Use at your own risk !!!

ctBackup 1.20 backup files are not compatible with older versions (Backup 1.1x/1.0x)
ctBackup 1.10/1.11 backup files are not compatible with older versions (Backup 1.xx)

If you don't want to risk anything
 - Do not use ctBackup, or
 - Use ctBackup, but don't restore a ctBackup as long as your system works. Once it does not work anymore,
   ctBackup cannot do anything wrong.

ctBackup is designed for DOS and is full compatible with Windows 9x.
ctBackup is not designed to use with Windows NT/2000/XP, as there is no DOS-Mode to restore essentional files.
ctBackup will not work on non dos-compatible operating systems (Actually, I'm not shure if it will, so you may try
at YOUR OWN RISK)


What you should now:
 - When using all parameters, or having a long windows directory (e.g. Trash\Microsoft\Windows\98se),
   Windows PIF-files may cut the parameters. I shortened the commandline parameters, so it is not my fault.
 - Start ctBackup with parameter "/?" (without quotes) to get all supported commandline parameters (ctbackup /?)
 - If including ctBackup in AUTOEXEC.BAT, you should use options "/T:...", "/A", "/P:..." and "/B:",
   (/T: defines timer, /A to create autobackups, /P: specifies program directory (where attrib.exe is),
    /B: specifies directory for backups) (done by the Windows installation program automatically)
 - When creating automatic backups without any description (/A), ctBackup will use the current date as description,
   and the current day as filename (AUTO__XX). Once your system doesn't work properly, manually create a new backup
   with detail description (e.g.: Buggy system, <date>), then restore an backup (if your latest backup doesn't work,
   as it was overwritten (containing your non-functional files), try the backup before, ...)
   When creating automatic backups with an description (/A:Description), ctBackup will use your description,
   and the first 8 legal characters as filename. (It's recommed to use no description, so ctBackup keeps up to 31 backups.
   When using an description, only one backup-file is used, and until you recognize that your system doesn't work properly,
   your working backup is overwritten, containing your non-functional files)

Limitations:
 - Files not found won't be backuped, no warning
 - ctBackup can backup up to 512 files maximum
 - ctBackup can handle up to 512 backups. If more backups present, they will be ignored (no warning)
 - No folders will be created. If folder to restore does not exit, file wont be restored
 - If ctBackup fails restoring a file, the affected file will be skipped (no warning)
 - Only specified files will be stored.
 - All stored files will be restored, ignoring file list
 - Files which are in usage by other programmes can't be restored.
   (e.g. You can't restore some windows files while windows is running. That's why it's a DOS-Programme)
 - To set attributes, ctBackup requires "ATTRIB.EXE". Won't start without this file present
 - To reboot, ctBackup requires "REBOOT.COM" (not essentional)
 - When overwriting files with system / readonly attribute, ctBackup will set system/readonly/hidden-attributes.
   Otherwise, the archive attribute will be set

Version 1.20 beta 1 (ctBackup)
 - Chg: No longer needs attrib.exe or reboot.com
 - Chg: Incompatible Versions not shown in Backup list
 - New: Backup skipped if no files found
 - Chg: Attributes will be stored/restored
 - Del: /B:path command line parameter removed

Version 1.11 (ctBackup)
 - New: Backups sorted by name

Version 1.10 (ctBackup)
 - Chg: Renamed to ctBackup
 - Chg: Optimized window system
 - Chg: Advanced file reading code
 - New: Wildchars allowed (files only)
 - Chg: New backup format (bk4): Smaller and faster
        (bk3 format was compatible with an old software I wrote some years ago)
 - Chg: Command line parameters changed
 - Chg: Lots of code optimations
 - New: ctBackup will suggest a date-based description for your new backup.

Version 1.07 (Backup)
 - Fix: Fixed the "Press 'Shift-R' to reboot" message when quitting after restoring multiple backups.

Version 1.06 (Backup)
 - Fix: Fixes path-problems (Windows compatibility).
 - Chg: Command line parameters changed
 
