Add Backup Procedure to the Start List

To add a menu item that adds back up procedure to be used just prior to posting:

• Start the WSM
• Press Insert
• Create a new menu item, recommended is BACKUP xx, where xx is AR, AP, GL, etc.
• Pick <DOS Program>, which is at the top of pick items
• Point to the location of PKZIP.EXE
• Programs Parameters are: destination source parameters

Example:

• F:
• cd \pkzip
• pkzip -eSo A:\ARBACKUP.ZIP F:\ASP\DATA\AR*.DAT
• cd  ..

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To back up specific extensions we need to run a batch file from DOS Prompt.

• Create a batch file, example ARBACK.BAT
• CLS
• ECHO OFF
• pkzip  -eSo d:\backup\%1\ar%1.zip c:\asp\data\%1\ar*.%1

and run it as ARBACK xxx, where xxx is the extension of the data set.

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