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                                   What Tape Back-up?

                      Tape Rotation Tracking & Back-up Controller

                         Copyright (c) Angel Babudro 1991-1994.
                                  All rights reserved.





          I.    DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1

          II.   COPYRIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1

          III.  LICENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1

          IV.   TECHNICAL SUPPORT (HOW TO REACH ME) . . . . . . . . . . .    2
                Support & Updates from Bulletin Boards  . . . . . . . . .    2

          V.    GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3

          VI.   FILE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4

          VII.  WHY USE WTB?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4

          VIII. What Tape Back-up? COMMAND LINE OPTIONS . . . . . . . . .    5
                A. Specifying the Number of Tape Sets . . . . . . . . . .    5
                B. Specifying a Range of Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . .    5
                   1. With disk statistics (/D) . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
                   2. Without disk statistics (/N)  . . . . . . . . . . .    5
                C. Using Other Tape Software (/T) . . . . . . . . . . . .    6
                D. Backing-up Modified Files Only (/M)  . . . . . . . . .    6
                E. Appending to the End of a Tape (/A)  . . . . . . . . .    6
                F. Command-line Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6

          IX.   USING What Tape Back-up?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7
                A. Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7
                B. Cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7
                C. Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7
                D. Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8
                E. Selecting Tape Sets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8

          X.    REGISTERING What Tape Back-up?  . . . . . . . . . . . . .    9






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          I.    DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

                THIS SOFTWARE IS  PROVIDED "AS  IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES  OR
          CONDITIONS, EXPRESSED  OR IMPLIED,  INCLUDING, BUT  NOT LIMITED  TO,
          THOSE  CONCERNING  MERCHANTABILITY  AND  FITNESS  FOR  A  PARTICULAR
          PURPOSE.    NEITHER ANGEL  BABUDRO  NOR  ANYONE  ELSE  WHO HAS  BEEN
          INVOLVED IN  THE CREATION, PRODUCTION,  OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE
          SHALL  BE LIABLE  FOR  ANY INDIRECT,  CONSEQUENTIAL,  OR  INCIDENTAL
          DAMAGES ARISING OUT  OF THE  USE OR INABILITY  TO USE THIS  SOFTWARE
          EVEN  IF ANGEL BABUDRO HAS  BEEN ADVISED OF  THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
          DAMAGES  OR CLAIMS.   IN NO EVENT  SHALL THE  AUTHOR'S LIABILITY FOR
          ANY DAMAGES EVER  EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR  THE LICENSE TO USE  THE
          SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS  OF THE FORM  OF CLAIM.   THE PERSON USING  THE
          SOFTWARE BEARS  ALL RISK  AS TO THE  QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE  OF THE
          SOFTWARE.
                Some  States  do not  allow  the  exclusion  of  the limit  of
          liability  for consequential  or incidental  damages, so  the  above
          limitation may not apply to you.
                This agreement shall be governed by  the State of Colorado and
          shall inure  to the  benefit of  Angel Babudro  and any  successors,
          administrators,  heirs  and  assigns.    Any  action  or  proceeding
          brought by either party against the other  arising out of or related
          to this agreement shall  be brought only in a State or Federal Court
          of competent  jurisdiction located in Delta  County, Colorado.   The
          parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.


          II.   COPYRIGHT

                WTB  is owned  and copyright  (c) 1991-1994  by Angel Babudro,
          all rights reserved.   You may only  use and/or distribute WTB under
          the License terms below.


          III.  LICENSE

                The following  terms and  conditions apply to  the use  and/or
          distribution of What Tape Back-up?:
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                1.  WTB is being distributed as copyright-protected  Freeware.
          There is no registration fee  and you are licensed to use it for  an
          unlimited time.

                2. All  files originally  distributed as  part of  the package
          (including this notice) must be included  without modification.  The
          complete list of  files can be found  in the PACKING.LST file  which
          is part of this package.

