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- GO version 2.00
-
- GO is a freeware utility from Stuart Reedy at the StuSoft code mills.
-
- GO works like an enhanced version of the xxDOS CD command. You can
- use GO any time you would normally use CD. GO does have two
- advantages over the CD command, though:
-
- GO can move you to a directory on another drive...
-
- If you type CD A:\TEST from drive C:, xxDOS just changes
- the current directory on drive A: to \TEST and leaves
- you on drive C:. GO will change to drive A: in the directory
- A:\TEST.
- PROMPT YOU TYPE:
- WITH DOS: C:\DOS> CD A:\TEST
- C:\DOS>
-
- WITH GO: C:\DOS> GO A:\TEST
- A:\TEST>
-
- GO saves the directory information for later use...
-
- If you type: GO A:\TEST from drive C:, GO saves the
- information to get back to C:; Just typing GO will return
- you to the directory from which you came.
-
- PROMPT YOU TYPE:
- EXAMPLE: C:\DOS> GO A:\TEST
- A:\TEST> GO
- C:\DOS>
-
-
- How GO works:
-
- GO uses an environmental variable (GODIR) to store the information
- used to return to the original directory. Because of this, you will
- need to run the program GOSETUP to install GO. (You may optionally
- SET your own version of the GODIR variable: see GOREADME.TXT for
- more info.)
-
-
- NOTE: Since GO saves the directory information in the ENVIRONMENT strings
- GOSETUP can fail if there is not enough room in the environment.
- The size of the environment is set in the CONFIG.SYS file on
- your boot disk. BEFORE YOU CHANGE ANY FILES, LIKE CONFIG.SYS,
- YOU SHOULD BACK THEM UP ON ANOTHER DISK. (COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS A:)
-
- When you run GOSETUP, if you get the message:
-
- Out of environment space
-
- ERROR! GO could not be installed due to insufficient...
-
- you may need to change the line in your CONFIG.SYS that looks
- something like:
-
- SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:512 /p
-
- the /E:512 sets the environment size to 512 bytes. You may
- need to adjust that number to make GO work.
- If you don't have this line in CONFIG.SYS, or it doesn't contain
- the /E part, just add it.
-
-
- SETTING YOUR OWN GODIR
-
- One other feature/possible problem is that the SET command can be
- used to create or change the environmental variable GO_DIR. So, you
- could USE the SET command to set up a GO_DIR that GO can use, or
- someone could use the SET command to make GO unable to work at all.
-
- See the file GOREADME.TXT for more info on setting your own GODIR.
-
-
- NEW IN 2.0:
-
- Due to a glitch in Windows(tm) DOS shell (or possibly V86 mode),
- GO version 1.02 and below can cause a memory allocation error
- when running under windows. Version 2.0 gets around this by
- requiring that the GODIR environmental variable already exists
- before using GO. See the file GOREADME.TXT for more info!
-
-
- GO 2.0 and above check floppy drives for a formatted disk before
- trying to change to a directory on them. This prevents the horrid
- Abort, Retry, Fail? message if a floppy is not formatted or not
- present.
-
-
- BLAH, BLAH, BLAH:
-
- GO is in no way warranted by StuSoft or the author, Stuart Reedy.
- StuSoft and Stuart are not responsible for any damage caused to
- any computer or data connected with the use of GO.
-
- GO is NOT public domain; it is freeware. You may copy GO and
- use it on as many computers as you like. You may give it to
- anyone you wish. You MAY NOT charge money for GO without written
- permission from Stuart Reedy. You MAY NOT reverse-engineer GO.
-
-
- StuSoft wants your ideas!
-
-
- I would appreciate any suggestions, bug reports, comments,
- or ideas for new utilities you wish to give.
-
- You may reach me at:
-
- Internet itcstu@ukcc.uky.edu
- CompuServe 71162,1607
-
- Snail Mail: Stuart Reedy
- 3337 Lexington Rd.
- Richmond, KY 40475-9145
-
-
- Stu Reedy
-