fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) (03/07/87)
The Beta 1 version of Amiga bru (Backup and Restore Utility) is now
available and has been shipped to all registered beta testers. The
known problems with the Alpha 1 version that have been fixed include:
1. Fixed bug related to conversion of user supplied
date strings as arguments for the -n option.
The alpha 1 version would not properly convert date
strings such as 6-Feb-87. This made incremental backups
awkward.
2. The bug in the alpha 1 version that required a quick
hack to do all user interaction through a raw interactive
window has been found and fixed. Bru now does interaction
via the current cli window. This fixes the problem with
no line editing and no flow control in the alpha version.
3. Wrote Unix utime(2) emulation which now allows bru to
preserve file dates. A file restored from an archive
will have the same date as when it was saved.
4. Fixed a bug with the AmigaDos to Unix time conversion
routines. Files in archives written by the Alpha 1
version will appear to be 8 years older than they
actually are, due to the 8 year difference between
the start of Unix time and the start of AmigaDos time.
5. Added brutab flag "qfwrite" for "query first write"
to a given archive device. This is for devices which
may contain a valid filesystem at the time bru attempts
to write an archive to them. A warning message will be
printed that the data will be destroyed and several
options are presented, including continuing, quiting,
or reloading with free media.
6. A bug related to Control-C handling was fixed. Bru
will now trap the Control-C, finish up the current file,
and exit cleanly.
If you are not a registered beta tester, see the README file in the
Alpha 1 version of bru distributed on disk number 48.
-Fred
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