Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual
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Performing the backup from a command line
It’s possible to launch WaveLab, have it execute a given Backup Plan and
(optionally) quit afterwards, by entering a command line. The syntax for
this is:
“program path” “backup plan path” -a [-q]
For example:
“WaveLab.exe” “c:\my backup plan.bkp” -a [-q]
Note:
• The optional -q switch tells the program to quit after successfully executing the
backup.
• WaveLab in itself does not have a feature for scheduling automatic...](http://img.usermanuals.tech/thumb/86/103727/w64_WaveLab_d-724.png "Page 725
WAVELAB
Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 725
Performing the backup from a command line
It’s possible to launch WaveLab, have it execute a given Backup Plan and
(optionally) quit afterwards, by entering a command line. The syntax for
this is:
“program path” “backup plan path” -a [-q]
For example:
“WaveLab.exe” “c:\my backup plan.bkp” -a [-q]
Note:
• The optional -q switch tells the program to quit after successfully executing the
backup.
• WaveLab in itself does not have a feature for scheduling automatic...")
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 721 Using filter presets Included with the program are some presets with common filtering options. To use one of these, select “Explore presets” from the Patterns pop-up menu, and open one of the preset files from the window that appears. Importing filters from another Backup Plan If you have saved other Backup Plans (see “Saving your Backup Plan” on page 724), you can incorporate their filters into the current Backup Plan. This is done by selecting “Import and merge filters from another Backup Plan” from the Functions pop-up menu, and selecting the desired Backup Plan file in the file dialog that appears. • The imported filters will be merged with the current filters. If there are filters for the same folder in both Plans, the settings of the current (open) Backup Plan will be used. Erasing all filters To remove all filters from the current Backup Plan, select “Erase all filters” from the Functions pop-up menu. Using the Preview function Once you have set up the desired filters, you can click the Preview tab to view exactly which files will be backed up with the current settings.
WAVELAB 31 – 722 Using WaveLab for backup The items on the Preview pop-up menu (and the corresponding icons to the right) have the following functionality: General settings Before you can actually run the backup, you need to make some general settings. Actually, the dialog for this will automatically appear when you simulate or execute a backup, but you may want to adjust these settings before this, since some of them affect the backup contents (and thus what is shown in Preview mode). To make general settings for the Backup Plan, select “Settings” from the Functions menu (when the Definition tab is selected) or click the corre- sponding icon to the right. The Backup Plan Options dialog appears. For information about the avail- able options and settings, click the question mark icon in the dialog. Click OK or Cancel to close the dialog and keep/discard the changes, as usual. An additional checkbox allows you to save the settings as default. Option Description Generate file list Generates a list of files to be backed up, in text format. The list is opened in the default text editor (e.g. Notepad), allowing you to save it or print it. Display source pathsWhen this is selected, the Preview window shows the files according to their original hierarchy on your hard disk (from the drive root down). Display saved pathsWhen this is selected, the Preview window shows the files according to how they will be archived. In this case, the folder hierarchy depends on the settings in the Options dialog (see “General settings” on page 722). Up one level Used for navigating to the nearest higher hierarchical level. Refresh Refreshes the preview display. Show options Determines how the backup contents should be shown in the Preview.
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 723 Performing the backup Simulating Before you actually execute the backup, you may want to run a simulation. This allows you to check the exact size of the archive (useful if you’re un- certain whether it will fit on a single CD). It’s also useful to see that all backup files can be properly accessed by the program. Simulation is the same as the actual backup, but without saving. This means the process will take virtually the same time. Proceed as follows: 1.Select “Simulate” from the Functions menu, or click the yellow arrow. The Backup Plan Options dialog opens, allowing you to check your settings. 2.In the dialog, click “Simulate”. The simulation starts. A dialog will show you the progress, and inform you of how much each file and the complete archive are compressed. 3.When the simulation is finished, an alert appears to inform you of the final archive size (and how much was saved by the compression). Executing To execute the backup, proceed as follows: 1.If you are backing up to CD, make sure the CD writer is correctly con- nected and set up, with an empty CD inserted. 2.Select “Execute” from the Functions menu, or click the red arrow icon. The Backup Plan Options dialog opens, allowing you to check your settings. 3.In the dialog, click “Backup”. The backup starts. A dialog will show you the progress, and inform you of how much each file and the complete archive are compressed. •If you back up to CD, and the archive is larger than what fits on one CD, you will be asked to insert new CDs during the backup progress. 4.If you have activated the “Open archive at the end” checkbox in the Backup Plan Options dialog, the archive will automatically open when the backup is finished. For more information on viewing archives and extracting files, see “Opening an archive” on page 725.
