LDBkup uses the shareware program RAR(c) by Eugene Roshal as the engine
for the actual back up.  So you need to have RAR installed in the same
directory as LDBkup.

Features:
---------

 - no limit to the size of drive you want to back up.
 - flexible configuration setup
 - multiple drives can be backed up in one session.
 - runs unattended
 - long drives are split up "on the fly", producing normal archive files.
 - full LAN support.
 - CDR(W), DVDR, and DVDRAM support
 - files produced on optical drives are in standard format, unlike
Backup/2000
 - support is available!!

To subscribe to the support mailing list, send the following message

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*****************************************
Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com
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