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+ <title>Backup</title>
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+ <body alink="#ff0000" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000ee" text="#000000"
+ vlink="#551a8b">
+ <h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" align="middle" width="100"
+ height="98"> Backup and Restore</h3>
+ <blockquote>
+ <p>DS9 now supports Backup and Restore. When a backup is invoked,
+ DS9 will save in a backup save set all files needed to restore
+ DS9 to that state, including geometry, data files, colormaps,
+ catalogs, contours, and regions.<br>
+ </p>
+ <p><b>Backup Save Set</b></p>
+ <p>A backup save set consists of a text file, called a backup
+ script, and an optional directory, which will contain auxiliary
+ data files needed to restore DS9 to a previous state. The backup
+ file and the auxiliary directory maybe moved across file
+ systems, or even platforms, but must remain together in the same
+ directory. <br>
+ </p>
+ <p><b>Image data files</b></p>
+ <p>By default, all data image files are save within the backup
+ save set. However, the user has the option, via the Preferences,
+ to only save only an absolute pathname to the data file, and not
+ the data file itself. This option will dramatically reduce the
+ size of a backup save set, but will restrict the usage to a
+ particular file system and platform.<br>
+ </p>
+ <p>Image files that have been loaded into DS9 via XPA, SAMP, or
+ from URL will always be saved into the save set.<br>
+ </p>
+ <p><b>Caveats</b></p>
+ <p>There are several caveats in the usage of Backup and Restore.
+ In particular:<br>
+ </p>
+ <blockquote>
+ <p> <tt>Currently, there is no support for masks.<br>
+ External Analysis menus will not be saved.<br>
+ Plot Tool windows will not be saved.<br>
+ IIS frames (IRAF) will not be saved.<br>
+ SAMP and XPA sessions will not be saved.</tt></p>
+ </blockquote>
+ <p>And finally, if the image data had been loaded into DS9 via
+ XPA, SAMP, or from a URL, the following complex load operations
+ are not supported:</p>
+ <blockquote> <tt>Open Mosaic IRAF Image<br>
+ Open Mosaic IRAF Segment Open Mosaic WCS Image<br>
+ Open Mosaic WCS Segment Open Mosaic WFPC2 Open RGB Fits Image
+ Open RGB Fits Cube Open RGB Array Open Multi Ext Data Cube
+ Open Multi Ext Multiple Frames </tt></blockquote>
+ </blockquote>
+ </body>
+</html>