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Documentation for OS/2 2.0 Command Line Utilities Page 1
Command Line Utilities (OS Usage) -- 04th July 1993
Package Version 1.04 (Beta)
Package Copyright (c) 1993 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Licensed under General Public Licence version 1.00
Jonathan de Boyne Pollard, c/o 1 Queen's Close
KENILWORTH CV8 1JR, United Kingdom
Telephone +44 926 484514 (1000-1800 GMT)
This file is plain ANSI text with embedded tabs and form-feeds. It may be
viewed with an ANSI file viewer. This is preferable to printing it out,
because saving paper saves the environment.
To view : LIST OPSYS.DOC (Vernon Buerg's file viewer)
To print : PRINT OPSYS.DOC (MDOS and OS/2 print utility)
This file contains documentation for the command line utilities written
for OS/2 version 2.0 by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard. The DOS session
versions of the utilities have been tested under OS/2 2.0 VDM sessions,
MDOS 6.0 and DR-DOS 6.0.
Copyright (c) 1993 JdeBP
Documentation for OS/2 2.0 Command Line Utilities Page 2
Use under OS/2 2.0 Native mode
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In OS/2 native mode, ensure that the DPATH environment variable includes
the \OS2\SYSTEM directory (or other directory where OSO0001.MSG is
located), otherwise the NLS error messages will not be found. OS/2 system
installation will have done this for you.
All utililties are compiled as AVIO programs, enabling them to be run in
a windowed OS/2 session on the desktop.
Use in OS/2 2.0 VDM sessions
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Similarly, for VDM sessions, OS/2 will have created an APPEND path to
the \OS2\SYSTEM directory, allowing the NLS error messages to be found
from a DOS program.
All utilities that read files will open them with deny write access, to
allow other workstations on networks, and processes in other sessions to
read the files concurrently, but preventing them from changing the
contents.
Use in OS/2 2.0 VMB sessions (DR-DOS 6.0 and MDOS 6.0)
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Since neither of these operating systems support NLS error message
databases, the default built-in error messages will be displayed. To
obtain the NLS messages you must up the APPEND command to include the
directory containing OSO0001.MSG (usually %_boot:\OS2\SYSTEM).
If you do this, you must be aware of the side effects of the APPEND
command upon other programs that you run, it may be more trouble than it
is worth. Consult the documentation for the APPEND command (available
online in DR-DOS with HELP APPEND) and the documentation for the
programs that you run.
Most networking software will require SHARE to be loaded, although
Novell Netware is an exception.
Use under other DOSes
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The utilities will refuse to run on versions of DOS prior to version
3.30, because they require certain networking and file control
facilities first introduced with that version of DOS.
Copyright (c) 1993 JdeBP