Step Backupper

Table of Contents

  1. About This Application
  2. Install and Uninstall
    1. Install
    2. Uninstall
  3. How to Use
    1. Features
    2. Usage Examples
      1. Update the Destination Directory
      2. Delete the Duplicate Files
    3. Remarks
      1. Filter Target Files
      2. Data Files
      3. Results
      4. List Order and Operations
      5. Filename Support
  4. Terms of Use

1 About This Application

Name: Step Backupper
Version: 1.0.0
OS: Windows 98 and later
Genre: File utility
Overview: Backups files step by step.
Author: Moochos
Home page: http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/mchos/
E-mail: mchos@hotmail.com
License: Freeware
Copyright: Copyright (C) 2005 Moochos. All rights reserved.

2 Install and Uninstall

2.1 Install

Move application files to the directory you would like.

2.2 Uninstall

Delete application files.

This application does not modify the registry.

3. How to Use

3.1 Features

You can backup files with this application. The application shows the difference between two directory trees. The user selects the target files and the operation to perform to them. The supported operations are move, copy, and delete.

3.2 Usage Examples

3.2.1 Update the Destination Directory

  1. Click "File | Compare" menu to show "Compare" dialog.
  2. Set the source directory.
  3. Set the destination directory.
  4. Click "OK" button.
  5. Select the list items with "Created" or "Modified" result.
  6. Click "Operations | Perform to Selection" menu to show "Operations" dialog.
  7. Click "Copy" button to start the process.
  8. When the process is finished, close the dialog.

3.2.2 Delete the Duplicate Files

  1. Click "File | Compare" menu to show the dialog.
  2. Set the source directory.
  3. Set the destination directory.
  4. Select "Show not modified items" check box.
  5. Click "OK" button.
  6. Select the list items with "Not modified" result.
  7. Click "Operations | Perform to Selection" menu to show "Operations" dialog.
  8. Click "Delete" button.
  9. Click "Yes" button to the confirmation to start the process.
  10. When the process is finished, close the dialog.

3.3 Remarks

3.3.1 Filter Target Files

To filter target files, set filename masks to "Include" and "Exclude" on "Compare" dialog. The filename masks are available as:

3.3.2 Data Files

The data file of this application is defined as:

3.3.3 Results

Created: The file exists only in the source.
Modified: The file is modified by time.
Not modified: The file is not modified by time.
Ambiguous: The file is not modified by time but the size is different.
Error: The result is unknown for errors.

3.3.4 List Order and Operations

When the application performs an operation, the files are processed top-to-bottom as they are in the list.

One example. To copy files from the smallest one to the largest one, sort list items by size in the ascending order before processing them.

3.3.5 Filename Support

Supported: Not supported:

4 Terms of Use

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