Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of Traveling Software, Inc., 18702 North Creek Parkway, Bothell, Washington, 98011, U.S.A. Trademarks Traveling Software, the Traveling Software suitcase logo, LapLink, and SmartXchange are trademarks or registered trademarks of Traveling Software, Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Patents Patents pending. LapLink® V ©1993 Traveling Software, Inc. All rights reserved 18702 North Creek Parkway Bothell, WA 98011 U.S.A. LapLink® V User's Guide ©1993 Traveling Software, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. MN-LL500C-XX-US ii Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started What is LapLink V? . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing LapLink V remotely over a cable The kinds of LapLink V connections . . . Opening a connection . . . . . . . . . . Navigating through a drive . . . . . . . . Copying files and directories--Overview . Specifying where items will be copied . Selecting the items to copy . . . . . . Performing the copy . . . . . . . . . . Copying by date . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying an entire drive . . . . . . . . . Ways to customize LapLink V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Chapter 2 Performing other file-management operations Finding files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting files and directories . . . . . . . . . Moving files and directories . . . . . . . . . Adding directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming files and directories . . . . . . . . Working in Tree mode . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing and editing text files . . . . . . . . Using DOS commands and running programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 Chapter 3 Making connections over modems or a network Connecting by modem--Introduction . . . . Preparing for modem communication . . Creating a telephone directory . . . . . . Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanging up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Remote Install over modems . . . . Connecting over a Novell network . . . . . . Setting up your security system--Overview . Establishing the same security for everyone Refining your security system . . . . . . . Securing your lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 iii Managing connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Chapter 4 SmartXchange and recorded operations Synchronize: Making directories identical . Cloning a directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refresh: Updating a directory . . . . . . . Automating with recordings--Introduction Recording operations . . . . . . . . . . Playing back recordings . . . . . . . . . Scheduling playbacks . . . . . . . . . . Managing scheduled playbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 Appendices Software and hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . General troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting modem connections . . . . . . . . . . Dealing with the "Modem initialization failed" message Troubleshooting Remote Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote Install over a cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote Install over a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting network connections . . . . . . . . . . Suggestions for using LapLink V as a backup tool . . . . LapLink V messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 93 98 98 102 102 102 104 108 110 iv Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Contents What is LapLink V . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing LapLink V remotely over a cable The kinds of LapLink V connections . . . Opening a connection . . . . . . . . . . Navigating through a drive . . . . . . . . Copying files and directories--Overview . Specifying where items will be copied . Selecting the items to copy . . . . . . Performing the copy . . . . . . . . . . Copying by date . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying an entire drive . . . . . . . . . . Ways to customize LapLink V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 2 Chapter 1 What is LapLink V? apLink streamlines and automates file transfers, whether you connect to another computer by serial or parallel cable, modem, or Novell network. LapLink offers a wide variety of tools to minimize the work required to specify exactly the files you want to transfer. Though file transfer is its specialty, LapLink offers more: it lets you manage a hard disk, run other applications, and view and edit files. LapLink V offers these new features: x L Fully automate operations: You can not only record operations to be played back later, you can schedule the playback for a certain date and time or a certain interval (every Friday at 5 p.m., for example). With the wide variety of options and commands available in LapLink, you can automate many complex operations. Connect computers directly over a network: With LapLink, you can transfer files directly between computers on a Novell network, bypassing the network server. LapLink ensures that files reach their intended destination and are not lost somewhere on the network drives. Secure files: LapLink offers great latitude in setting up a security system to protect files from unauthorized access. You can require passwords and restrict access to certain drives and directories. As an issue, security is most important when you make your computer available to others by modem or network. Run LapLink in the background in Windows: LapLink is fully compatible with Windows. While working in 386 enhanced mode, you can run LapLink in the background as you use other programs. In the meantime, other LapLink users can access your computer, and your recordings can be played back as scheduled. Connect computers by modem: LapLink simplifies the process of connecting to another computer by modem. When the connection is made, you can transfer files as though the computers were connected by cable. Automatic port sensing and speed maximization: LapLink automatically checks serial