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E Z D O S S
by
JB Technology Inc.
Version 5.00
February 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTORDUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
FILES ON DISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CONFIGURING EZDOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
USING EZDOSS HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
THE JBT TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
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INTRODUCTION
One of the most used software packages is the DOS SHELL. A DOS
SHELL is a program which provides an easier means of executing
DOS commands such as copying files, deleting files and making
subdirectories to name a few. EzDoss accomplishes this and much
more.
Since 1983 I have used many different DOS shells. I first started
with SWEEP in the CP/M world. Once introduced to IBM PCs, I have
been exposed to various DOS shells. Each one has some really fine
features, but none of them have all the features that I
personally like in a DOS shell. So, I have written EzDoss to
incorporate all the features into one program.
As I became proficient in using IBM PCs, I was asked many
questions by novice users on DOS commands. In designing EzDoss, I
decided to design the program easy to use for the novice by
providing verification prompts, menus and having an extensive
help system. For the more experience user I have included QUICK
KEYS, to bypass many of the menus, and an EXPERT MODE which
bypasses many verification screens.
I hope you enjoy this program, which was written in Turbo Pascal
5.00 and uses the excellent Turbo Professional tools, a must for
any programmer using Turbo Pascal. Feel free to send me comments,
suggestions and praise at:
John Bean
JB Technology Inc.
28701 N Main St.
Ridgefield, Wa. 98642
EzDoss is designed to run on an IBM PC/XT/AT microcomputer and
compatibles. 512K RAM is required and a hard disk is recommended.
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FEATURES
Now that you know why I wrote EzDoss, the following is a list of
just a few of the features I perceive as the most important.
- Tagging multiple files. Multiple files can be
marked, "tagged". EzDoss provides several ways of
"tagging" files; by "tagging" the highlighted file,
by selecting a "pattern" which tags all matching
files and by "date" where files which can be
"tagged" if they have the same date, are newer or
older as selected by the user. Once a group of files
have been "tagged" they can be COPIED, DELETED,
MOVED, RENAMED, VIEWED, EDITED, PRINTED or ZIPPED.
- Create, rename or delete subdirectories. These
common subdirectory commands can be easily done
through EzDoss.
- Display files in two (2) formats. Files can be
displayed in the "long" format which displays
seventeen (17) files per screen (page). The file
date, time and size are displayed on the same line.
Depressing function key F9 will "toggle" to the
"short" format which displays fifty one (51) files
per screen. The file date, time and size of the
highlighted file is displayed along the bottom line
of the window.
- Display a partial listing of the files in a
particular drive/subdirectory. If a subdirectory has
many files you may want to view only some of them.
the "Mask Include" and "Mask Exclude" options
provide the means to include or exclude specified
files.
- Locating a specified file(s) on a disk drive(s).
When using a hard disk, a file can be stored in a
subdirectory where you did not expect it. The
"Locate" option will locate all the files that match
the specified "mask".
- PkZip support. PkZip lets you compress one or more
files into an archive called a .ZIP file. PkUnzip
will extract one or more of the files in such an
archive, creating an exact, full-size copy of the
original file.
Phil Katz's ZIP and UNZIP package can thus save you
a great deal of hard disk space. In some cases the
compressed version will be 50 to 80 percent smaller
than the original.
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EzDoss provides three ways of using PkZip and PkUnzip.
The above features are just the tip of the iceberg of the
features offered in EzDoss.
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FILES ON DISK
The following are the files that should be included with EzDoss.
FILE FUNCTION
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EZ.EXE EzDoss itself.
EZ.HLP Contains the EzDoss help text.
EZ.DOC This document.
EZL.EXE EzLocate.
EZED.EXE EzEditor
EZFIND.EXE EzFind. For searching for text.
CSAP.EXE Public Domain Disk Sorter. Ala Norton's
DS.
HE.COM Public Domain Hex Editor.
EZV.EXE EzView.
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CONFIGURING EZDOSS
When EzDoss is run for the first time, there are some information
that you have to enter in order for EzDoss to perform some of its
functions. Once this information has been entered, it is stored
in the file EZ.CFG. The information may be modified later under
the CONFIGURE menu option when in the FILES MODE.
The following is the information that has to be entered.
ITEM DEFINITION
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Source Path When EzDoss is loaded into memory, it
will scan the drive specified in the
Source Path, display that drives "TREE",
read all the files in the Source Path,
display them in the FILES BOX and go
immediately to the FILES MODE.
EXAMPLE: C:\DOS
NOTE: The Source Path MUST BE ENTERED!!
ZIP/UNZIP Path The complete path where PKZIP and
PKUNZIP is located.
EXAMPLE: C:\ARCHIVE
Initial Sort EzDoss can sort files eight (8)
different ways. When EzDoss is loaded
into memory it will sort the files on
the Source Path using the Initial Sort
found in EZ.CFG. The Initial Sort is
selected from a menu.
Define Diskette EzDoss can format diskettes without
leaving the program which can be handy.
