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FWKTL(TM) Text_program Launcher for OS/2 Protected Mode, 1996 May 28.
(C)Copyright Frederick W. Kantor 1996. All rights reserved.
What's New in FWKTL(TM) Version 1.01:
1. In a .CMD program, it is possible to build a command line up to 1023
characters long, compared to a limit of ca 300 characters when entering
a command line directly from the keyboard. FWKTL Version 1.01 is now
able to handle the 1023_character command line which can be made in a
.CMD program.
2. Corrected a bug which limited how one could specify a file.
FWKTL can now search for a program to launch which is specified using
d:\path\filename.ext (environment PATH not searched)
filename.ext (current directory is searched before PATH)
d:filename.ext (environment PATH not searched)
d:.\filename.ext "
d:..\filename.ext "
d:subpath\filename.ext "
d:.\subpath\filename.ext "
d:..\subpath\filename.ext "
\\machine\path\filename.ext "
\path\filename.ext (FWKTL inserts current drive's D: before
initial single '\'; environment PATH not
searched)
.\filename.ext (the first base directory used is the current
..\filename.ext directory, then directories on PATH are used
subpath\filename.ext sequentially as the base directory until the
.\subpath\filename.ext first copy of the file reached in that order
..\subpath\filename.ext is found)
For "file not found", FWKTL returns exit errorlevel = 65533
(your display may show this as -3 ).
Note: PROMPT $r can be used to display the exit errorlevel;
for example, for [d:\path errorlevel], use
PROMPT [$p $r] <enter>
Notes re specifying program to launch:
Wildcards are not permitted.
Backslash ('\') and forwardslash ('/') can be used in specifying a
program.
If a drive letter, initial backslash ('\'), or initial forwardslash
('/') is used in specifying the program to launch, then FWKTL does
not search the environment PATH.
If a single initial backslash ('\') or forwardslash ('/') is used in
specifying the program to launch, FWKTL inserts the default drive
letter and a colon D: before that '\' or '/'.
Any entries of the form
.\ or ./ current directory
..\ or ../ shift to the directory immediately above
appearing in the program specification are processed before the
program is launched, and do not appear in the origin information
provided to the program. More than one '..\' or '../' can be used.
When a gap is present in a filename (e.g., in HPFS), use double
quotes (") about the full filename, as before.