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- C.COM by Mark Adler Pasadena, CA 1988.
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- C.COM is an enhanced change directory (CD) command. It is used like CD,
- except that abbreviations of subdirectory names are accepted. Only that
- part of each subdirectory name that uniquely distinguishes it from the
- others is necessary. For example, suppose the current drive has this
- directory tree:
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- \ ─┬─ DOS
- ├─ BIN ─┬─ TURBOC
- │ ├─ MASM
- │ └─ MATHCAD
- └─ USR ─┬─ UTIL
- └─ BBS ─┬─ COMPUSRV
- └─ BULL
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- Then the command:
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- c \u\b\b
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- will make the current directory \USR\BBS\BULL. The command:
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- c \b\ma
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- will not change the directory, but instead give the response:
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- \BIN\ma*.* is ambiguous---it matches: MASM,MATHCAD
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- Then the command:
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- c \m\mat
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- will make the current directory \BIN\MATHCAD. Whether changing a
- directory or not, C will display the current directory of the drive
- specified (or the current drive if none is specified).
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- Without this program, I would have the tendency to give directories
- single or two letter cryptic names to make changing among the
- directories easier, as well as not utilizing the directory structure to
- organize my files.
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- Putting this program on a RAM disk and setting the PATH appropriately
- will make C as fast as resident commands (like CD).
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- Feel free to send any problems with or comments on C.COM to:
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- Mark Adler
- P.O. Box 60998
- Pasadena, CA 91106
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