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TCD Version 1.1
Richard Hendricks June 5, 1993
Here is a Change Directory/Drive Utility using TSE ("The Semware Editor" by
Semware Corporation) and it's powerful macro language.
I have been working on a Novell Network where the directory paths get kind
of long and complicated. I was using Norton's Change Directory NCD, but for
it to work quickly it wants to write a reference file in the root directory
of each drive. I'm not authorized to write to the root directory of my
network drive -- so Norton was kind of slow. I looked at a couple of other
change directory programs, but I really wasn't satisfied with any particular
one.
So, here is how it all works...
TCD requires a single directory reference file (TCD.DIR) and it is stored on
the C: Drive. (The drive/path location of this reference file can be changed
by editing the TCD.BAT and TCDSCAN.BAT.)
After you have configured TCD, established the reference file and compiled
TCD -- you are ready to start using it. TCD uses the TSE Regular Expression
search capability, so wildcards are supported
TCD dir_spec [command to execute]
dir_spec - this can be the directory name, only a portion of the name or a
string that contains the normal DOS wildcard characters or TSE
Regular Expression Characters.
Examples: TCD tse ; goes to c:\tse
TCD ROCC ; goes to d:\procomm
TCD E:*TEMP ; goes to e:\temp
TCD *DAT* ; goes to the first directory that
includes DAT in it's name. Some possible
matches might be DATA, COMDATA, GOODDAT
or BAD.DAT
TCD C ; first directory that contains 'C' in the
path
TCD C: ; goes to c:\
TCD does not support syntax like CD ..\..\TEMP or CD C: (CD
stays in the current directory on the C: Drive, TCD changes to
the root of the C: Drive) -- just used CD <grin>
command to execute -
After TCD tries to change to the directory that you've entered,
it will then pass the remaining arguments to DOS for execution.
NOTE: TCD does not do any checking to see if the change was made
-- so it is possible that the command will be executed in the
wrong directory.
Examples: TCD data e engdata.603 ; TCD will change to
e:\data and then run TSE
telling it to load ENGDATA.603
TCD PCP PCPLUS ; TCD will change to c:\pcplus
and then start Procomm Plus
How to get started...
1) Compile the TCD macro, SC TCD
2) I use a DOS environment variable (MACPATH) that points to TSE and my
macros. This variable needs to include the trailing backslash.
For example: set macpath=e:\tse\
3) Run TCDSCAN. This requires DOS 5 or greater. I use the new switches that
are available with the DIR command.
The syntax for the TCDSCAN is TCDSCAN d: [[d:] ...]
For example: TCDSCAN c: d:
Notes/Hints:
The TCD.DIR can be edited to add directories, change the order of the
directories or remove directories. I removed some of the directories
that were included on the network drive.
History:
Version 1.0 06/03/1993 Initial Release, using DOS( "CD "+newpath,..)
Version 1.1 06/05/1993 Uses Richard Blackburn's DIRCHNG.BIN
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