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HIDEDIR AND SHOWDIR commands:
Copyright (C) 1988 by Randall M. Gunning
Randall M. Gunning
Post Office Box 4667
Stockton, CA 95204
Compuserve ID: 74166,1656
Genie ID: RGUNNING
MCI Mail ID: RGUNNING
These two programs (HIDEDIR.EXE and SHOWDIR.EXE) and this documentation
copyright (C) 1988 by Randall M. Gunning. All rights reserved.
All users are granted a limited license to copy these two programs
(HIDEDIR.EXE and SHOWDIR.EXE) and this documentation for personal
non-commercial use subject to the following limitations:
1. No user may modify either program or this documentation.
2. Both programs and this documentation must be distributed
together (usually in ARC format).
3. No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or
requested by any licensee.
4. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (including
commercial systems such as Compuserve, Genie, The Source,
etc.) may post these programs for downloading by their users
as long as the above conditions are met.
If you find these programs useful, a suggested contribution of $2.00
should be sent to the address above. This will encourage other useful
utilities and place your name on a list for notification of other
products as they become available.
If you have any suggestions, comments or problems, please send a letter
to the address above or via EMail on Compuserve, Genie or MCI Mail.
Randall M. Gunning makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied,
including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability
and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Randall M. Gunning shall not
be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or
consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the
manner desired by the user. Randall M. Gunning shall not be liable
for any damages to data or property which may be caused directly or
indirectly by use of the program.
IN NO EVENT WILL Randall M. Gunning BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
Now that the legal language is out of the way, here is how you use
these programs:
To hide a directory, enter the command:
HIDEDIR directory_path password
where directory_path is the full or partial path name of the
directory you want hidden and password is a two (2) letter
password you want to use to hide the directory. For example:
HIDEDIR c:\test aa - this will hide the directory C:\TEST
with a password of AA.
To show a directory hidden by HIDEDIR, enter the command:
SHOWDIR directory_path password
where directory_path is the full or partial path name of the
directory you hide with HIDEDIR and password is the two (2)
letter password you used to hide the directory. For example:
SHOWDIR c:\test aa - this will show the directory C:\TEST
with a password of AA (if these were
the parameters used with HIDEDIR).
HIDEDIR can only be used to hide directories that do not have
extentions (.XXX) and are not already hidden. SHOWDIR can only be used
to show directories that have been hidden with the HIDEDIR command.
Any comprehensive DOS utility program (such as PCTOOLS or NORTON
Utilities) will be able to find directories hidden with these commands.
These commands are only to be used to protect files from the casual
user.
WARNING: THESE COMMANDS HAVE BEEN TESTED USING PC-DOS 3.2 AND PC-DOS
3.3 ON IBM (PC, XT, AT AND PS/2) MACHINES ONLY. THEY SHOULD WORK
CORRECTLY ON ANY PC/MS-DOS 3.x COMPATIBLE MACHINE. BEFORE USING THESE
COMMANDS IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT (ON LIVE DIRECTORIES), TEST THEM
ON YOUR MACHINE ON A NEWLY FORMATTED FLOPPY DISK FIRST. IF THEY WORK
CORRECTLY THERE, THEY WILL PROBABLY WORK ON ANY OF YOUR DIRECTORIES.
These programs were written entirely using TURBO PASCAL Version 4.0 and
contain no assembly language or direct calls to PC/MS-DOS.