"Backup-configurations" menu commands
The "Backup-configurations" menu gives you quick access to backup-configuration
management. A working directory is required for executing these commands. The
selected directory must contain the results.dat file (the presence of this file means that the
selected directory is a working directory of Programming Taskbook). Note that the
result.dat file provides data for the final part of the path to repository data.
"Backup-configurations | Add" command (F2) adds the current backup-
configuration to the selected directory. This command is unavailable if the current backup-
configuration is not defined completely. If the command is available but the current
configuration still has not been saved then the current configurations is saved automatically
before executing this command. This command copies the backup.dat file with the current
configuration to the working directory; if the directory already contains the
backup.dat file then a message box appears confirming to replacing the
backup-configuration. If the backup.dat file is copied successfully then the program offers
to test added backup-configuration immediately.
"Backup-configurations | Select and Add" command (Ctrl+F2) allows to select a
backup.dat file and add it to a required working directory. After selecting a
backup.dat file this command executes the same way as the "Backup-configurations |
Add" command.
"Backup-configurations | Test" command (F3) provides testing of the backup-
configuration added to the working directory. At first PTBackupMaker
checks whether the results.dat and backup.dat files exist and contain correct data. Then
PTBackupMaker checks whether the hidden PTBackup directory and its subdirectory with
backup data exist.
At last PTBackupMaker runs console CVS-client that initializes the corresponding
repository data, commit a sample file to the repository and restores it from the
repository. A message about test results is displayed in the information window.
If testing is performed immediately after adding the current backup-configuration to
the working directory (see the "Backup-configurations | Add" command)
the program uses the PTBackupTest.bat file for CVS-client running. If error occurs
during CVS-client running then the program offers to run the batch file once again with
output all its messages on screen. Note that the batch file is not removed from the
PTBackup directory when testing finishes, so one can use this file afterwards to solve
problems with the CVS using.
If the backup-configuration is tested be means of the "Select and Add" or "Test" commands
then the batch file is not created, and
console CVS-client runs by PTBackupMaker itself. It guarantees confidentiality of
authentication data that may be contained in the backup-configuration.
"Backup-configurations | Remove" command (F4) removes the backup.dat file and
the PTBackup directory (with the backup data subdirectory) from the working directory.
This command does not change the repository data.
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