In order format correctly, EzDoss needs
to know the maximum capacity of each
drive.
Ascii Editor Path The complete path, including editor name
to be used when editing an Ascii file.
EXAMPLE: C:\EZ\EZED.EXE
Hex Editor Path The complete path, including editor name
to be used when editing a hex file.
EXAMPLE: C:\EZ\HE.COM
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ITEM DEFINITION
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File Viewer Path The complete path, including file viewer
name to be used when viewing an Ascii
file.
EXAMPLE: C:\EZ\EZV.EXE
Beep Mode When an invalid key is depressed, (i.e.
An up arrow key when the first file is
highlighted) the computer will "Beep".
The beeping can be "toggled" ON/OFF.
Choose your choice from the menu.
Once these items are entered, they will be stored in EZ.CFG and
EzDoss will begin.
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USING THE EZDOSS'S HELP
This document is very short because the main manual is part of
EzDoss's help system. There are over sixty help topics that can
be viewed.
To use EzDoss's help system is easy. At almost any time in the
program, depressing function key F1 will bring up the related
help topic. When in the help, depressing function key F1 again
will bring up a list of help topics.
From the FILES MODE, TREE MODE, and the VIEW FILES WITHIN ZIP
MODE, the help topic menu can be evoked by depressing the ALT key
and function key F1.
Spend some time in the help system, because I spent a lot of time
creating it and hopefully all the information needed to run
EzDoss is provided.
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FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS
This page is the list of most of the QUICK KEY assignments. You
may want to keep this handy until you get familiar with EzDoss.
Note: The character "^" signifies the CTRL key.
UNSHIFTED ALT & FUNCTION KEY
F1 - Help (topic) F1 - Help (Topic Menu)
F2 - Display Quick Keys F2 - Disk Volume
F3 - Toggle Expert Mode F5 - Sort by Name Ascending
F4 - Evoke Ascii Editor F6 - Sort by Ext. Ascending
F5 - View Files Within Zip F7 - Sort by Size Ascending
F6 - Zip Tagged Files F8 - Sort by Date Ascending
F7 - UnZip Tagged Files
F8 - Print Tree CTRL & FUNCTION KEY
F9 - Toggle File Format F5 - Sort by Name Descending
F10 - Change Source Drive F6 - Sort by Ext. Descending
F7 - Sort by Size Descending
SHIFT & FUNCTION KEY F8 - Sort by Date Descending
F6 - Zip Highlighted File F10 - Rescan Drive
F7 - UnZip Highlighted File
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FILES MODE QUICK KEYS
FILE TASKS
TAGGED FILES HIGHLIGHTED FILE
^C - Copy Alt C - Copy
^D - Delete Alt D - Delete
^E - Edit Ascii Alt E - Edit Ascii
^H - Edit Hex Alt H - Edit Hex
^M - Move Alt M - Move
^P - Print Alt P - Print
^R - Rename Alt R - Rename
^V - View Alt V - View
MISCELLANEOUS
^A - Pattern Alt F - Format
^K - Mask Include Alt L - Locate
^O - Suspend to Dos Alt N - Print Directory
^X - Mask Exclude Alt O - Copy File; Same Drive
Alt X - Run Highlighted Program
Alt 1 ... Alt 0 - Free Space Drives A..J
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SUBDIRECTORY QUICK KEYS
Tab - To Files Mode Alt C - Create Subdirectory
Alt D - Delete Subdirectory Alt K - Change Files Mask
Alt I - Mirror Drive Alt R - Rename Subdirectory
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VIEW FILES WITHIN A ZIP QUICK KEYS
TAGGED HIGHLIGHTED
^A - Print Ascii Alt A - Print Ascii
^B - Print Binary Alt B - Print Binary
^D - Delete File(s) Alt D - Delete File
^N - Extract Newer Alt N - Extract Newer
^O - Extract Overwrite Alt O - Extract Overwrite
^P - Print List of Files Alt V - View Ascii
^V - View Ascii Alt X - Extract
^X - Extract
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The JBT ToolBox
The program you are using is one of several programs that I have
written that are either public domain or shareware.
These programs have appeared on bulletin boards, distributed by
ShareWare clearing houses and are included in several of the
Dvorak-Osborne series of books.
Most users of these programs are not aware that the other
programs that I have written exist.
I have created The JBT Tools to provide an interface that allows
all my programs to be used.
The following is the programs included in the JBT Tools and a
brief description of each program.
EzDoss
EzDoss is a Dos Shell. As with all Dos shells actions
can be taken on multiple files. I have used many Dos
shells in the past and they have many features that are
great. Unfortuneatly, all these features are not
included in one shell. Therefore, I wrote EzDoss to
include the features I like the best. Some of the
features are:
Copying/Moving
When copying or moving files and there is a
file with the same name on the destination,
most Dos Shells offer only "Overwrite"
option.
EzDoss provides several options. They are:
OverWrite:
This option is typical. It will
overwrite any the file on the
destination with the file on the
source.
Newer:
This option will copy/move the file
to the destination only if the file
on the destination is OLDER than
the file on the source.
