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CONFIGR.EXE -- very brief documentation
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DISCLAIMER:
GEOFFREY ABLES ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED IF THIS
PROGRAM HAS ANY NEGATIVE EFFECT ON YOUR CONFIGURATION, OR ON ANY OF YOUR
EXISTING DATA OR PROGRAMS. USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
All that said . . .
This is a very quick program I created in Turbo Pascal to use in conjunction
with my INSTALL.BAT programs. I decided to wait on purchasing an off-the-
shelf install program as my business is starting, but I still needed a way
to install my programs in a fairly user-friendly way (i.e. without telling
the user they had to use EDLIN or an ASCII editor to update their CONFIG.SYS).
I downloaded several of the shareware installer programs, but found they
were handicapped, not user-friendly, or insisted on displaying their
company logo when running...not what I wanted my end-user to have to see.
CONFIGR.EXE should be executed at the command line. If you run the program
with an incorrect number of parameters, it will display a very brief few
lines of help. The command-line syntax for the program is:
CONFIGR <# files> <# buffers>
Note that you should not use a slash or dash before either of the parameters.
Both of the parameters are required. The parameters should be for the minimum
number of files and buffers your program needs to run.
The program will automatically check the C: drive for a CONFIG.SYS. If the
file does not exist, it will create it with the appropriate number of
FILES and BUFFERS. If the file does exist, it will copy it to OLDCFG.DDD
(I didn't think the chances were too high that that name was already taken).
It will then scan the CONFIG.SYS file for a FILES= and BUFFERS= statement. If
it finds the statement, and the number is lower than the number you specified,
it will increase the number to the number you specified. If the number it
finds is more than the number you specified, it will leave the number
unchanged. If it finds no FILES or BUFFERS statement, it will append it (them)
to the end of the CONFIG.SYS file. Naturally, all of this is invisible to
the end-user.
If I get motivated someday, I may add the capability of adding the directory
to the PATH statement of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
You may use this program as much as you like, and as many copies of it as
you like without having to feel guilty. However, if you do find of
value, please feel free to pay whatever you feel the program is/has been
worth to you ($10.00?). It would be nice to make enough off of this program
to buy one of those fancy-schmancy installer programs for $200.00.
If you would like any changes made to the program, please feel free to
drop a letter in the mail.
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Geoffrey Ables
3016 Guenevere Place
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
CompuServe: 73770,2473
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