ÁÒÃ ÃOMMAND ÒEFERENCE ÓHEET ÂY ÇAELYNE ÍORANEC ÆOR SIMPLICITY, É HAVE ONLY USED TWO DRIVES IN MY EXAMPLES FOR THIS REFERENCE. É USED DRIVES Á AND Ã, SINCE MOST PEOPLE USE DRIVES #8 AND #9. ÄRIVE ÌETTER ÄESIGNATION: ------------------------- ÄRIVE 0 ÄRIVE 1 #8 = Á #8 = Â #9 = Ã #9 = Ä #10 = Å #10 = Æ #11 = Ç #11 = È ÓETTING THE ÄEFAULT ÄRIVE Á DRIVE LETTER WITH A COLON ALONE ON A LINE SETS THE DEFAULT DRIVE LETTER. ÉF YOU WANT DRIVE Ã TO BE THE DEFAULT, TYPE Ã: ALONE ON A LINE FOLLOWED BY A RETURN. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÁÒÃ ÃOMMAND ÆORMATS: -------------------- *ÎOTE THAT ÁÒÃ DOES NOT ALLOW* *SPACES WITHIN FILE NAMES. ÕSE* *A ? INSTEAD OF THE SPACE WHEN* *USING ÁÒÃ COMMANDS.* ÃREATING ÁRCHIVES ----------------- ÁÒÃ/Ã Á:ARCNAME Ã:FILENAME1 Ã:FILENAME2 ÁÒÃ/Ã Á:ARCNAME Ã:* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÃRUNCH ONLY (2 PASS) -------------------- ÁÒÃ/ÃÃ Á:ARCNAME Ã:FILENAME1 Ã:FILENAME2 ÃRUNCH (1 PASS) --------------- ÁÒÃ/Ã1 Á:ARCNAME Ã:FILENAME1 Ã:FILENAME2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÓQUEEZE ONLY ------------ ÁÒÃ/ÃÓ Á:ARCNAME Ã:FILENAME1 Ã:FILENAME2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÁPPENDING TO ÁRCHIVES --------------------- ÁÒÃ/Á Á:ARCNAME.ARC Ã:FILENAME ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÆIXING ÁRCHIVES --------------- ÁÒÃ/Æ Á:ARCNAME.ARC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÖERIFYING ÁRCHIVES ------------------ ÁÒÃ/Ö Á:ARCNAME.ARC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÌISTING ÁRCHIVES ---------------- ÁÒÃ/Ì Á:ARCNAME.ARC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÅXTRACTING ÁRCHIVES ------------------- ÁÒÃ/Ø Á:ARCNAME.ARC - SINGLE DRIVE FORMAT ÁÒÃ/Ø# Á:ARCNAME.ARC - DUAL DRIVE FORMAT (# = DRIVE LETTER YOU WISH ARCHIVED FILES TO BE SAVED ON) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÅXTRACTING ONLY CERTAIN FILES FROM ARCHIVE ------------------------------------------ ÁÒÃ/Ø ARCNAME.ARC FILENAME1 FILENAME2 - SINGLE DRIVE FORMAT ÁÒÃ/ØÃ Á:ARCNAME.ARC FILENAME1 FILENAME2 - DUAL DRIVE FORMAT (PLACES DISSOLVED FILES ON DRIVE Ã). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÅXTRA ÈELP ---------- ×HEN CREATING AN ARCHIVE, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO DO IF YOU HAVE ONE DISK WITH ÏÎÌÙ THE FILES YOU WISH TO ARC ON IT, AND USE THE WILDCARD "*" TO CREATE THE ARCHIVE: ÁÒÃ/Ã Á:ARCNAME Ã:* ÄON'T FORGET THAT ÁÒÃ DOESN'T ALLOW SPACES WITHIN FILENAMES. ÕSE A ? IN PLACE OF THE SPACE: ÁÒÃ/Æ Á:GAME?FILES.ARC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÁDDITIONAL ÁÒÃ ÃOMMANDS ----------------------- ÄÉÒ - WITH NO DRIVE LETTER, IT LISTS THE DIRECTORY OF THE DEFAULT DRIVE ÄÉÒ Ã: - LISTS DIRECTORY OF DRIVE Ã. ÓÉÚÅ Á:FILENAME ÓÔÁÒÔ Á:FILENAME ÔÙÐÅ Á:FILENAME ÒÅÎ Á:OLDNAME NEWNAME ÄÅÌ Á:FILENAME ÍÏÖÅ Á:FILENAME Ã: ÄÁÔÅ ÄÄ,ÍÍ,ÙÙÙÙ Á:PROGRAMNAME - LOADS AND RUNS PROGRAM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÕSING THE ÄÏÓ'×EDGE ------------------- ÄÏÓ COMMANDS WILL ONLY WORK ON THE SELECTED DEFAULT DRIVE, SO REMEMBER TO SET THAT BEFORE USING THE WEDGE. ÉF YOU PLAN TO FORMAT A DISK, OR OTHER POTENTIALLY "DANGEROUS" DISK OPERATIONS, YOU CAN TEST WHICH DRIVE IS CURRENTLY THE DEFAULT BY USING THE ÄÉÒ (DIRECTORY) COMMAND WITHOUT SPECIFYING A DRIVE LETTER. ÔHIS WILL LIST THE DIRECTORY OF THE DEFAULT DRIVE. ÉF YOU HAVE ÊIFFYÄÏÓ OR ANY ÃÍÄ DEVICES ACTIVE WHILE USING ÁÒÃ, YOU CAN ALSO USE ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL ÄÏÓ COMMANDS AVAILABLE TO YOU. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÓELECTED ÄÏÓ'×EDGE ÃOMMANDS --------------------------- (×ITH ÔHANKS TO ÅD ÐARRY) >$* - DISK DIRECTORY >$$ - FREE BLOCKS >Ó:FILENAME - SCRATCH FILE >I - INITIALIZE DRIVE >Î:DISKNAME - ERASE DISK WITHOUT FORMATING >Î:DISKNAME,ID - FORMAT DISK >Ö - VERIFY DISK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÕSEFUL ÒÁÍÌINK ÄÏÓ ÃOMMANDS --------------------------- (# = ACTUAL PARTITION NUMBER) >ÃÐ# - ÃHANGE TO PARTITION #X >ÃÄ:#//PATHNAME - CHANGE TO A SUBDIRECTORY >ÃÄ(BACKARROW) - CHANGE TO PARENT DIRECTORY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ×ILDCARDS IN ÁÒÃ ---------------- ÁÒÃ/Ã Á:ARCNAME Ã:* - CREATES ARCHIVE ON DRIVE Á FROM ALL FILES IN DRIVE Ã ÄÉÒ Á:Ç* - LIST FILES ON DRIVE Á WHICH BEGIN WITH THE LETTER Ç. ÁÒÃ/Ã Á:ARCNAME Ã:Ç* - SAME AS ABOVE BUT USED IN THE CREATE ARCHIVE COMMAND. ÄÉÒ Á:??? - LISTS FILES ON DRIVE Á WHICH ARE 3 CHARACTERS LONG. ÁÒÃ/Ã Á:ARCNAME C:??? - SAME AS ABOVE, BUT USED IN THE CREATE ARCHIVE COMMAND. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÁÒÃ ÇLOSSARY ------------ ÁÒÃ/Ã ÃREATE AN ARCHIVE ÁÒÃ/ÃX ÃREATE AN ARCHIVE, WITH A COMPRESSION CHOICE X CAN EQUAL: Î - ÎO COMPRESSION Ð - ÐACK ONLY Ó - ÓQUEEZE ONLY Ñ - ÓQUASH ONLY Ã - ÃRUNCH ONLY (2 PASSES FOR ANALYSIS) 1 - ÃRUNCH ONLY (1 PASS TIME SAVER) ÁÒÃ/Á ÁPPEND TO AN ARCHIVE ÁÒÃ/Æ ÆIX AN ARCHIVE ÁÒÃ/Ö ÖERIFY AN ARCHIVE ÁÒÃ/Ì ÌIST AN ARCHIVE ÁÒÃ/Ø EØTRACT AN ARCHIVE ÁÒÃ/Å ÅXTRACT AN ARCHIVE (SAME AS ABOVE) ÄÉÒ - LISTS DIRECTORY. ÓÉÚÅ - DISPLAYS NUMBER OF BYTES WITHIN THE FILE. ÓÔÁÒÔ - DISPLAYS STARTING ADDRESS OF FILENAME. ÔÙÐÅ - SENDS CONTENTS OF FILE TO THE SCREEN. ÒÅÎ - RENAMES FILE IN DRIVE Á. ÄÅÌ - SCRATCHES FILE FROM DRIVE Á. ÍÏÖÅ - COPIES FILES FROM ONE DRIVE TO ANOTHER. ÄÁÔÅ - CHANGE DEFAULT ÁÒÃ DATE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ÎOTE: ÔHIS IS NOT THE FIRST REFERENCE SHEET CREATED FOR USE WITH ÁÒÃ. ÍANY OTHERS HAVE COME BEFORE IT, AND WITHOUT THEM, THIS ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HARDER TO CREATE. É ESPECIALLY WISH TO THANK ÅD ÐARRY FOR HIS ÁÒÃ ÈELP ÆILE. ×ITHOUT IT, É WOULD NEVER HAVE USED ÃHRIS ÓMEETS ÁÒÃ PROGRAM. ÎATURALLY, ÃHRIS ÓMEETS DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT, BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS PROGRAM, AND HIS 128 PROGRAM ÃÓ-ÄÏÓ, ÃOMMODORE COMPUTING WOULD NOT BE WHERE IT IS TODAY. *****************************************************************************