Short:    A powerfull and full-featured backup program
Author:   denis.gounelle@wanadoo.fr
Uploader: denis.gounelle@wanadoo.fr
Type:     disk/bakup
Replace:  abackup514.*

ABackup is a program which allows you to backup data from your hard disk. It
can be used on any Amiga model, providing you have Kickstart V37 or  higher,
and at least 1 Mb of memory.

ABackup has all the features you might expect from such a program:

  - Both full and selective backup and restore operations  (you  can  select
    the files by name, by date, by protection bits, but also one by one)

  - Backup to floppy disks, to partitions (for example a  SyQuest  cartrige)
    or to an archive  file.  Optional  data  compression,  data  encryption,
    verification, and archive bit setting.

  - Restore to  any  directory,  with  or  without  restoring  the  original
    directory tree, and handling of already existing  files.  Optional  date
    and empty directories restore.

  - Backup of non-AmigaDOS partitions (PC, Mac, UNIX, ...)

  - Optional report file for all operations

  - Full Intuition interface, AmigaGuide documentation.

However, ABackup is not just one more  backup  program.  This  program  also
provides unusual features, like:

  - Transparent support of High Density floppy disks. Cyclic utilisation  of
    several disks drives. Supports mixing of Double Density and High Density
    floppy disks. Transparent support of the "diskspare.device".

  - Asynchronous writes for maximal backup speed

  - Data compression can be performed by the "xpk.library"  or  an  external
    program. Automatic exclusion of files already compressed.

  - Allows full operation automatization : you can,  for  example,  start  a
    backup just with a double-click over an icon.

  - Lots of controls, in order to avoid data loss due to handling errors.

  - Supports of the "MultiUserFileSystem" :  access  rights  and  owner  are
    automatically backed up. When restoring files to a  partition  which  is
    managed by this filesystem, theses informations  will  be  automatically
    restored.

This new version is offering full support for removable disk systems, like
SyQuest, ZIP and Jaz units. This lets you use such systems as large floppy
disks, so your backup will only require a very few removable disks instead
of a huge pile of floppies. Of course, it will also be much faster.