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BRUCE307.DOC
07/19/93
This documentation provides some overview information on a number of utilities
that have been posted by Wayne Software. All programs described herein were
written by Bruce Guthrie. Most are distributed with a Wayne Software copyright.
Others were written for the U.S. Department of Commerce. All are free for use
provided relevant documentation is kept with the programs, no changes are made
to the programs or documentation, and they are not bundled with commercial
programs or charged for separately. READ (but not READMAKE and READINIT) and
CONVERT are excluded from the commercial packaging restriction.
People who need to bundle AV, BFIND, DIRTOTAL, FILL, MULTICOL, NETSORT, or
READWK in commercial packages other than shareware/freeware collections must pay
a $50 registration fee to "Wayne Software" at the following address. Comments
and suggestions can also be sent to:
Bruce Guthrie
Wayne Software
113 Sheffield St.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
fax: (301) 588-8986
The utilities are uploaded with a ZIP name that includes the year and month of
the release. These names are:
AVymm.ZIP (a) AV program
(a) w/CONFIGWS
BFINDymm.ZIP (a) BFIND program
(a) w/CONFIGWS
CHANGymm.ZIP (b) CHANGE program
(a) w/CONFIGWS
CONCTymm.ZIP (b) CONCAT program
CONVRymm.ZIP (b) CONVERT program
(a) w/CONFIGWS
DIRTOymm.ZIP (a) DIRTOTAL program
(a) w/CONFIGWS
FILLymm.ZIP (a) FILL program
(a) w/CONFIGWS
FILUPymm.ZIP (b) FILUPDAT program
FIXCHymm.ZIP (b) FIXCHARS program
MULCOymm.ZIP (a) MULTICOL program
NETSOymm.ZIP (a) NETSORT program
READymm.ZIP (b) READ program
(a) w/CONFIGWS program
(a) w/READINIT program
(a) w/READMAKE program
READWyym.ZIP (a) READWK program
(a) w/CONFIGWS program
(a) w/READINIT program
Note: "(a)" indicates owned by Wayne Software. "(b)" indicates owned by U.S.
Department of Commerce.
This collection of utilities were compiled using Microsoft's VisualBASIC for DOS
1.0 compiler. In each case, Thomas G. Hanlin III's excellent PBClone routines
provided additional functionality. Each of the utilities are separately
described in a like-named *.DOC file. This documentation (BRUCEymm.DOC--the
file release date is indicated by the "ymm" parameter) serves to summarize what
the various utilities consist of.
Several of the routines have defaults that can be changed by the program
CONFIGWS.EXE which is included in the appropriate ZIP's.
Wayne Software also writes programs, batch files, and sets up menu systems for
people on a for-fee basis. If you desire this service, contact Wayne Software
at the address specified above.
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A summary of each routine follows. See the associated *.DOC files for fuller
explanations:
AV.EXE: Archive directory viewer. Presents list of files in archive (ZIP, ARC,
etc) and lets you sort as desired. Syntax:
AV filespec [ /-P | /P ] [ /Ox | /O-x ] [ /? ]
BFIND.EXE: Allows Boolean-type FIND requests. For example, find any line with
one string AND another one, or any line with one string OR another. The syntax
shown below is limited since "search" allows a lot of choices.
BFIND [ /V | /-V ] [ /C | /-C ] [ /N | /-N ] [ /I | /-I ] [ /P | /-P ]
[ /-HEADER | /HEADER ] { search } infile [ /? ] [ >filename ]
CHANGE.EXE: Processes change commands in files. Files can be of any size and
type (e.g. binary or text) and are processed quickly. Up to twenty-five change
commands can be processed in a single pass. Also provides ability to remove
trailing spaces from text files. Syntax:
CHANGE filename [ commandfile | /FROM string /TO string [ /IN search ] ]
[ /LINES { line1-line2 | line1 linect } ... ] [ /V | /-V ] [ /I | /-I ]
[ /Noutfile [ /OVERWRITE | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERASK ] ]
[ /Fflag_file ] [ /Ttemp_file ] [ /TRIM | /-TRIM ]
[ /BINARY | /TEXT ] [ /VERIFY | /-VERIFY ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
CONCAT.EXE: Concatenates a series of files together. Can use wildcards or an
input file. Syntax:
CONCAT [ filespec | @filespec | [drive:]filespec+ ] outfile
[ /OVERWRITE | /APPEND | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERASK ]
[ BINARY | /TEXT [ /CRLF ] ] [ /LRECL=nnn [ /BLKSIZE=nnnn ] ]
[ /NAMED ] [ /BEEP | /-BEEP ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
CONFIGWS.EXE: Lets you change some of the defaults for some of the programs.
