Installation

Installation is straightforward. Simply insert the disk containing
FLEXIBAK Plus into a drive, then select the current drive by typing
"A:" or "B:", as appropriate, and press <ENTER>. Now, type "INSTALL",
press <ENTER> and follow the instructions.

You are asked to specify a destination drive and directory, which
default to "C" and "FLEXPLUS", respectively. INSTALL will then unpack
the FLEXIBAK Plus files into the directory you specified. To run the
program, change to that directory, and type, "FLEXPLUS".


Setting The Alarm

FLEXIBAK Plus has an alarm feature that warns you if you haven't taken
a backup recently. To enable this, you must place the following lines
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (generally found in the Root directory of
your hard disk) in an appropriate place. (If you are unsure about the
function of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or how to alter it, please consult
your MS-DOS reference manual).

x:
CD \FLEXPLUS
FLEXPLUS  name /A=y
C:

Where "x" is the hard disk drive where you installed FLEXIBAK Plus,
if other than drive C, "name" is the backup set name if applicable
and "y" is the number of days after which you want the alarm to sound.
Many users set "y" to "7" for a weekly backup; others do it more
frequently -- even once each day. Only you can determine how often to
backup programs and data in your circumstances, based upon how much
work you can afford to lose when the inevitable happens someday and
files become lost or damaged.

After you have done this, every time you boot your computer FLEXIBAK
Plus will determine if the time since the last completed backup is
longer ago than the specified threshold - "y" in the above example.
If so, an alarm will sound to remind you to take a backup.


Command Line Parameters

There are three command line parameters that you may wish to use when
first running FLEXIBAK Plus. Two of them are concerned with which hard
drive FLEXIBAK Plus logs. The default is drive C but you can specify an
alternative drive using the parameter "/S=x" where x is the drive to be
logged (A and B will not be accepted). If you have too many files on
your hard drive (unlikely as FLEXIBAK Plus can cope with over 16,000
files) or you only wish to backup selected directories, use the "/N"
parameter and no drives will be logged. Please note that you will see
FLEXIBAK Plus searching through the directories even when using /N as
this is necessary in order to provide a picklist of directories for
local file specs.
FLEXIBAK Plus is well able to cope with any number of directories up
to 1000 but if you have more than this, use the parameter "/D=x" where
x is slightly greater than the number of directories on your drive.
You may use these parameters in any combination or order.