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JumpBack_4
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This program will backup a directory into another directory, usually 
onto an OD or SCSI hard drive.  You have the choice of exactly 
duplicating the directory being backed up, or updating the backup with 
changes and new files.   Exactly duplicating the file system means 
that any files in the destination, that are not in the source 
directory, will be removed.  Updating means the files will be left.  
Either way, any files that are newer on the source, that destination, 
will be updated.   

With this in mind, users that have want to keep files in a backup that 
have been deleted from their hard drive, may want to start new backup 
archives.  That way files deleted will stay in the old archive and the 
new archive will be an image of the current file system.

One of the nice things about the UN*X utility rdist is that it only 
updates files that have changed since the last copy was done.  And, 
since this app is based on rdist it does the same thing.


Jiffy Usage

Drag in the source and destination folders and hit the Start Backup 
Button. All output from the backup will be displayed in the scrolling 
text area at the bottom.




<joe>

With assistance from Charles's Subprocess object.
Playtesting by C. Oei and K. Younger.  

These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.