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E Z D O S
by Mike Baker
Automated Business Solutions
EzDOS field input keys;
Key Action
--------- ----------------------------------------------------------
ENTER accepts field contents, also reaching end of field is auto
ENTER.
moves one character to left.
RT ARROW moves one character to right.
^HOME refreshes original field contents.
^END erases to end of field.
HOME moves cusor to start of field.
END moves cursor to end of field.
INS sets insert mode on / off.
DEL deletes character at cursor.
BACKSPACE deletes character to left of cursor.
see ^Pg Up and ^Pg Down below.
EzDos command line commands;
CD ┐ Change Directory (will create directory if it does not
CHDIR ┘ exist) eg. CD ..\..\TEST
COPY set copy marks eg. COPY *.INC
CS ┐ Copy sub directory
COPYSUB ┘
DEL set delete marks eg. DEL *.EXE
DIR change directory mask eg. DIR *.DAT
DOS shell to DOS
EN ┐ encrypt selected files with a password. Files may be
ENC ┘ encrypt more than once. eg. ENC *.C (see also UNENC)
ERASE same as DEL
MD ┐ make directory
MKDIR ┘ ''
MOVE set move marks eg. MOVE *.*
MS ┐ Move sub directory
MOVESUB ┘
RD ┐ Remove sub directory
RMDIR ┘
RS ┐ Remove sub directory
RMSUB ┘
TO ┐ Touch files. This command will set the files date and
TOUCH ┘ time to current. eg. TO *.C
UE ┐ unencrypts selected files that have been encrypted
UNENC ┘ using the ENC command above. eg. UE *.C
UM ┐ un-mark eg. UM *.DAT
UNMARK ┘
From the command line, drives may be changed by typing in the letter of
the drive with the colon. This must be done AFTER selecting the active
path by using the F6 function key. This key toggles between the input
path and the destination path. The active path will have a tick mark
beside it and also the path name will be high-lighted. ex. A:, B:, ...
Z:
Any other command will execute that command from the DOS shell.
eg. SORT <TEST.DAT >TEST.SRT /+10
this command will sort the file TEST.DAT starting in column
10 and create the new file TEST.SRT.
After the child process has completed, you will be returned to EzDOS.
Also, EZDOS may be driven from the DOS command line by supplying the
correct parms. The format for the command line is:
EZDOS command in-filespec [dest-path] [/A] [!file-pat !file-pat ...]
│ │ │ │ └─ this is a file pattern
│ │ │ │ exclusion. Any files that
│ │ │ │ match these patterns will
│ │ │ │ not be processed. The
│ │ │ │ exclusion patterns may
│ │ │ │ occur as many times as
│ │ │ │ needed.
│ │ │ └─ the (A)ssume option will not
│ │ │ stop and ask questions. It
│ │ │ will make assumptions about
│ │ │ the task at hand. The only
│ │ │ windows that will halt
│ │ │ processing are the volume full
│ │ │ window and the keyboard
│ │ │ interrupt window.
│ │ └─ defaults to current path if not supplied
│ └─ may be any DOS pathing mechanism, but must include
│ a filespec.
└─ must be any of the commands described above.
EZDOS CH in-filespec [+S +R +H +Y +A] [-S -R -H -Y -A]
│ └─ same as └─ +x turns flag on
│ above -x turns flag off
└─ May be CHMOD S = novel Share flag
or CH for R = Read only
change file H = Hidden
mode Y = sYstem
A = Archive
The command, in-filespec and dest-path parms are positional. The "/" and
"!" parms may occur anywhere on the command line and in any order.
Character casing in not significant.
example;
EZDOS CO ..\. copies all file from prior directory to current
EZDOS CS ..\EZ copies entire directory structure to current
directory making directory EZ under current.
EZDOS RD CHECK removes entire directory structure CHECK.
EZDOS MO . a:\save move all files in current directory to the A: drive,
if directory SAVE does not exist, it will be
created.
EZDOS CO *.* A: !*.BAK !*.OBJ /A
EZDOS CH . +r +s -h change file flags to read only and shareable, turn
off hidden flag.
(The "." as the filespec is the same as "*.*")
Function Keys;
F1 Displays this help file
F2 Starts a file name scan feature. You may scan for a particular
file name by hitting the F2 function key. Then while you
type the file name, the file window will scroll up or down
depending on the relation of the current file pointer and
file name being typed. Directories may be scanned also by
placing the current file pointer within the directory
section. The scan feature works from the file window or
from the command line.
F3 Flip from LONG mode to DUAL mode and back.
F4 Enter EZDOS menuing system. See below for more details.
F5 Execute the marks selection. When this function key is hit,
all of the files marked for delete, copy, and move will
be processed. File deletions will take place before any
copy or move process. Move will be processed before Copy.
F6 Toggle active path. The active or displayed path may be
changed by using this key. This way, two different
directories may be scanned at one time. Use this key to
set the active path before you change drives.