Syntax:
CONFIGWS [ routine ] [ /MONO | /-MONO | /COLOR | /-COLOR ] [ /? ]
CONVERT.EXE: Converts between data formats: FROM dBase, ASCII-delimited
(commas between fields and quotes around strings), and fixed field TO Lotus WKS,
ASCII-delimited, dBase, and fixed field. Syntax:
CONVERT infile [ outfile [ deffile ] ]
[ /OVERWRITE | /-OVERWRITE | /APPEND | /OVERASK ]
[ /DEF=deffile ] [ /FROM { FIXED | ASCII | ASCII=char | DBF } ]
[ /FIXED | /ASCII | /ASCII=char | /DBF ] [ /USEDEF | /NODEF ]
[ /TO { FIXED | ASCII | ASCII=char | WKS | DBF } ] [ /HEADER | /-HEADER ]
[ /SKIP | /MISSING | /ABORT ] [ /SAS ] [ /BEEP | /-BEEP ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
DIRTOTAL.EXE: Prepares report showing files in subdirectory or drive. Allows
some restriction requests (show only files with date greater than a certain
value). Similar to Norton's FF and Ray Van Tassle's WIZ command (which is a
great program but it doesn't work on network or CD-ROM discs) in some ways but
presents a more formal report. Syntax:
DIRTOTAL [ [ drive: ] ... [drive:][filespec] |
[ drive: ] ... [drive:]\path[\filespec] ]
[ /NL ] [ /S { GT | GE | LT | LE | EQ | NE } value ]
[ /D { GT | GE | LT | LE | EQ | NE } mm/dd/yy ]
[ /ATTR=attr ] [ /Ffilename ] [ /Z ] [ /SPLIT | /WIDE ]
[ /SUB | /-SUB ] [ /Ox | /O-x ] [ /BEEP | /-BEEP ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
FILL.EXE: Program designed to fill up floppies with the maximum number of files
that will fit into them. "FILL *.BAS" will move *.BAS files onto a floppy,
taking the biggest files first. When it can't fit a file, it will skip it and
move the next one. Syntax:
FILL [ source-filespec ] [ dest-drive: | dest-drive:\path\ ] [ /MOVE | /COPY ]
[ /OVERWRITE | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERSKIP | /OVERASK ] [ /PROMPT | /-PROMPT ]
[ /Ox | /O-x ] [ /Xfilespec ]... [ /WIPE | /-WIPE ] [ /MULTI | /SINGLE ]
[ /BEEP | /-BEEP ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
FILUPDAT.EXE: Program which compares a selected list of files in a source path
against those in another path and copies those that have been updated. Similar
to DOS' REPLACE command but works from a stored list of files and can handle any
number of directories. Syntax:
FILUPDAT control_fil
[ /Flist_file [ /OVERWRITE | /APPEND | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERASK ] ]
[ /FULL ] [ /ALL ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
FIXCHARS.EXE: Program which removes non-standard print characters from a text
file. Translates graphics characters into their ASCII equivalents. Also
expands tabs and removes backspaces. Is primarily intended for people who have
problems printing a file. Syntax:
FIXCHARS infile { outfile [ /OVERWRITE | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERASK ] |
/REPLACE } [ /BINARY | /TEXT ] [ /Ffilename ] [ /-EJECT ] [ /Q ] [ /? ]
MULTICOL.EXE: Program creates multiple column listings from straight ASCII
text, ASCII-delimited text, or dBase files. Also does subtotalling. Syntax:
MULTICOL infile outfile [ /OVERWRITE | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERASK ]
[ /DELIM="string" ]
[ /LINES=n ] [ /WIDTH=n ] [ /EJECT | /-EJECT ]
[ /COLUMNS=n ] [ /WRAP | /-WRAP [ /INDENT=n ] | /REFLOW ]
[ /Ccontrol_file ] [ /SETUP="string" ] [ /RESET="string" ]
[ /{ TITLE | HEADER | FOOTER }[ R | C | L ][ 1 to 5]="text" ]
[ /{ TITLE | HEADER | FOOTER }{ T | B }="string" ]
[ /FROM ASCII | /FROM ASCII=char | /FROM DBF ] [ /DEF=deffile ]
[ /SKIP | /MISSING | /ABORT ] [ /GAP=n ] [ /USEDEF ] [ /TALLY ]
[ /SUM={ col_spec | var_spec } ] [ /BREAK={ col_spec | var_spec } ]
[ /PRINT={ col_spec | var_spec } ] [ /? ]
NETSORT.EXE: Slow but effective method for sorting files on a Banyan (and
possibly other) server. Syntax:
NETSORT [ path ] [ /S ] [ /Ox | /O-x ] [ /BEEP | /-BEEP ] [ /? ]
READ.EXE: Simplified version of a file browser. Only works with files of
16,000 lines or less (maybe 800,000 bytes). Other text viewers are out there.
