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| EDDY (TM) |
| File and Directory Editor |
| Copyright(C) 1987 thru 1994 |
| by John Scofield |
| All rights reserved |
| CompuServe:70162,2357 |
|-------------------------------|
See EDDY_HST.DOC for full details of what's new in this release.
==================================================================
If you have registered an earlier version of EDDY, please see the
EDDY.DOC file, Section 26.4. There you will find instructions for
converting your copy of this new version to a registered copy.
==================================================================
EDDY is ALL of these:
Full-screen directory editor
Disk and directory manager
Directory change tracker
Tree manipulator
Sector editor
File finder (by name, attributes and/or timestamp)
File viewer/patcher/comparer
File backup utility
Data recovery utility
String finder/replacer (hex and/or ASCII)
Disk image copy/restore utility
RAM editor
DOS shell
...and MUCH more!
A description of some of the neat stuff you can do with EDDY is found in
the file EDDY_WHY.DOC.
The complete EDDY package includes the following files:
1. EDDYREAD.ME - This file
2. EDDY.COM - The main program
3. EDDY.AUX - Overlays for LOOK, Update, HELP, and menus
4. EDDY.USE - Sample file to illustrate Point-and-Shoot commands
5. EDDY_REG.BAT - Batch file to print the registration form
6. FILE_ID.DIZ - Text description for posting on BBSs
(please include with any copies of EDDY you pass along)
7. EDDY.DOC - User's Manual (ASCII text, 59 lines max. per page)
8. EDDY_BBS.DOC - Conditions for BBS and commercial distribution
9. EDDY_HST.DOC - "History" of changes, by version
10. EDDY_WHY.DOC - A description of "neat things" to do with EDDY
If your set of files does not include these last four ".DOC" files, you
should have the file EDDY_DOC.EXE instead. Refer to item #2, below.
Installation
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1. Copy all files to the disk/directory you'll use to execute EDDY. If
one of the files you just copied was EDDY.DOC, the installation is
now complete.
EDDY does not need to be in its own directory, nor even in the PATH;
it can find the files it needs as long as at least the following are
in the same directory: EDDY.COM, EDDY.AUX, EDDY.USE
Note: One of the files in the package -- FILE_ID.DIZ -- might
overwrite a file already on your disk from other products, so you
may want to put EDDY in its own directory. Alternatively, copy
"EDDY*.*" rather than "*.*".
2. Your set of files may include EDDY_DOC.EXE. This file contains
compressed versions of files 7 - 10, above, so that the whole EDDY
package will fit on a single 360K floppy. Just run EDDY_DOC.EXE to
create these .DOC files (in your current default directory).
The self-extracting file EDDY_DOC.EXE is created with Haruyasu
Yoshizaki's highly-recommended compression utility "LHA".
Once EDDY is installed, the simplest way to get familiar with it is to
just type "EDDY" and [Enter]. Menus and context-sensitive HELP are
available as needed.
Conditions of Use
-----------------
Near the beginning of the file "EDDY.DOC", you will find a complete
disclaimer of responsibility for anything that EDDY may or may not do.
Please read that information carefully. You use EDDY at your own risk.
EDDY is shareware. It is not free, and it is not in the public domain.
If you find EDDY to be useful and satisfactory after a reasonable trial
period, and you continue to use EDDY, you should register your copy
("reasonable" means something on the order of 30 days trial use).
To register, you may use the form provided by printing the last page of
the file EDDY.DOC, or by running the "EDDY_REG.BAT" file; both methods
produce the same form (on most printers).