Apple profile - Copying ProFile Files to Diskettes

The Backup
lll
program
provides
lwo
major functions,
backing up
and
restoring
files. Backing
up is lhe
process
of
saving a file's
informatton
so lhat
you
can retrieve it
if the
original is lost
or damaged.
Fìestoring
is
the
process
of retrieving
information
from
the backup
and
putting
it in
a
file.
To back up files,
Backup
lll transfers
information
from
the
proFile
ro a
set of diskeltes in
the
backup
device. To restore
files,
Backup
lll
transfers informataon
from
the
s€t of diskettes.
Backup lll
does not
make a
carbon copy
of
your
information.
lt
uses its
own format tor
the data,
and this
formal
cannol
be used
by other
programs.
For
example,
the
Apple lll
Syslem
Utilities
program
cannot read
informalion
lhat has
been transferred
to
backup
disketles
by lhe
Backup lll
program.
Inslead,
you
must
use
Backup llls
restore
option
to
recreale
useable files
trom
the backup
diskettes.
Read
your
Backup
lll
User's Manual
lor a
comolete
descnptron
ol the
Backup lll
program.
Copying Your
ProFile
Files
lf
you
want
your
backup
data
to be immediately
readable
by
programs
other
than
Backup lll,
you
may
prefer
to copy files
from
your
proFile
using the System
Utilities
Copy-f iles
command.
This
permits
you
to
transfer fìles
between
the ProFile
and the built-in
drive.
or
an attached
drlve
such
as
a
Disk
lll. However,
you
must remember
that the
physical
size of the filo
you
aro transferring
from the
proFile
cannot
exceed the
number
of blocks
available
on the
diskette.
you
will learn
how
to use
the
file
copying
routine
in
Chapter
3
in
the
paragraph
entifled
,,Copying
Files". Detailed
instructions
on how
to use
the System
Utilities
Copy-
files command
are
provided
in
the
Apple lll
Owneis
manual.
lf Pascal ìs your primary
programming
language, you
can
use the
Pascal Filers
Transfer
command
to transfer
files lrom
your
proFile
lo
a
diskette. Again,
the
physical
size
of the file
being
transferred
from tne
ProFile cannot
exceed
the number
of blocks
available
on the diskette.
18 ProFile
Owner's Manual