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<b>backup file</b> saves the current values of SICS variables and selected
motor and device parameters to the disk file specified as parameter. The
path to this files is relative to the SICS server directory. The format
of the file is a list of SICS commands to set all these parameters again.
motor and device parameters to the disk file specified as
parameter. If no file parameter is given the data is written to the
system default status backup file.
The format
of the file is a list of SICS commands to set all these parameters
again. The file is written on the instrument computer relative to the
path of the SICS server. This is usually /home/INSTRUMENT/bin.
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<b>restore file</b> reads a file produced by the backup command described
above and restores SICS to the state it was in when the status was saved with
backup.
backup. If no file argument is given the system default file gets
read.
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