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TO PRINT THE CATDISK MANUAL, ISSUE THE COMMAND:
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COPY CATDISK.DOC PRN
Please read at least the section on configuring CATDISK in the configuration
section of the manual.
One important note to consider in the user manual. When ARCHIVE files are
mentioned, it is in reference to any type of file that contains a collection of
files, compressed or not. This currently includes ARC,PAK,ZIP,ZOO,LZH,LZS and
LBR files.
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IF YOU ARE UPGRADING TO THIS RELEASE FROM V3.61 OR LATER
Before copying the new program files to your work disk, you might want to
rename the executable file from the previous installation (CATDISK.COM or
CATDISK.EXE) to another name. The new configuration utility, CDISKCFG.EXE
now has the ability to read the configuration information from the release that
you were using for easy installation into this release. This can save you some
time in setting the program up for your preferences, particularly if you've
customized all the screen colors.
When you run CDISKCFG, hit <F8> and follow the prompts.
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Please note that the option "Temporarily Exit To DOS" has been moved from a
visible option <F2> to an invisible option <F3> (i.e. it doesn't show on the
menus). This was done in order to accomodate a new option that allows
searching the catalog by file somments and to preserve the main menu's "look".
It should only be a minor inconvenience to all, as it is typically used only
rarely.
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If You Were Using A Version of CATDISK Prior To V2.10
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As there is now more information being stored in the summary file, you will
have to discard your old catalog files and start from scratch. Any .SUM files
created with CATDISK versions before V2.10 are NOT compatible with this one.
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If You Were Using A Version of CATDISK From V2.10 to V3.28
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Starting with CATDISK V3.50, file comments were fully supported (see, I am
still listening to your suggestions!!). You do *NOT* have to purge your old
catalog files and start over... just run the program CDISKCVT.EXE on each
catalog file that you have, and it will be converted to the new format.
The syntax of this command is:
CDISKCVT catalog_name
- where catalog_name is the name of the catalog file to be converted.
(do NOT include the filename extension of .DTA on the command line)
If you were using V3.50 or later, you do _NOT_ need to run this conversion
program - your files will work as they are.
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*** NOTE TO ALL SINGLE DRIVE FLOPPY DISK USERS ***
Please read the note in the configuration section regarding setting CATDISK up
to function correctly with your system, particularly the section dealing with
the disk cache. Failure to do so could result in lost data on your floppy
diskettes.
If you are running on a hard drive, this note does not apply.