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- SHARED 1.0
-
- by Gary Chanson
-
-
- SHARED is Copyright 1992 by Gary Chanson and Starquest
- Systems. No restrictions are placed on the non-commercial
- use of this program. This program and its documentation may
- be copied and re-distributed provided that they are not
- changed and no fee is charged for them. An exception is
- granted to not-for-profit user's groups, which are
- authorized to charge a nominal fee for materials and
- handling.
-
-
- Description:
-
- SHARED is a DOS utility which displays a list of the files
- currently in use. It can also close files selectively or globally.
- It requires that the DOS utility SHARE has been loaded. Its purpose
- is to close files which have been left open by programs which have not
- cleaned-up properly due to premature termination or program bugs.
-
-
- ************************************************************
- * *
- * WARNING! *
- * *
- * Use of this program can cause damage to stored data *
- * if a file is closed before the program which opened *
- * it is finished accessing it! DOS does not prevent a *
- * program from accessing a file closed in this manor! *
- * *
- ************************************************************
-
-
- Usage:
-
- To display a list of the files currently open, enter:
-
- SHARED <enter>
-
- SHARED will display a list of open files such as:
-
- C:\4DOS4\4DOS.COM
- C:\TELIX\TELIX.EXE
- C:\TELIX\HOST.LOG
- C:\TELIX\BBS.FON
-
- To close a file, use the -C option. The complete path and name of the
- file must be specified. To close HOST.LOG from the above example,
- enter:
-
- SHARED -c C:\TELIX\HOST.LOG <enter>
-
- SHARED can also close all files or all files for a specific process
- (program). To close all files, enter:
-
- SHARED -a <enter>
-
- To close the files of a specific process, enter:
-
- SHARED -p process_id <enter>
-
- If no process is specified, the current process is assumed. The
- process ID is the segment address of the Program Segment Prefix (PSP)
- of the program.
-
- Warning! The -a and -p options should be used VERY carefully!
- This is approximately like kicking the ladder out from under
- yourself!
-