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GM UTILS Greg Miskelly's Utilities
All of the utility programs in my little utility package are programs
that I have generally written for my own use. Some were written as a
specific favour to someone. They may be regarded as oddities that
have no wide appeal to computer users. The reason for this is that I
wouldn't consider writing a program if there was already widely used
Public Domain programs to perform the purpose.
I hereby declare that these programs are free for use by everyone
that has access to an IBM Compatible PC. Use of these programs is
entirely at your own risk. I accept no liability whatsoever. The
only request that I make of you is that if you pass the programs on
to another person, please pass on the entire suite of programs,
including this documentation file. I will not distribute the source
code because one of the programs is specifically for the purpose
of computer access control. Some of the other programs could also
possibly be used for computer security purposes.
Nearly all of the programs contain their own manual, ie, the manual
file can be generated by entering:
PROGNAME /? DOC
at the command line. The one exception is STRIP.EXE which has it's
own documentation file. The reason for this is that I wrote the
program in MicroSoft QuickBASIC Ver 4.5 before I discovered the
FromBat Version 3 programming language. There is a fairly complex
algorithm within STRIP.EXE and I really didn't want to spend the
time converting it.
So.... What do the programs do?
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ARDP.COM Add/Remove directories to/from the Path
A help screen can be generated by entering ARDP /?
CLDD.COM Copy Large Directories to Diskettes.
A method of providing a backup without compressing
or altering files.
A help screen can be generated by entering CLDD /?
CURSOR.COM Change the appearance of the cursor
A help screen can be generated by entering CURSOR /?
EOLDDAYS.COM Test a file for age in days and leave an errorlevel
EOLDDEMO.BAT A demonstration Batch File for EOLDDAYS.COM
A help screen can be generated by entering EOLDDAYS /?
JULIAN.COM Provide information about the current Julian date.
This program will not really have any widespread
appeal, but it has certain specific uses, eg, to
automate the production of NODEDIFF extensions by
SysOps of Bulletin Board Services
A help screen can be generated by entering JULIAN /?
PSIS.COM Provide System Information and Services.
This program provides information by way of
generating errorlevels or environment variables
for an extensive range of system information.
A help screen can be generated by entering PSIS /?
PWORD.COM An elementary, but secure password program.
Please read the documentation file before using
this program in case you lock yourself permanently
out of your machine.
A help screen can be generated by entering PWORD /?
READ.COM A simple file viewing program.
A help screen can be generated by entering READ /?
SAVUNTIL.COM A screen saving program for use in Batch Files. A
keyboard interuption will generate an errorlevel
so that branching can occur within the batch file.
A help screen can be generated by entering SAVUNTIL /?
STRIP.EXE Strip carriage returns from DOS Text files before
editing in word processing applications
STRIP.DOC Documentation file for STRIP.EXE
This program has quite a sophisticated algorithm.
It will filter out tabs, etc. It also attempts to
work out which lines should be left as lines
rather than being turned into paragraphs.
A help screen can be generated by entering STRIP /?
WAIT.COM A utility to stop the computer. Primarily for use
in batch files. A keyboard interuption will
generate an errorlevel.
A help screen can be generated by entering WAIT /?
I'm sure you have gathered by now that I have an interest in BATCH
file programming. As I have not requested any payment for these
programs I can not provide any support for them. I hope you find
some of them useful.
These programs are dedicated to my wife who has to put up with my
programming hobby.
Greg Miskelly gmiskelly@bart.embassey.co.uk