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- ╔═════════════╗
- ════╣ NIFTIES 1.1 ╠════
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-
- This package contains four useful utilities, following is a summary of
- each program's capabilities along with a few examples of how to use them.
-
- ┌────────┐
- -------------------------------│DOSCOLOR│-------------------------------------
- └────────┘
- ** DOSCOLOR is a program that allows you to set the foreground, background,
- and border to any combination of colors DOS is capable of showing. And if you
- have a particular set of colors that is your favorite, you can save them as
- your default colors and recall them on subsequent uses by passing a single
- switch (/d) to the program. The data are arbitrarily saved under the file
- C:\DOSCOLOR.DEF. Note that this program requires ANSI.SYS to work! Make sure
- to load ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file by adding DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS or
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS (if UMBs are available) if you don't have it in
- there already.
-
- Usage: DOSCOLOR foreground background [border] [hi|low] [/d]
-
- Colors - BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, and WHITE.
- hi|low - High or low intensity foreground color. Low is the default.
- /d - Saves the colors specified as default colors. When passed to the
- program by itself, it changes the screen to the previously assigned
- default colors.
-
- Ex: DOSCOLOR blue white green hi
- (intensified blue text on white background with green border.)
-
- DOSCOLOR black cyan /d
- (black text on cyan background and save them as default colors.)
-
- DOSCOLOR /d
- (set screen to last saved default colors.)
-
- ┌───────┐
- -------------------------------│FFINDER│--------------------------------------
- └───────┘
- ** FFINDER is a capable and flexible file finder. It can locate mutiple sets
- of files across multiple drives or directory trees. If you would like a
- hardcopy of the output, you may redirect the output to a file or printer by
- using the > symbol. Just make sure that a file with the same name does not
- already exist and the /p switch is not used!
-
- Usage: FFINDER [option] filespec [filespec]...
-
- filespec - File(s) to locate. Wildcards * and ? may be used.
-
- <Option>
- /p - Pause (display information one screenful at a time).
- /x - Exclude hidden and system files from the search.
- /t - Terse output (display only file's name, path, and attributes.
- /c - Search only the specified directory, skip its subdirectories.
- /sxxxxxxxx - Find the files whose names contain the string xxxxxxxx.
- /n[d:][path] - Drive and directory to begin the search. The program will
- search this directory and its descendant subdirectories.
- Use mutiple /n's to search mutiple drives/directories.
- If only the drive is specified, the search will begin in that
- drive's root directory.
-
-
- Ex: FFINDER /nc: /p *.bak *.tmp
- (find all *.BAK and *.TMP files on drive C, display the result one
- screenful at a time.)
-
- FFINDER /nc: /nb:\data /t *.bak *.tmp *.$$$
- (find all *.BAK, *.TMP, and *.$$$ files on drive C and B:\DATA
- subdirectory and its children directories, display the result in
- terse format.)
-
- FFINDER /c /nc:\dos /nd:\data\tax *.txt
- (find all *.TXT files in C:\DOS and D:\DATA\TAX only, excluding their
- children directories.)
-
- FFINDER /stomcat /nc: /na: *.exe *.com
- (find all *.COM and *.EXE files on drive C and A whose names contain
- the string 'TOMCAT', note that FFINDER automatically convert the
- specified string to uppercase.)
-
- FFINDER /x /na: *.gam > output.txt
- (find all non-system, non-hidden *.GAM files on drive A and output
- the result to file OUTPUT.TXT.)
-
- ┌────┐
- --------------------------------│MDEL│----------------------------------------
- └────┘
- ** MDEL is a flexible file deleter, you can think of it as a muscular
- replacement for DOS's own DEL (ERASE) internal command. In fact, I first
- wrote this program with just that purpose in mind! MDEL's output can also be
- redirected to a file or printer with the > symbol. Unless you are
- absolutely sure about what you are about to delete from the disk, always use
- the safeguard /p command! Reckless usage of this program may wipe out every
- single file on your hard disk! Always be heedful!
-
- Usage: MDEL [option] filespec [filespec]...
-
- filespec - File(s) to delete. Of course, wildcards * and ? may be used.
-
- <Option>
- /a - Delete hidden and read-only files as well.
- /p - Enable the confirmation prompt before every deletion.
- /s - Purge the directory's descendant subdirectories as well.
- /n[d:][path] - Drive and directory to purge. Use mutiple /n's to purge mutiple
- drives/directory trees. If only the drive is specified, that
- drive's current working directory will be used.
- /d1mm-dd-yy \_ Delete the files whose date stamps are between these two dates
- /d2mm-dd-yy / (d1=beginning date and d2=ending date).
-
- Ex: MDEL /p /nc:\paint *.pic *.gem
- (delete all *.PIC and *.GEM files in C:\PAINT only, MDEL will prompt
- you for confirmation.)
-
- MDEL /p /nc:\ /nd:\ /s *.bak *.$$$ *.tmp
- (delete all *.BAK, *.$$$, and *.TMP files on drive C and D.)
-
- MDEL susan.txt mary.txt irene.txt
- (delete SUSAN.TXT, MARY.TXT, and IRENE.TXT in current directory.)
-
- MDEL /p *.tmp *.bak *.$$$
- (delete all *.TMP, *.BAK, and *.$$$ files in current directory, MDEL
- will prompt you for confirmation.)
-
- MDEL /p /na:\ /s /d101-01-90 /d201-01-93 *.txt
- (delete all *.TXT files created between 01/01/90 and 01/01/93 on
- drive A, MDEL will prompt you for confirmation.)
-
- ┌────┐
- -------------------------------│SDEL│-----------------------------------------
- └────┘
- ** SDEL is a program that will cycles through all the files in a certain
- directory, which allows you to selectively delete them, update their stamps,
- and modify their attributes.
-
- Usage: SDEL [[d:][path]] [filespec]
-
- d:path - Drive and directory to read the files from. If only the drive is
- specified, that drive's current working directory will be used.
- filespec - File filter (e.g. *.txt, sr?.doc).
-
- Ex: SDEL \data *.txt
- (cycle through all *.TXT files in directory \DATA.)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Each program has its own help screen, when you are in doubt, type the
- program's name followed by /? to call up the help screen.
-
- You may use these programs freely for non-commercial purposes. But they can
- only be distributed as a package, along with this READ.ME file, provided no
- profit is made from the distribution.
-
- If you find these programs useful and would like to reward the author, please
- send your contribution to address below.
-
- These programs are provided as-is, with no warranties, expressed or implied,
- including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability and
- fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will the author, James S. Kao,
- be liable for any indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising out
- of the use or misuse of these programs.
-
- If you have any questions or comments about these programs or anything else,
- feel free to contact me via one of the following ways...
-
- America Online - "Cadash"
-
- CompuServe - 73527,2526
-
- US MAIL - James S. Kao
- 50070 Balboa St.
- Coachella, CA 92236-3313
-
-
-
- ** 07/18/93 **
-