This material was downloaded from People Link (plink). Below is a copy of the information from the People Link Amiga Zone library area. -Fred ><> 31-Jan-91 ----- AMIGA ZONE Sec: 4 Name : AMIBACK.LZH Num: 26,515 By: HAP Date: 1/24/91 19:14 Bytes: 55,808 Downloads: 47 Binary! Title: HARD DISK BACKUP UTILITY (OS 2.0) Keywords: HARD DISK BACKUP 2.0 STORAGE ----- GENERAL INFORMATION Ami-Back is a state-of-the-art hard disk drive backup utility for the Commodore Amiga line of personal computers. Ami-Back is the fastest backup utility available for the Amiga, and it makes the job of backing up hard drive data easy to do! 1) Backs up any AmigaDOS compatible device such as: Floppies (conventional or high density) Removable media hard drive(s) Fixed media hard drive SCSI Tape drive 2) System Requirements - any Amiga computer running AmigaDOS 2.0 (Kickstart Version 36.314 or greater) 3) Ami-Back is not copy protected in any way. 4) Installation program written in C that will install Ami-Back on your hard drive. 5) Technical support (for Registered Owners) for Ami-Back provided by BBS, telephone. FEATURES Backups: 1) User-interface designed to be fully integrated into the elegant new Workbench V2.0 interface. 2) Configuration files: a. for creating and storing user defined options for backups, restores, and scheduled backups b. to define locations of support files c. allows superb flexibility with total user control 3) Size of backups are virtually unlimited. 4) Backup Types: a. Complete - entire device and/or directories b. Incremental - by date, archive bit c Selective - hierarchical inclusion or exclusion by file or directory 5) File Exclusion Filter: Allows exclusion of files during all types of backups using AmigaDOS wildcard metacharacters. Up to 100 exclusion conditions are allowed simultaneously. 6) Allows setting of archive bit during backup. 7) True verify mode during backups. Completely re-reads data from backup media and compares it with source data to ensure integrity of backups. Restores: 1) Restore Types: a. Complete - entire device and/or directory b. Selective - hierarchical inclusion or exclusion by file or directory 2) Allows user to restore to previous directory hierarchy from the backup or to a single user specified directory.