and parallel ports and determines which are available for use. With serial ports, it can also sense when a modem or a mouse is attached. LapLink can automatically adjust the transfer speed of a particular port to the highest speed at which the port can communicate. x x x LapLink V also offers these familiar advantages: x x Getting Started 3 Recording operations: You can record complex operations to be played back later. You can also schedule playbacks to occur automatically, at a particular time or at regular intervals. Securing files: You can require users to provide passwords for access to your computer. Users providing a particular password have certain rights to particular drives and directories according to the security system you set up. Running in Windows: LapLink has been optimized so that it can run as fast and as easily in Windows as in DOS. While working in Windows 386 enhanced mode, you can leave LapLink running in the background. Direct network transfers: With LapLink, you can exchange files directly with other computers on a Novell network, bypassing the network server. You can also use the various LapLink options and commands to simplify complex file-transfer operations. x Data compression: By compressing files before they are transferred (and decompressing them afterward), LapLink decreases transmission time when you transfer many files or one large file. Compression boosts the performance of standard 2,400-baud modems to rival that of 9,600-baud modems. Intelligent file-transfer options: Numerous options let you copy files based on date, name, and other considerations. With a single command you can make an exact copy of an entire drive or an entire directory or perform a two-way exchange of files so that two directories have the same files. Viewing and editing files: When you are uncertain about the contents of a text file, you can view it in LapLink. You can also select a text file on the local computer (the one you are working on), and edit it using a full-screen editor. If you are using a hard-to-read laptop screen, you can display text in large type. Running other programs: LapLink offers two ways of running other programs without having to quit LapLink. You can "shell" to DOS and then run the program. Or you can run the program directly from the LapLink screen. x x x Ë 4 Chapter 1 Installing LapLink V remotely over a cable f LapLink is not installed on a computer with which you want to exchange files, you can install LapLink on that computer over a serial cable, using the Remote Install command. Once the installation is complete, LapLink is running on the other computer and you are ready to begin transferring files. Before you can open a connection between two computers, LapLink must be running on both. If LapLink is installed on only one of them, you can use Remote Install to install and run LapLink on the the other. Remote Install is useful when you cannot exchange floppy disks with the computer you are trying to connect to. This section describes how to install LapLink remotely from the local computer (the one running LapLink) to the remote computer (the one that does not have LapLink) using the LapLink serial cable. A section later in this guide describes how to use Remote Install over modems. To use Remote Install over a serial cable: 1 Attach the LapLink serial cable to a serial port on each computer. 2 On the remote computer create or change to a directory to receive LapLink. This directory must have at least 300,000 bytes of free disk space. 3 On the local computer, run LapLink and choose Remote Install from the right window or the Connections menu. 4 In the Remote Install dialog box select the port to which the cable is attached on the local computer: Press [Tab] until you move to the current setting under From Local Port. Press [ ] or [ ] to move to a different port; then press the spacebar to select the port. If the port you want to use is listed as Disabled or Modem, choose the Port/Modem Setup button (press [P]) to display the Port/Modem Setup dialog box. Then follow these steps: x x I ¹ See also "Using Remote Install over modems," page 56 "Troubleshooting Remote Install," page 102 Highlight the name of the port and press [Enter]. In the Serial Port Settings dialog box select Enable Port (press [E]). Then choose the OK button (press [Enter]) to return to the Port/Modem Setup dialog box. The port should now be listed as Enabled. Choose the Done button (press [D]) to return to Remote Install. 5 Select the port to which the cable is attached on the remote computer: Press [Tab] to move to the current setting under To Remote Port. Press [ ] or [ ] to move to a different port; then press the spacebar to select the port. x Getting Started 5 After attaching the LapLink serial cable to both computers, choose Remote Install from the right window of LapLink (or from the Connections menu). Select the port to which the cable is attached on the local computer. Select the port to which the cable is attached on the remote computer. If you have to enable the port for serial communication, choose this button. (The local port should be listed as Serial in the options above.) Type a name for the remote computer. Choose Install. You will then see instructions for commands to type at the DOS prompt of the remote computer. Using Remote Install over a serial cable Assign a name to identify the remote computer on that computer and the local computer: Press [Tab] to move to the text box under Enter a name for the remote; type as many as 18 characters. 7 Choose the Install button (press [Alt+I]). 8 At the DOS prompt of the remote computer, type the commands displayed on the local computer. 6 After you type the commands, the remote computer will not respond to any typing until Remote Install is complete. 9 On the local computer choose the OK button by pressing [Enter]. LapLink now sends a "bootstrap" file and then the program file, LL5.EXE. (This process may take a few minutes on some computers.) When Remote Install has finished, LapLink is running on the remote computer, and you can use either the local or the remote comput ...