This one has some advantage because it's free. Syntax:
READ [ filename ] [ /line ] [ /MONO | /-MONO | /COLOR | /-COLOR ]
[ /DOS | /-DOS ] [ /Pport ] [ /-I ] [ /? ]
READINIT.EXE: Creates and maintains the READ.INI file which may be used by
READ.EXE, READWK.EXE and any self-viewable file created by READMAKE.EXE.
Syntax:
READINIT [ /MONO | /-MONO | /COLOR | /-COLOR ] [ /-I ] [ /? ]
READMAKE.EXE: Program which takes an ASCII-text file and makes it
self-viewable. Provides same capabilities as the READ program. Syntax:
READMAKE infile [ outfile ] [ /OVERWRITE | /-OVERWRITE | /OVERASK ]
[ /DATE=FILE | /DATE=TODAY ] [ /TITLE="text" ] [ /? ]
READWK.EXE: Program to view Lotus worksheets (WKS and WK1 only at this point;
anyone know the forms for WK3?). Limited to 2500 cells. Syntax:
READWK [ filespec | @filename ] [ /row ] [ /Pport ] [ /-I ]
[ /MONO | /-MONO | /COLOR | /-COLOR ] [ /? ]
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If you can't get all of the utilities from your own sources, send $10 to the
address above and I'll send you everything. Please specify disk type.
Another Wayne Software product, called The DEMO System, is released as a
shareware program. The DEMO System is a unique system designed to create
text-screen demos, tutorials, help screens, etc. Look for the file
DEMOSymm.ZIP.
================================Revision history================================
Detailed revision history is only maintained for the last two or three releases.
After that, you get the summaries only. No one reads this junk anyway, right?
Programmer types like to put in it in just to justify what they've been doing
over the last couple of years.
Release 93/07:
DIRTOTAL: Fixed a bug when it came to naming DIR files for CD-ROM and
Bernoulli drives.
READ: Added F9 (backward search for text). Also incorporated in any READMAKE
files too. Fixed a bug in READMAKE--searching didn't work at all.
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Release 93/06:
DIRTOTAL: Added /Ox and /O-x to change the default listing order. Made
this CONFIGWS-able. Added a new /WIDE option after being able to uncatalog
all files on Walnut Creek's CD-ROM version of the SIMTEL archives. Fixed up a
bug which didn't let it work when the CD-ROM was the default drive.
FILL: Added recovery when the output disk was not present.
READ: Added /-DOS and /DOS options and made them CONFIGWS-able.
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Release 93/05:
ADD, DIRCOMP, and TAKE1ST: Dropped.
New: NETSORT and READWK.
Release 93/04:
READ: Added the ability to provide an input file list using the "@filename"
parameter.
Release 93/03:
New: Added AV (archive viewer) and READINIT (creates printer initialization
file for READ.
DIRTOTAL: Switched to ISAM processing to avoid need for external sort
programs.
READ: Added support for printers via the READ.INI file.
Release 93/02:
CHANGE, CONVERT, DIRCOMP, FILL, FILUPDAT, FIXCHARS, MULTICOL, READMAKE, and
TAKE1ST: Added /OVERWRITE, /OVERASK, /-OVERWRITE, and /OVERPROMPT where
appropriate.
FILL: Added /COPY and /MULTI features.
Release 93/01:
First release posted on SIMTEL (Internet).
New: The DEMO System (shareware and not part of normal package).
Release 92/12:
Major changes: MULTICOL adds ASCII-delimited and dBase support.
Release 92/11:
BRUCEymm.ZIP idea ends; utilities released separately now.
New: MULTICOL and READMAKE.
Release BRUCE210.ZIP:
New: BFIND and CONFIGWS (called BGCONFIG then).
Release BRUCE208.ZIP:
New: FIXCHARS.
Release BRUCE205.ZIP:
DIRTOTAL supports MS-DOS 5.0 and can avoid external sorting program.
Release BRUCE204.ZIP:
Initial release. ADD, CHANGE, CONCAT, CONVERT, DIRCOMP, DIRTOTAL, FILL,
FILUPDAT, READ, and TAKE1ST.