Copy/Rename:
This option will rename the file on
the destination and copy the file
from the source.
Rename/Copy:
This option will rename the source
file, then copy the file to the
destination.
These options provide the most flexible
options when copying or moving files.
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Tagging Files:
Multiple files can be "tagged". Besides
taggin indvidual files, all files can be
tagged, files can be tagged by specifying a
"pattern" or by selecting a date in which
files newer, older, same or a combination
will be tagged.
Help System:
EzDoss's manual is online. Help for the
current function can be displayed by
depressing function key F1. Depressing Alt F1
will display the list of help "topics". There
are over fifty (50) help "topics".
Zip Management:
Many of public domain/shareware users acess
buletin boards. Files downloaded from these
boards are compressed into a "ZIP" file.
EzDoss allows files to be "zipped", "zipped"
files to be "unzipped" and to display files
withing a "zip". Those files displayed within
a "zip" can be "tagged" and "unzipped",
viewed on the screen or deleted from the zip
file.
Disk Sort:
When files are displayed, they can be sorted
eight (8) different ways. This does not sort
the files on the disk.
EzDoss DOES provide a public domain program
that can be called from within EzDoss that
will sort the disk.
Search:
EzDoss comes with EzFind. EzFind will search
any non executeable files for a string. This
can be used to find a key word within
wordprocessing files that are not Ascii.
These are just a few of the many features that EzDoss
has. I use this program every day, and I am sure you
will find it as useful.
EzEdit:
EzEdit is a text editor. The file to be edited/created
is diplayed in a window. EzEdit can have multiple
windows opened.
A block of text can be copied to the "clipboard" where
the text can be copied/moved into other files.
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Windows moveable and resizeable. A pop up calculator
and Ascii chart also come with the program.
EzView:
EzView will display an Ascii file in a window. EzView
can have multiple windows opened.
Windows are moveable and resizeable.
EzLocate:
EzLocate is a file finder program. Multiple drives can
be scanned for files which meet the user specified
masks. Multiple masks can be specified.
EzLocate can also look inside ARC and ZIP files for the
user specified masks.
Find Duplicates:
Find Duplicates is a program that can scan multiple
disk drives and find all the files with duplicate file
names. Once the drive(s) have been scanned, the
duplicate files are displayed on the screen. Each file
can be viewed (ASCII only), renamed, supsend to DOS in
that file's subdirectory or "tagged" for deletion.
Find Duplicates can list duplicate files that are
stored in ARC and ZIP files. If your PC has PKZIP and
ARC or PKUNPAK, those duplicate files can be deleted
within the ZIP or ARC files.
Back Off!:
Back Off! is an utility that you will use on a weekly
basis. Back Off! is a multiple file extension deletion
program. It will search any and all drivs for files
ending with extensions matching a previously prepared
list. (i.e. .BAK, .CHK, .$$$).
Back Off! will show you the matching filenames and
their locations, and give you the option of viewing
them and/or "tagging" and deleting them.
CopyCon:
When I first used a MsDos PC, I wrote small batch files
using COPY CON command from the Dos prompt. If I had a
dime for every time i goofed and had to start over
again, I would be a rich man. I wrote CopyCon to help
me write small batch files.
CopyCon has grown since version 1.00 and now not only
allows simple batch files to be created/edited, but
allows graphic boxes, Ascii characters to be inserted
and line centering.
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One of the most important features of CopyCon is the on
line help. Not only does the help provide information
on how CopyCon works, but it is a reference on batch
file commands including examples.
Also included are two small programs that can be used
in batch files and two useful batch files. They are
STATUS.BAT which will read your PC and list out its
status. The other batch file is MENU.BAT which is a
menuing system that is all set up.
You will find that these programs will increase your
productivity and make using your PC easier.
The following page is an INVOICE that you can order the JBT
Tools from:
JBT TOOLS INVOICE
Remit to: From:
JB Technology Inc. __________________________
28701 N. Main St.
Ridgefield, Wa. 98642 __________________________
(206) 887-3442
__________________________
__________________________
Contact Individual
__________________________
__________________________
Quantity Unit Price Total
_______ JBT Tools Software $35.00 ___________
_______ JBT TOols Manual $20.00 ___________
(Laser Quality)
Total ___________
I want 5 1/4" _______ 3 1/2" _______ diskette. (Check One)
Note that Back Off! computer software has been delivered and ac-
cepted by the customer. Upon receipt of paid invoice, a current
disk will be sent.
FAX INSTRUCTIONS:
After the July 4th, 1991 weekend, I will have a fax machine to
take orders and comments. I am using a phone switch box so the
phone number at the top of the page is also the FAX number.
After the first ring, press the SEND on your FAX. This will allow
the switch box to switch to my Fax machine.
At that time I will be set up to acept VISA and MASTER CARD. If
you want to pay by either, fill out the following:
Card Number: ______ ______ ______ _______ Exp. Date ____/____
Type of Card: Visa _____ Master ______ (Check One)