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┌──┌─┐┌┐┐┌┐┐┌─┐┌─┐v5.1
└──└─┘└ ┘└ ┘└─┘│─┘ ┌─┐
D&M Enterprises│┌─┐└─┐
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September 30, 1991
Shad Muegge
Marcos R. Della
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____| ,__| Association of
/ o \/|____/ Babble Fish
|__, |____ Programmers
\____|\/ o \
| ,__| MEMBER
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COMMOPNS is shareware, which means that you can use this program
for 30 days to decide whether you want to use it. If you decide
you are going to use COMMOPNS, you must send in the registration fee.
Send your COMMOPNS registration fee of $10.00 US to:
Shad Muegge
P.O. BOX 4251
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
This is a LIFETIME registration fee, meaning that you will never
have to pay for any future versions of COMMOPNS.
COMMOPNS may be freely distributed in its original PKZIPed form.
SUPPORT: You can either send me a letter, to which I will gladly
respond, or you can call my BBS: The Babble Underground (707) 575-0636.
Thanks to:
Fred P. Brucker for writing {COMMO}.
Tom Keller, for editing this file.
And everyone else who Beta Tested COMMOPNS.
BASIC CONCEPT:
COMMOPNS.EXE - Displays a single directory at a time and
allows the user to TAG files. When the program is exited,
it writes the TAGGED files out to a specified (or default)
file.
OPERATION:
An up arrow in front of a name indicates a subdirectory which will
lead you up the directory tree. Likewise, a down arrow indicates
a subdirectory which will lead you down the tree.
COMMANDS:
<ENTER> Change to a SUBDIR.
<ARROWS> Moves selector bar around.
<PGUP> <PGDN> Switches file display pages. Useful if your directory
has more than 115 files in it!
<HOME> <END> Move to the first/last item on the screen.
<SPACE> Toggle the tag flag, and advance to next file in the display.
Also updates approximate upload time estimate, if the -S
option was specified on the command line.
<Any Key> Advance selector bar to filename starting with that key.
For example: Press M to jump to filenames starting with M.
<F1> Bring up a small help list.
<ALT-D> Change the drive.
<ESC> Exit and write tag file list.
<ALT - F1/F2> Change colors for foreground/background main screen.
<ALT - F3/F4> Change colors for foreground/background highligh bar.
<ALT - F5/F6> Change colors for foreground/background status lines.
<ALT-C> Save colors and display method (BIOS/Direct).
<ALT-U> Toggle between BIOS and Direct screen writes.
BASIC IMPLEMENTATION:
DSZ, MPt, and others allow a list of files to be specified
in a file. For example:
DSZ sz @C:\FILE.LST
MPt s @C:\FILE.LIST
will upload all the files in C:\FILE.LST.
In DSZ, the @, the drive letter and the : are all MANDATORY.
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Getting COMMOPNS to work with your terminal program, should be
simple, here's a example in a psuedo-terminal program
script language:
Execute COMMONPNS C:\FILE.LST
Execute DSZ sz @C:\FILE.LST { for ZMODEM }
or Execute MPt s @C:\FILE.LST { for MPt }
Execute DEL C:\FILE.LST { this is optional }
SETUP FOR {COMMO}:
1. Put COMMOPNS.EXE somewhere in your path.
2. Insert the COMMOPNS.MAC file into your COMMO.MAC
file - using your favorite ASCII text editor.
3. Load {COMMO}.
4. Type <Ctrl-PageUp> to get COMMOPNS Upload Menu!
5. UPLOAD UPLOAD UPLOAD
AUTOMATIC COMMOPNS in {COMMO} with ZMODEM!
In COMMO.SET file, insert the line:
{aut=pnszup,^xB01}
Now, whenever you do a Zmodem upload, COMMOPNS will automatically execute.
SETUP IN A BATCH FILE:
For Upload: Some terminal programs allow you to call external
batches for their file transfer protocols.