                3.  Individual users may  freely copy  this disk  and share it
          with  friends,  family,   and  acquaintances.    Non-profit   groups

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          (including  user groups  and BBSs)  may  distribute copies  of  this
          disk.   A  fee  of  no more  than $5  may be  charged to  cover disk
          copying  costs.  If  the files  on this disk have  dates more than a
          year old please contact the author for a  free update to the current
          version.

                4. Disk distributors and dealers must have written  permission
          before  selling copies  of this software.   When you  contact me you
          will receive  a free  copy of  the latest  version and  you will  be
          placed on my mailing list  to receive updates as  they are released.
          Disk distributors may  charge no more than  $10 per disk  for copies
          of this software.  If, as a distributor, you supply copies to  other
          resellers, the end price to the user may not exceed $10.

                5. You  must obtain written  permission prior to  distribution
          as part  of any  "bundled" packages  (e.g., CD-ROM,  placing on  new
          computer systems,  etc.).   Such  permission is  often granted;  the
          author is a nice guy - please write to him with your ideas.

                6. You  must immediately stop  selling/distributing copies  of
          this software upon notice from the author.


          IV.   TECHNICAL SUPPORT (HOW TO REACH ME)

                If  you have questions  or need  help, just send a  note to me
          through the  mail or  a BBS  listed  below.   Gripes, moans,  wails,
          throes, and  throngs are promptly rejected,  but all  other types of
          communications  & modest crowds  are graciously accepted - and thank
          goodness for that!  :)

                Unless  you are  in  dire straits,  please  write  rather than
          telephone with questions about WTB since I  do not charge any  money
          for it.   If you telephone  for consultation I ask that  you pay $40
          per hour.

                Mail  Angel  Babudro,  "Organic Computer  Wizardry",  Box 132,
                      Paonia, CO 81428 USA

                Support & Updates from Bulletin Boards

                My software packages  are "free" downloads on the BBSs  listed
          below -  you need not subscribe  to download  my shareware (although
          other files  or functions may require  subscription).   You may send
          questions or  comments to me on  The Researcher's  BBS and Expanding
          Horizons  -  address  your  comments  to  "Angelo  Babudro"  (I  use
          "Angelo"  to avoid  gender confusion,  and  I'm  used to  both names
          anyway).   Scan  for  the  file name  WTB*.*  to locate  the  latest
          version.


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          West Coast   Researcher's BBS (CA)           USR Dual (805) 949-8151
                       Enter "J;136" to join  the OrganicSftwr conference then
                       use "F"  to list files and "E" to post messages for me.
                       Over 4  gigabytes of files  on-line; anything you  want
                       is here.   Messages can be  sent to  this board for  me
                       via FidoNet 1:102/1310.

                       Expanding Horizons (CO)       14.4k V.32 (303) 241-2847
                       This is  my local  BBS so it  is the one  I most  often
                       update and  check for messages.   Log on  to this board
                       with the name "OC WIZ" and  the password "WHAT" -  this
                       will bypass  the usual questionnaire  so you can  begin
                       downloading  right away.   Next,  enter "J;3"  to  join
                       conference  #3, then type  "F" to  view the  list of my
                       software.

          Midwest      Rusty 'n Edie's BBS (Ohio), six phone numbers:
                              HST 16.8                          (216) 726-1804
                              Hayes 28.8                        (216) 726-3642
                              Hayes V-series                    (216) 726-3610
                              2400/V32/ZyXEL 19.2               (216) 726-2620
                              USR HST Turbo 21                  (216) 726-3628
                              CompuCom Speed                    (216) 726-3584

          East Coast   Excalibur (Central NY)          USR Dual (315) 736-3792
                       FREQ (File  REQuest) from this  board via RBBS  address
                       A:954/401,  FIDO   address  1:26501,  or  ICN   address
                       91:315/101.

                       WhiTech BBS (NC)    ZyXEL 14.4 V32b/V42b (910) 944-1165
                       File Request (FREQ) via Fido address 1:3636/2.

