Running DiskDupe on a network allows you to take full advantage of the multi-user
environment and allows you to share image files with others on the network. As
long as only one computer is using DiskDupe at a time, you can install DiskDupe
on the network under terms of this license agreement. If more than one person
will be using DiskDupe at once, contact us for information on site license.
If you are the only one using DiskDupe on your network, you can install it as
described in the hard disk installation section. However, if you would like
multiple workstations to be able to access DiskDupe, the network administrator
should install it according to the following instructions.
Copy all the files from the DiskDupe disk into a shared subdirectory on the
network. Run DiskDupe once from that directory to create a DISKDUPE.DAT file.
Copy the file DISKDUPE.DAT from the shared subdirectory to a local
subdirectory that DiskDupe will be started from.
DiskDupe searches the current directory and the path for its configuration
file DISKDUPE.DAT, which is updated with DiskDupe's current settings each time
you exit. if DiskDupe cannot locate a DISKDUPE.DAT file, it creates a new one
in the directory from which it was started. There are several ways to ensure
that a user's configuration will be saved:
Add the local subdirectory to the user's PATH statement.
Keep Auto-set A: & B: on in the shared subdirectory. If started with
the shared DISKDUPE.DAT, DiskDupe will start up with the A: and B; drives
tailored to the specific workstation's configuration at the time it was turned
on or rebooted. This alleviated the need for some users to have a local
DISKDUPE.DAT file.
Start DiskDupe from the local subdirectory or create a batch file to do so.
