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NEWPICKS V1.1
For those smart people that use NEWFILES to gleen the new stuff from
the OS/2 Shareware BBS, the makers of NEWFILES have worked round the
clock for months and months to bring you an ancillary product--
NEWPICKS.
NEWPICKS.CMD is a simple REXX exec that allows you to run against
an edited version of the output of NEWFILES, i.e. ALLFILES.NEW, to
give you a listing of just those files you are interested in downloading.
To install NEWPICKS, just put NEWPICKS.CMD in a subdirectory that's in
your PATH. If that sentence didn't make any sense to you, just stick
it in your \OS2 subdirectory. When executing NEWPICKS, make sure
that the directory that you execute it in contains the output file
from NEWFILES--ALLFILES.NEW. Also, NEWPICKS uses the REXX utility
functions, so you'll need to be running OS/2 2.1. OS/2 2.0 MAY work
if you have the Service Pack installed, but I haven't tried it.
To edit ALLFILES.NEW for use as input to NEWPICKS, simply INSERT a
reverse apostrophe (`) next to the filename you're interested in. The
reverse apostrophe thingee is usually located to the left of the "1"
key. For example, if you wanted the output of NEWPICKS (which will be
called ALLFILES.PIK) to contain 9LIVES0D.ZIP and ABCPLOT, you'd edit
ALLFILES.NEW like the following.
4DOS401D.ZIP 252K 6-08-92 4DOS manual; required for 4OS2/16 and 4OS2/32. If
you have a previous version of 4OS2 you needn't
download this file.
4OS216A.ZIP 80K 12-18-93* 4OS2 2.0, shareware CMD.EXE replacement from JP
Software, 16-bit part A. For part B see
4OS220B.ZIP, for 32-bit see 4OS232A.ZIP.
4OS220B.ZIP 286K 12-18-93* 4OS2 2.0 part B, shareware CMD.EXE replacement
from JP Software. See 4OS216A.ZIP and 4OS232A.ZIP
for part A.
4OS232A.ZIP 110K 12-18-93* 4OS2 2.0, shareware CMD.EXE replacement from JP
Software, part A, 32-bit. For part B see
4OS220B.ZIP, for 16-bit see 4OS216A.ZIP.
`9LIVES0D.ZIP 33K 6-01-93 This new version of 9 Lives, the desktop expander,
adds zoom in/out, sticky windows, and improved
window movement. Bug fixes too.
`ABCPLOT.ZIP 63K 4-02-91 Character-based plotting of data. w/src
ABSSHARE.ZIP 73K 1-06-89 File Encryption and Full Screen File Viewer OS/2
and DOS
To use NEWPICKS, simply enter the command NEWPICKS in the same
subdirectory that has your ALLFILES.NEW file. The output file will be
ALLFILES.PIK.
NEWPICKS is VERY dependent on the format of ALLFILES.NEW. It seems to
work OK with the current format, but if it changes in the future,
NEWPICKS is probably busted. If this happens, just leave me E-mail @
OS/2 Shareware BBS, or drop me a line at the address below. BTW,
because there is another fine individual with the name Steve Allen @
OS/2 Shareware BBS, so you'll need to leave BBS mail to my BBS
name--Steveo Allen.
In addition, if you can think of improvements or suggestions for
NEWPICKS, let me know and I'll try to stick them in the next release.
NEWPICKS is FreeWare--Enjoy!
Steve Allen
Altech Computer Services
121 Herta St.
Easley, SC 29640
(803) 234-5071
Jan 94
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