                       Software  Creations (MA)  - over  120 lines.   Home  of
                       Night Owl CD-ROM.
                              USR Courier 2400 MNP5             (508) 365-2359
                              USR Dual Standard 14.4k           (508) 368-7036
                              USR HST/Dual Std 16.8k            (508) 365-2032
                              USR Dual Std v.32Terbo            (508) 368-6604


          V.       GENERAL

                   What Tape  Back-up? (WTB) helps  you manage sets of back-up
          tapes  for multiple hard  disk partitions.   It might  be helpful to
          use WTB with a single partition (C:), but it's when you've got  more
          than  one  that it  really  shines.   When  I wrote  WTB  I  had six
          partitions (C:  through H:) and I  hated backing  them up one-by-one
          or trying to develop  a batch file that  was sophisticated enough to
          handle the task, so I wrote WTB.


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                   WTB is  provided with the commands  for CMS  Jumbo 2.5, CMS
          Jumbo  2.54, and  Mountain 5.x  software.   If you  have other  tape
          software you  can configure WTB to  work with it  by using an  ASCII
          text  editor or just  about any  word processor that  can edit ASCII
          text.

               To use WTB you will need:

               * PC with MS/PC-DOS 3.1 or higher
               * About  120k free  memory  plus  memory for  your  tape drive
                 software (the more the better, since most tape software will
                 use it as a buffer to speed up operations).
               * Monochrome or colour monitor
               * A tape drive
               * CMS Jumbo 2.5x  or Mountain 5.x tape software or  some other
                 tape software which can be controlled via batch

               WTB  stores  your  configuration  within  the  executable  file
          WTB.EXE.   In order  to do  this, WTB.EXE  must remain  in its  full
          size,  unmodified by  such things  as  LZEXE  (which is  otherwise a
          wonderful product) or PKLite (a similar product).


          VI.  FILE LIST

               The following  files comprise the  complete What Tape  Back-up?
          package:

               * WTB.EXE -- the executable (programme) file
               * WTB.WP -- WordPerfect document file
               * WTB.TXT -- ASCII document file
               * WTB.CMD - tape software command file
               * FKEY.LST -- a support file
               * ORDER.FRM -- order form for all of my products
               * FILE_ID.DIZ &  DESC.SDI --  Description files  for BBSs.   You
                 can delete these from your hard  disk, but please  distribute
                 them with any copies of WTB you share


          VII. WHY USE WTB?

               I wrote  What Tape  Back-up? as a  way to manage  and track  my
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          sets  of  back-up  tapes.   Although most  tape  software (including
          Mountain  and CMS) have  an automatic  scheduling feature, this does
          not help  in tracking which tape  was last used,  the dates of  each
          back-up, and  whether or not the  tapes were  verified for accuracy.
          Besides this, I believe  that making it simple helps to get it done.
          I'd've sooner  cared to  stub my  toe than  remember manual  back-up
          procedures for 200Mb of grey matter in electronic form...


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               What  Tape Back-up? makes things  simple.  Set it  up once, put
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          it in your computer's menu, and run once a day or whenever you  feel
          you need a back-up tape.


          VIII.     What Tape Back-up? COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

               To  use WTB  with default  values just type,  "wtb" at  the DOS
          prompt.   In a  few seconds  three windows  will appear:   One  with
          statistics about  your disk drives (the  Disk Window), another  with
          statistics about  your back-up  tape set  (the Tape  Window), and  a
          third with information on how the  current back-up will be performed
          (the Back-up Window).

                    Note:   I refer  to "sets"  of tapes  because many people,
               like myself,  use more than one  tape per back-up.   I strongly
               recommend  using at least  three sets  of back-up  tapes.  This
               way if  the worst  possible case  happens --  your system  goes
               down  will making a back-up  -- you will have other tape copies
               from which to retrieve your data.

               WTB has the following command-line syntax:

                      WTB [#oftapes] [/Dxy] [/Nxy] [/T] [/A] [/M]

                    Note:   DOS command-line options  are NOT case  sensitive.
               You can use upper- or lower-case letters as you wish.

