More about Personal Ancestral File and Backup

Personal Ancestral File (PAF) is one of the most widely used lineage-linked genealogical database programs. I have not been able to find any statistics on the number of
actual users, but personal experience indicates that most of the
genealogists who have a program at all are using PAF.
Even if the genealogists have moved on to a commercially available
program, it is possible that their attitudes concerning files may have
been formed at the time they were using PAF. In one of my last posts, I discussed the issue of using the PAF
"Backup" command. Since that post, I have had further rather extensive
discussions on the subject, as well as comments, and I have a few more
observations.