F7 Toggle between command line and file window. Use this key
when you wish to mark files, or change file information.
F8 View file and directory tree. This key may be used from the
file window or the command line. If F8 is hit when the
file pointer is on a directory, that directories tree
structure will be displayed. If the pointer is on a file,
that files contents will be displayed and browsed. The
browse window uses the up, down, left, and right arrows,
page-up, page-down, TAB and shift TAB keys to position the
page.
F9 Display directory tree. The active path tree structure will
be displayed.
F10 Change current drive for active path.
F6 Sort on keys. You may sort the file display window by file
name, file extension, file size, or file date/time.
F7 Command line un-mark. Place the current file pointer on the
file to be un-marked by using the Scan feature or the Up
and Down arrow keys. Files may also be un-marked by using
F7 and then using the space over the mark.
F8 Command line mark for delete.
F9 Command line mark for copy.
F10 Command line mark for move.
^Pg Up From the file window area goes to the top file or directory
entry for the active path.
^Pg Down From the file window area goes to the bottom file or directory
entry for the active path.
^Pg Up From the command line will scroll up through the previously
typed commands.
^Pg Down From the command line will scroll down through the previously
typed commands.
EzDOS menuing system
EzDOS allows you to set up menus for just about any command you desire.
Up to 40 menus as many levels deep as is desired may be built using the
EZDOS.INI file. The following format should be used to build your menus.
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ menu line format; ║
║ menu = d,x,x,description up to 40 characters ║
║ │ │ └─ menu number to goto when selected (use (0) if no more) ║
║ │ └─ menu number for this block ║
║ └─ menu record type constant (menu descriptor) ║
║ ║
║ menu = h,help description up to 75 characters ║
║ └─ menu record type constant (help descriptor) ║
║ ║
║ menu = c,command line ║
║ └─ menu record type constant (command descriptor) ║
║ ║
║ menu = $(END) constant to signal end of menu descriptions ║
║ ║
║ The h and c record types may occur up to 20 times per menu selection. ║
║ ║
║ the $(END) constant MUST be the last line of the menu definitions ║
║ block. ║
║ ║
║ Several special commands may be placed individually or together on ║
║ the command line. They must be spelled exactly as they are presented ║
║ here and they must be in upper case. ║
║ ║
║ $(PROMPT) - Pops open a window displaying the command line with ║
║ the cursor positioned where the $ is located. The ║
║ $(PROMPT) is blanked out. ║
║ $(FILE) - The $(FILE) key word is replaced with the file name ║
║ located at the file pointer position of the active ║
║ path. ║
║ $(FSPEC) - This key word is replaced with the full path and file ║
║ name of the file located at the file pointer of the ║
║ active path. ║
║ $(CLOSE) - The $(CLOSE) keyword will keep the menu system closed ║
║ after all of the processes have been completed. ║
║ The default of (no close) will place you back on ║
║ the menu window where you left. ║
║ $(PAUSE) - Placed between commands, forces a pause before going ║
║ to the command. This is good if doing a directory ║
║ type command and you need to look at the output ║
║ before going on to the next command. ║
║ $(NOPAUSE) - Placed as the last command in a sequence, tells EZDOS ║
║ not to pause before re-displaying the EZDOS screens.║
║ $(PATH1) - This key word is replaced with the input path spec. ║
║ Any parms placed after this key word will be pushed ║
║ down to make room for the path. ║
║ $(PATH2) - This is the same as $(INPATH) except it uses the ║
║ destination path name. ║
║ $(ACTPATH) - This is the same as $(INPATH) except it uses either ║
║ the input path OR the destination path which ever ║
║ is active. ║
║ DOS - This is a special command that may be used to execute ║
║ a shell to the DOS - OS/2 command line. ║
║ ║
║ Most of these commands may be placed on the same line; example; ║
║ menu = d,3,0,PKXARC extract from archive ║
║ menu = c,cd $(INPATH) ║
║ menu = c,pkxarc -x $(PROMPT) $(PATH2) ║
║ menu = d,3,0,PKXARC view file contents from archive ║
║ menu = c,pkxarc -c $(FSPEC) $(PROMPT) >tmp.$$$ ║
║ menu = c,list tmp.$$$ ║
║ menu = c,del tmp.$$$ ║
║ menu = c,$(NOPAUSE) ║
║ ║
║ For more examples on how the menu commands are used, see the EZDOS.INI║
║ file that is included with the EZDOS package. ║
║ ║
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Additional notes;
EzDOS is also set up to run on the NOVELL operating system networks.
Thus the share flag attribute setting.
EZDOS is licensed at $49.95 per copy for a single user. Site licenses
are also available for corporate use. For more information about
this and other products, contact:
Mike Baker
Automated Business Solutions
6548 Brookside Cr.
Columbia, S.C. 29206