WAVELAB 31 – 724 Using WaveLab for backup Saving your Backup Plan If you intend to execute the same backup more than once, you should save your Backup Plan. This is done by selecting “Save as” or “Save” from the File menu as usual. Backup Plan files have the file extension “.bkp”. To open a saved Backup Plan, use the “Open Backup Plan” item on the File menu. The Externalize and Internalize functions A saved Backup Plan contains a list of all folders for which a filter is de- fined, and the specifics for each filter. However, if you rearrange the folder structure on your hard disk, some folders listed in the Backup Plan may no longer exist in their original locations. This would normally mean you’d have to adjust your Backup Plan manually, but luckily there’s an easier way: 1.Open the Backup Plan and select “Externalize” from the Functions pop- up menu. The program writes each filter description into a small text file, and stores each such text file in the folder to which the filter is attached. In other words, each folder (for which there is a filter defined) will now contain a small text file describing the filter settings. 2.Reorganize your hard disk as desired. Make sure you don’t remove the filter description text files (these are called “@backup.txt”). 3.To update the Backup Plan after the folder structure on the hard disk has been changed, select “Internalize” from the Functions pop-up menu. This function makes the program scan the hard disk for filter description text files and add them to the Backup Plan. In the dialog that appears, you can specify drive, folder and name of the Backup Plan to search for. You also get the option to have the found filter descriptions merge with the ex- isting descriptions in the Backup Plan, or to replace them. • Note that a filter description file (@backup.txt) can contain the descriptions of different Backup Plans. You can also easily edit these files manually, and use the Add Pattern functions on the Pat- terns pop-up menu to import these into a Backup Plan.
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 725 Performing the backup from a command line It’s possible to launch WaveLab, have it execute a given Backup Plan and (optionally) quit afterwards, by entering a command line. The syntax for this is: “program path” “backup plan path” -a [-q] For example: “WaveLab.exe” “c:\my backup plan.bkp” -a [-q] Note: • The optional -q switch tells the program to quit after successfully executing the backup. • WaveLab in itself does not have a feature for scheduling automatic backups (since the backup function is primarily aimed at backing up to CD, which requires user assistance). However, the possibility to run a backup from a command line allows you to use any scheduling application for this, should you so desire. Opening an archive To open a backup archive file, select “Open Archive” from the File menu. In the file dialog that appears, locate, select and open the des ired zip file. Note that WaveLab can open any zip file – not only files created by the pro- gram’s own backup function! The archive opens in a new archive window: • As usual, you can reorder the columns, hide or show columns and sort the items by different columns.
WAVELAB 31 – 726 Using WaveLab for backup Making file extraction settings 1.Select “Settings” from the Functions pop-up menu (or click the corre- sponding icon to the right). The File Extraction Settings dialog appears. 2.Use the radio buttons in the “Extract what” section to determine whether only the selected files, all files or some specific files should be extracted. The “Specific files” option allows you to e.g. extract files of a certain type only (by typing “*.xxx”, where “xxx” is the file name extension of the file type). 3.Specify the destination of the extracted files to the right in the dialog. Normally, this is done by specifying a specific folder. If the “Restore original folder tree” checkbox is activated, the stored path of each file will be kept (i.e. underlying folders will be added if needed). If the checkbox isn’t activated, the files will be extracted directly into the specified folder. •If the archive contains files from several different partitions or drives, you can select the “Original or remapped partitions” option. This allows you to extract the files back to their original partitions/drives (default), or re-direct all files from a certain partition to another (by typing a new path in the column to the right). This is useful if you e.g. have reconfigured your system with new partition schemes, removed or added drives, etc. 4.Set the options in the section to the left in the dialog. Click the question mark icon in the dialog for details.
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 727 Previewing Selecting Preview from the Functions menu (or clicking the eye icon) ac- tivates the Preview mode. In this mode, some additional information is shown in the Archive window: • The Preview column shows the path of the files (the locations in which they will be extracted, taking the file extraction settings into account). • The Destination column shows whether there are files of the same name in the destination folders, and whether these are older, newer or have the same date as the archived files. “Not existing” means that there is no file of the same name in the destination folder. Testing the archive To check that the archive is OK, proceed as follows: 1.Select “Test archive’s integrity” from the Functions pop-up menu (or click the yellow arrow icon). The File Extraction Settings dialog appears, allowing you to check the settings. 2.In the dialog, click the “Test” button. A message will tell you whether the archive is OK. Extracting To extract archived files, proceed as follows: 1.If you want to extract some files only, select these. Use [Ctrl]-clicking to select several files, or [Shift]-clicking to select a range of files. 2.Select “Extract” from the Functions pop-up menu (or click the green arrow icon). The File Extraction Settings dialog appears, allowing you to check the settings. If you want to extract the selected files only, make sure this option is selected in the dialog. 3.In the dialog, click the “Extract” button. The files are extracted. If you activated the “Open containing folder(s) at the end” option in the dialog, the destination folders will automatically be opened. • When you extract archived OSQ files with the “Convert OSQ files to WAV” option activated, the files are restored to WAV format, with their original au- dio data intact.
WAVELAB 31 – 728 Using WaveLab for backup Other functions Render as data CD/DVD By selecting this item from the Functions menu, you create a new data CD/DVD Project with the contents of the current Backup Plan. This allows you to rearrange the contents of the CD/DVD, write multiple CD/DVD copies, etc. Create Labels and Edit Text Variables These items on the Functions menu allow you to create CD labels for your backup CDs. Read more about creating labels in the chapter “Creating labels” on page 603.
WAVELAB 32 – 730 Customizing What is customizing? When we talk about customizing, we mean making settings so that the program behaves and looks the way you want it to! Preferences In the Preferences dialog on the Options menu you will find a number of settings for tailoring the look and behavior of the program. The settings are collected on tabs. To get a description of the Preferences settings of a particular tab, click the question mark icon. Saving the preferences To make sure the preference settings “stick”, select the General tab and make sure “Save preferences on exit” is activated. When this is activated, all your preferences settings (as well as all menu options, etc.) are auto- matically saved when you Quit the program.