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- All Rights Reserved
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- June 15, 1993
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- LIMIT OF LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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- QUICK START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- QMAKEP EXAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- QPATCH EXAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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- SUPPORT FOR QUICK, PATCH IT AND QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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- LICENSING QUICK, PATCH IT FOR PERSONAL USE . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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- DISTRIBUTING QPATCH.EXE WITH YOUR APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . 10
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- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 3
-
- LIMIT OF LIABILITY
-
- Quick, Patch It is distributed as-is. The author disclaims all warranties,
- expressed or implied. The author will assume no liability for damages
- either from the direct use of this product or as a consequence of the use
- of this product.
-
- Quick, Patch It is a patch file creator that allows building of
- EXE files and many other options.
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 4
-
- QUICK START
-
- Installing Quick, Patch It is a very simple, simply copy or extract from the
- compressed file, all the .EXE, .DOC, .FRM files into a directory that is
- defined in your DOS PATH. Optionally you may create a new directory to
- hold the Quick, Patch It files. If you choose this option you must either add
- the new directory name to your DOS PATH, or ALWAYS start Quick, Patch It from
- the new directory.
-
- To create a patch file simply enter "QMAKEP [New File Directory] [Old File
- Directory] [options]". You may use any of the following options: -A, -E,
- -F[File Spec], and/or -P[Patch Name]
-
- [New File Directory] - Directory containing your current files
- [Old File Directory] - Directory containing you old files
- -A - Append Data to existing patch file
- -E - Make EXE for file for patches
- -F[File Spec] - Wildcard search for files to search for (Default *.*)
- -P[Patch Name] - File name of your patch file (Default QPATCH.DTA)
-
- To use a patch file simply enter "QPATCH [options]". You may use any of the
- following options: -L, -D[Directory] -F[File Spec], and/or -P[Patch Name]
-
- -L - List files in patch file
- -D[Directory] - Directory to extract patch files to (Default current
- directory)
- -F[File Spec] - Wildcard search for files to search for (Default *.*)
- -P[Patch Name] - File name of your patch file (Default QPATCH.DTA)
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 5
-
- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
-
- -A
-
- Use this option to append patch file information to an existing patch
- file. This would normally be used if you only wanted certain file specs
- like all *.EXE & all *.DOC. This option will work with -E option.
-
- -E
-
- Use this option to create an EXE file. If you specify a patch name QMAKEP
- will not change it to an EXE unless you specify an EXE extension. If you
- do not specify a patch name QMAKEP will create one called PATCH.EXE.
-
- -D[Directory]
-
- Use this option to force QPATCH to patch files it the [Directory]
- Directory. The default is the current path.
-
- -P[Patch Name]
-
- Use this option to force QMAKEP to create a patch file called
- [Patch Name] or force QPATCH to use [Patch Name]. The default is
- QPATCH.DTA.
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 6
-
- QMAKEP EXAMPLES
-
- QMAKEP C:\NEW C:\OLD
- Create a patch file for all files in new that have been added or
- modified in the new directory. Patch file will be saved as
- QPATCH.DTA in the current directory.
-
- QMAKEP C:\NEW C:\OLD -PA:\PATCH.DTA
- Create a patch file for all files in new that have been added or
- modified in the new directory. Patch file will be saved as PATCH.DTA
- in the root directory of a drive.
-
- QMAKEP C:\NEW C:\OLD -F*.EXE
- Create a patch file for all files with the extension of EXE that have
- been added or modified in the new directory. Patch file will be saved
- as QPATCH.DTA in the current directory.
-
- QMAKEP C:\NEW C:\OLD -E -F*.EXE
- Create a patch file for all files with the extension of EXE that have
- been added or modified in the new directory. Patch file will be saved
- as PATCH.EXE in the current directory.
-
- QMAKEP C:\NEW C:\OLD -E -F*.EXE -A
- Add to a patch file for all files with the extension of EXE that have
- been added or modified in the new directory. Patch file will be added
- to PATCH.EXE in the current directory.
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 7
-
- QPATCH EXAMPLES
-
- QPATCH -L
- List all file in QPATCH.DTA in the current directory. If you build an
- exe then it will be for the EXE file.
-
- QPATCH -PC:\PATCH.ME
- Patch files in the current directory from the patch file C:\PATCH.ME.
-
- QPATCH -F*.EXE
- Patch files in the current directory from the file QPATCH.DTA with the
- file extension of .EXE.
-
- QPATCH -DC:\PATCHES
- Patch files in the C:\PATCHES directory from the patch file QPATCH.DTA.
-
- QPATCH -L -F*.EXE
- List all files with the extension .EXE in QPATCH.DTA in the current
- directory. If you build an exe then it will be for the EXE file.
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 8
-
- SUPPORT FOR QUICK, PATCH IT, QUESTIONS, AND COMMENTS
-
- Support can be obtained in three ways. If you have access to COMPUSERVE
- please send your questions to me via Compuserve mail. (type GO MAIL at the
- Compuserve prompt) My userid is 771044,1726. This is the preferred method,
- I check for mail two to three times a week and will get back to you with an
- answer usually within a couple of days.
-
- You may also contact me via the RIME or ILINK networks in the SHAREWARE
- conference. Please post messages under Quick, Patch It SUPPORT and address
- it to BRAD HUGGINS.
-
- You may also receive support by mailing you questions or comments to:
-
- Brad Huggins
- P.O. Box 1102
- Cordova, TN 38018
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 9
-
- LICENSING QUICK, PATCH IT FOR PERSONAL USE
-
- Quick, Patch It is marketed as a shareware program. This marketing method
- gives the user the opportunity to evaluate the program before actually
- registering the software. If after a 30 day evaluation period you determine
- that Quick, Patch It meets your needs, you are required to register your
- copy of Quick, Patch It with Brad Huggins. To register your copy of
- Quick, Patch It complete the registration form that is distributed with this
- package under the name REGISTER.FRM, include your payment and mail to:
-
- Brad Huggins
- P.O. Box 1102
- Cordova TN 38018.
-
- When your registration form is processed you will be mailed a registered
- version along with a registration number. This registered version allows you
- to use the files on one computer at the same time.
-
- QUICK, PATCH IT USER MANUAL 10
-
- DISTRIBUTING QPATCH.EXE WITH YOUR APPLICATIONS
-
- Once registered you may distribute QPATCH.EXE with your patch disk. You may
- NOT distribute QMAKEP.EXE or any other files including document files with
- your patch disk. You can however give a copy of the shareware version to a
- friend.
-
- Shareware vendors and Sysops can distribute the shareware version
- of QPATCH.EXE and QMAKEP.EXE as long as all files are kept in
- their entirety.
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-