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Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:46:48 PDT
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Info-Zip's ZIP parameters ?

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Peter Skye wrote:
>
> Info-Zip's zip.exe is a possibility. From the documentation I've come
> up with the following command line to back up my entire H: drive. Any
> suggestions regarding the parameters?
>
> zip -E -S -9 -$ -r N:\H\DriveH.zip h:\*
>
> -E is optional since it's for .longnames which I don't need since I'm
> HPFS.
> -S includes System and Hidden files.
> -9 is maximum compression.
> -$ stores the volume label.
> -r ("recursive") zips the entire drive tree.
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
> - Peter
>
>
I have successfully backedup and restored OS/2 boot drive with this.

BACKUP.CMD

::zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\zipc C:\ >I:\BACKUP\c.log
::zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\zipd D:\ >I:\BACKUP\d.log
zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\zipe E:\ >I:\BACKUP\e.log
::zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\zipf F:\ >I:\BACKUP\f.log
::zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\zipg G:\ >I:\BACKUP\g.log
::zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\ziph H:\ >I:\BACKUP\h.log
::zip -rgSu9TvE I:\BACKUP\zipi I:\ >I:\BACKUP\i.log

Note only drive E is active. Edit double :: to select drives. Read
e.log to know if zip was successful.

RESTORE.CMD

unzip zipe.zip -d E:\

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