               A. Specifying the Number of Tape Sets

               If  you use more than one set of tapes to back-up (use at least
          three sets  of tapes!)  use the  command "WTB  x" where  "x" is  the
          number of  tapes you use.   For example, "WTB  4" would manage  four
          sets of tapes.

               B. Specifying a Range of Hard Disk Drives

                    1. With disk statistics (/D)

                    You may only want to back-up a certain range of hard  disk
               drives  rather than all of  your drives.  Say, for example, you
               have hard disk  drives C: through J: and  a CD-ROM as drive  H:
               You will only  want to back-up  C: through  J: since  H: is  in
               little  danger  of being  lost.   To  do  this, use  the "/Dxy"
               option  where "x"  and "y"  are the  first and  last  drives to
               back-up to  tape.  For example,  "/Dcj" will  back-up drives C:
               through J:

                    2. Without disk statistics (/N)


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                    You may wish to bypass the  Disk Window, especially if you
               have a large system  (such as a network) with a large number of
               logical drive letters or ridiculously large amounts of  storage
               (if so, I'm jealous!).   To turn the  drive statistics off, use
               the /N option followed by the  first and last (contiguous) disk
               drive letters you wish  to back-up.  For  example, if you  have
               drives C: through J: on your system and  you want to bypass the
               Disk Window, use, "WTB /Ncj".

               C. Using Other Tape Software (/T)

                    You may  wish to bypass the  tape back-up  function of WTB
               and use it only  to display disk statistics and prompt for  the
               tape to use.  If you already  have a batch file that works well
               you might choose this route.

                    Use "WTB /T" and WTB will end after  the tape selection is
               made, passing  the Tape Set Number  to DOS  via the ERRORLEVEL.
               This way you can have a batch file  which calls WTB then checks
               the errorlevel to  see which tape set  to use (if errorlevel ==
               2, that means to use set 2, etc.).

               D. Backing-up Modified Files Only (/M)

                    The default  back-up mode for WTB is a full back-up of all
               drives.   Periodically you may wish  to only  back-up the files
               which have changed since your last  full back-up since this  is
               normally much  faster than doing  a full back-up.   To  do this
               use the /M  command.  For example,  "WTB /dcj /m" will  back-up
               only  the files that have changed on drives C: through J: since
               the last time a full back-up was made.

               E. Appending to the End of a Tape (/A)

                    Normally WTB will over-write  the data on the tape(s) with
               the new back-up information since locating  the end of tape  is
               such a  time-consuming process.  If  you don't  have many tapes
               or your tape drive  is faster than  mine at finding the end  of
               top, you can  append the new information to  the end of a  tape
               use the  "/A" option.   For example, "WTB  /M /A" will  back-up
               modified  files only and put  the information at the end of the
               tape.

               F. Command-line Examples

                    To illustrate use of the options,  let's say you have disk
               drives C:  through R:, you don't  want the  system to calculate
               statistics on all 16  drives, you use  5 sets of back-up  tapes
               (one for each  day of the  week), and  you use something  other
               than CMS or Mountain software.  In your batch file do this:

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                    WTB 5 /ncr /t
                    if errorlevel 99 goto end
                    if errorlevel 5 goto TapeSet5
                    if errorlevel 4 goto TapeSet4
                    ...etc...

                    Note:   An errorlevel of  99 indicates that  "Cancel"
               was selected  from  the WTB  menu  or  that a  tape  error
               occurred.

                    Or, let's say you have drives C:  through R: but only want
               to back-up  C: through F:, you  want hard  disk statistics, you
               use  5  sets of  tapes,  and  you have  CMS  or  Mountain  tape
               software.  Just use:

                    WTB 5 /dcf

               and WTB will perform the complete back-up for you.


          IX.  USING What Tape Back-up?

               Once you enter the  command "WTB" along  with any  command-line
          options,  several  windows  will  open  showing  you  the  operating
          environment and a  menu of options at  the top of  the screen.   You
          can press the highlighted  (first) letter for  each option or use  a
          mouse to select the options.

               A. Go

                    This option begins the back-up as specified.

