FMbackup Utility

The three files (not including this one..) make up a utility that makes
the A/UX File Manager more robust between crashes.  Here's the problem:

  When a user works in the A/UX Finder environment, the Finder
  related information (ie., icons and icons placement, windows and window
  placement, etc..) gets saved to the .fs_cache file.  The problem occurs 
  when the users' session crashes leaving the .fs_cache file in a 
  corrupt state.  When the .fs_cache file is found to be corrupt on the
  next login the file is simply re-created and all of the associated
  Finder information is lost.  This has the undesired effect of making
  all windows the standard size and location, and icons within these
  windows are randomly placed.

What the FMbackup utility does is backup the .fs_cache file (and any
other files you'd like...) between sessions so that in the event of a
crash, the most current "known-to-be-good" .fs_cache file is restored
after a crash.

FMbackup has been tested under A/UX 2.0.1, and A/UX 3.0.  It should work
on versions beyond 3.0 as well.  However, it will NOT work properly
under A/UX 2.0.  So now is a good time to upgrade if you have been
waiting.

The files you should have are:

	FMbackup	- an INIT that goes in the Extensions folder
	mac32		- a hacked version of the mac32 startup script
	fsBACKUP	- a new script used to perform the backup operation
	README		- this file.

Installation:

	Under A/UX 2.0.1
	Drag FMbackup into your A/UX System Folder.
	Drag mac32 and fsBACKUP to the /mac/bin folder.

	Under A/UX 3.0 and beyond
	Drag FMbackup over your active A/UX System Folder icon.
	Drag mac32 and fsBACKUP to the /mac/bin folder.

How does FMbackup work?

	It installs a ShutDown procedure that A/UX calls at Logout,
	Shutdown, or Restart time.  The ShutDown procedure executes the
	Unix script /mac/bin/fsBACKUP using calls to the A/UX library
	from the "A/UX Development Tools" package which is available
	from APDA.


@(#) FMbackup version 1.0.4