Example Batch File: (Zmodem or MPt Upload)
@ECHO OFF
COMMOPNS C:\FILE.LST
DSZ sz @C:\FILE.LST
or MPt s @C:\FILE.LST
USE WITH PKZIP:
This will allow you to pick files out of single or multiple
directories and zip them together. Note that additional command
line parameters can be added to the PKZIP line to preserve paths, etc.
PNSZIP.BAT:
@ECHO OFF
COMMOPNS C:\FILE.LST
PKZIP -a %1 @C:\FILE.LST
Example command line:
PNSZIP PNSSRC.ZIP
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PARAMETER DEFINITIONS:
- if no parameters are specified, then the file list is CREATED
in the DEFAULT drive ROOT directory.
(i.e. if COMMOPNS is run on C:, the file would be C:\FILE.LST)
COMMOPNS [DRIVE:][PATH][FILEN] [-O<N|T|E>] [-D[DRIVE:][PATH][FNAME]] [-S<bps>]
DRIVE: The drive where you want the file.
(ie. C:, D:, ... )
PATH: The path where you want to file.
(ie. \COMMO\)
FILEN: The file name, you want the list to be written.
An Error Level 2 is returned for invalid tag list filename.
-D: Optional directory in which to begin tagging. The drive
specifier is only necessary if you wish to start up on a
drive other than the current drive. Will allow wildcard
filename specifications (ie. *.pas) to choose only
selective files
-S: Modem transfer speed, in Bits Per Second. If this option is
specified, COMMOPNS will compute and display the approximate
time needed to transfer the tagged files.
-ON: Sort in order of filename. (Default)
-OT: Sort in order of date & time.
-OE: Sort in order of extension.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE:
Setting a COMMOPNS environment variable in DOS will tell COMMOPNS
where to write the list of TAGGED files.
For Example: SET COMMOPNS=C:\FILES.LST
This will cause COMMOPNS to write the file list to C:\FILES.LST
Specifing a name on the command line will override this environment
variable.
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REVISION HISTORY:
Version New Stuff/Fixes.
5.1 BIOS calls removed and DesqView calls installed to support
virtual screens. Changed the file specification option to
allow for wildcard specifications (ie: *.pas). Fixed small
color problems and help file.
5.0 Major re-write of the basic code to increase speed.
COMMOPNS enviroment variable added so you can specify the
file to be created by the program.
ErrorLevel 1 returned if there is an empty file list.
Direct Video writes re-written in assembly to increase display
speed to the screen. BIOS calls still in place for DV users.
Alt-U added to toggle between BIOS and Direct Video writes. This
parameter can be saved using the Alt-C (clone) option.
F1 now brings up a help screen with the basic commands.
Pressing a key to jump to a file
Error level 2 returned for invalid tag file list filename.
#.# These versions skipped in a cheap marketing attempt to cash in
on the version 5.0 mania.
2.1 Bug fixes.
2.0 Added color and ability to change colors.
-D start directory option.
-S Bits Per Second option, so COMMOPNS can display upload time.
Arrows for indicating directories.
Checks memory available, instead of crashing.
1.5 Fixed up a bunch of stuff in the doc files.
Added the current directory display to the top of the screen.
Add BIOS/Direct screen writing for snowy CRT's and multi-taskers.
Advance to next file after tagging a file.
1.1 Modified to use a lot less memory.
BUGS: (bugz), adj. [Slang], 1. crazy; insane. 2. any crawling insect
with sucking mouth parts and forewings thickened. 3. Problems with a
computer program. (go figure!)
- The program doesn't seem to work on the novell network. When it
reads in the directory, it doesn't find a ".." parent directory
file.
DETAILS:
{COMMO} is a product of Fred P. Brucker.
DSZ is a product of Omen Technology Inc.
PKZIP is a product of PKWARE, INC.
MPt is a product of Matthew Thomas.
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