               B. Cancel

                    This cancels the back-up and returns you to DOS.

               C. Verify

                    This  toggles the verify flag on and off.   When verify is
               "on"  the  tape(s)  will  be  verified  after  the  back-up  is
               complete.  When "off" only a back-up will be done.

                    Because  verifying a  tape  doubles the  back-up  time,  I
               found it more convenient (and virtually  as safe) to verify  my
               tapes on a rotating basis.   If you use four tapes  (like I am)
               and you verify tape #1, then tape #4  will next be scheduled to
               be verified, then tape  #3, then #2, then  #1, then back to #4.
               This way all  tapes are verified on a  regular basis.  I  found
               that  by saving  time this  way  I  was less  tempted to  avoid
               verifying at all (or even, heaven forbid, backing-up at all!).

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               D. Set-up

                    The set-up  screen defines how WTB  will operate.   To set
               an  item, move the  cursor (using  the keyboard  arrow keys) to
               the item you want to change then press F3.

                    When you press F3  on the Tape Software field you will  be
               presented with  a  menu of  choices.    These choices  are  the
               software packages  which are in the  WTB.CMD file.   WTB.CMD is
               an ASCII  file which you  can look  at and edit  yourself using
               any  ASCII  text editor.   I  have  put  commands in  there for
               Mountain  5.x and  Jumbo  2.5 &  2.54 software  -  if  you have
               someting else,  just look inside  the file  for instructions on
               how to add your tape's commands.

                    The second field is the type of tape  you use.  WTB really
               doesn't need to know this except  for predicting how many tapes
               you  will  need  for  the  back-up.    This  prediction  is not
               accurate  if  you  use compression  (such  as  with  the  Jumbo
               software) which can double amount of information crunched  onto
               a tape.   In any  case, just press  F3 to  get a  list of  tape
               types and select the type you will be using.

                    The  next item  is the  number of  tape sets  you will  be
               using.    You  use  a  tape  drive  in  case  of  some  far-off
               unforeseen  disaster  that  may  never  happen,  and  the  most
               expensive piece was the tape drive.   Splurge and get  at least
               three  sets  of  tapes -  you  might  be  really  glad  you did
               someday.   I have  seven sets  and I actually have  gone back a
               couple of back-ups to retrieve a  file that somehow got  erased
               from my hard disk.   You may be  just as grateful  for multiple
               tape sets someday!

                    Finally  is the field  for the  back-up method.   WTB does
               not yet use this  field.  I  have not had the encouragement  to
               develop this  feature to completion  (exactly zero people  have
               contacted me  with comments about WTB;  maybe I'm just  writing
               to myself?...)  Anyhow,  the idea of  this field is to let  you
               decide  HOW you want to rotate your tapes:  in a linear fashion
               (#1, #2,  #3, etc.  then  back to  #1,  #2,  etc.) or  using  a
               Father/Son/Grandfather scheme which uses ten tapes to give  you
               a  three-month back-up  history (four  daily tapes  for  Monday
               through Thursday, four Friday tapes, and two month-end tapes).

               E. Selecting Tape Sets

                    In the  Tape Window you will  see an arrow pointing to the
               tape set  to be  used (this  is, of  course, a  recommendation,
               since you are the  one who must put  the proper tape(s)  in the
               drive!).   WTB recommends the tape  set following  the last set

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               used  (which is normally the  oldest set).  In  other words, it
               rotates the back-up tapes.

                    If  you want to  use a  different tape set,  use the arrow
               keys to move the pointer between the available tape sets.


          X.   REGISTERING What Tape Back-up?

               WTB  is copyright-protected  Freeware --  I am  not asking  any
          money  for the  registration of  WTB.   You  can, however,  order my
          Organic Software  Sampler disk,  containing the  latest versions  of
          all my Shareware (see the file ORDER.FRM -  to print it enter  "type
          order.frm >  prn" at the DOS  prompt, without  the quotation marks).
          In addition, letters of appreciation, suggestions, or criticism  are
          always welcome.  May this software find you happy & well!



































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