USER OPTIONS
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!Back_it has some user options that you can alter and these are documented here.

These options are contained within the 'MySettings' file within !Back_It.
So you'll need to load this file into a text editor to use it the first time.

Of the options below, you only really need to amend the first two.


The first one is important. It tells !Back_It where to place your backed up
data.

1:
The path were the Backup directory is placed.

This is set in the MySetting file inside !Back_it so look for a line:

Set backit$backupdir <backit$Dir>.^.Backups

and alter it to suit your own needs. For example:

Set backit$backupdir ADFS::5.$.backups

If you don't alter it then all your backed up data is stored in a directory within !Back_it.

You are strongly advised to set this to a _different_ hardrive from where the
original data is held. Why?
Well if your main harddrive dies on you then your data could be lost! 


2:
The number of directories kept within your backup directory.
To stop the number of backed up directories getting out of hand, !Back_it is
preset to only hold 5 directories.
You can reduce or increase this amount by altering the line:

Set backit%number 5

Note: a directory can only hold a maximium of 77 objects using RISC OS 3.7 or below.


3:
You now have the option to make these dated directories held within your backup
directory compressed. I have included the latest ZIP program which can
dramatically reduce the amount of file space your backups will consume.
Note however that the ZIP program takes a significant amount of time to
compress files. 

If you want zipped archives made then alter the following line in the MySettings file.

Set backit$zip Off
to
Set backit$zip On

You will need a Zip uncompress program to view the contents, but Spark
(commerical), SparkFS (commerical), SparkPlug (freeware), InfoZip (freeware)
or ZipEE (freeware) can do this.
You've probably got such a program already.

If you're running RISC OS 5, then you'll need to replace the Zip, Unzip & Zipinfo programs within !Back_it.Resources with the 32bit versions.
See http://www.sbellon.de/sw-ports.html on how to get these.


4:
The preset setting of the amount of ZIP file compression is set to 5.
The Zip program uses a value from 0 to 9. Where 0 is not compressed, just joined
together end to end as it were. Nice and fast, but not that economic with disc space. A setting of 9 will compress the most but will mean it will take far longer to compress the files.
I recommend a setting of 5.
See the file !Back_It.Docs.comexample for a table detailing speed.


5:
Logging.
It's important to *know* that your data is backed up correctly and for the
computer to tell you this has happened.

So if you've got the application !SysLog (this program records events that
happen in your computer so you get a nice list of what's going on) then a
record is kept. RISC OS SELECT Users have !Syslog built into the OS. Nice.
Other RISC OS users can get it here:
http://www.compton.nu/syslog.html


6.
Excluding.
V1.61 now adds the ability to exclude one type of path from being backed up when
the ZIP compression option is ON.
I tend not to backup the Scrap directory as it's usually full of useless data.
So you'll find a line in 'MySettings' called:

Set backit$exclude *!Scrap.ScrapDirs*

Please note that the contents of this variable are lettercase sensitive.
So if you enter: 

Set backit$exclude *!Scrap.scrapDirs*

and your !Scrap directory is called ScrapDirs then it *will* be backed up.

If you want this option to be turned off. Just add a | to the front of the line.

ie
|Set backit$exclude *!Scrap.ScrapDirs* 


7.
Making !Back_It quit when its finished.
!Back_It is designed to perform a backup when its first run or when
a new day begins if left to its own devices.

However some people wish it to quit when its finished so this option does this.

The option:

Set Backit$quit_at_end No

can be either Yes or No and if you set it to Yes then !Back_It will quit
once its finished.
You can change this variable at any time whilst !Back_It is running and it
will quit after it has performed a backup.



