BRUCE.LST BRUCE (Backup and Restore Utility with Consolidation and Enhancement) - - - - - USER'S MANUAL -by- Bruce D. Sidlinger Vice President - Res. & Eng. Alcor Inc. 10130 Jones-Maltsberger San Antonio TX 78284 512/349-3771 DECUS 173312 25-Oct-83 BRUCE USER'S MANUAL B. Sidlinger 25-Oct-83 PAGE 2 DESCRIPTION: BRUCE copies all of the files from a disk onto another (scratch) disk or tape of equal or larger capacity. The files appear on the output device in EXT, FILNAM sorted order. If there were no errors, BRUCE then initializes the input disk and copies the files back. The result is a "squeezed" (Consolidated) disk with all of the .SYS files adjacent (hence the performance Enhancement), and with a "neat-looking" (unsorted) directory. OPERATION: 1: Mount a scratch volume, write-enabled, in the backup device. This volume must have been initialized, but need not be empty. (Of course, since it is going to be re-initialized, it might as well be empty!) 2: Mount the source disk volume (containing the files to be backed-up) on the source disk drive. 3: Invoke BRUCE by typing: .RUN SY:IND SY:BRUCE (or, if KMON is SET IND, with: @BRUCE ). 4: Supply the name of the source disk: BRUCE-Q-Source disk? (defaults to DK:) 5: Note the source disk volume identification and verify OK: BRUCE-Q-___ volume identification is ______ - continue? 6: Supply the name of the backup device (magtape or disk): BRUCE-Q-Scratch/backup tape or disk? (defaults to MS:) 7: Note the backup device volume identification and verify OK: BRUCE-Q-___ volume identification is ______ - continue? 8: Select backup only or backup-and-restore action: BRUCE-Q-Backup only? (defaults to Y) WARNING: Don't select backup-and-restore if source disk is SY:! 9: Take a coffee break. (IF backup=magtape THEN GOTO lunch!) RESTRICTONS: 1: BRUCE cannot restructure the current system disk (SY:), but the Backup phase is still applicable. 2: BRUCE requires some space on SY: for its work files. 3: The output volume must already be initialized. BRUCE USER'S MANUAL B. Sidlinger 25-Oct-83 PAGE 3 POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS: 1: Allow other sort options. I didn't do this because SORT:TYPE is the only reasonable organization in terms of system disk performance. 2: Trap the uninitialized volume error condition. 3: Trap the restore-to-SY: selection. This is no real problem, however, since RT-11 will prevent BRUCE from initializing the system volume anyway. 4..N: ??? PROBLEMS: BRUCE is unsupported, of course. However, feel free to send me a description of any difficulties you encounter. Also, please send me your improvements. These will be incorporated into future revised submissions. A GENERAL CAVEAT: There is clearly the potential for disaster in a program which initializes volumes. Check BRUCE out carefully before you back up volumes which haven't already been backed up! (?) The author disclaims all responsibility for everything.