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^t-=> T E R M I N A T E C O M M A N D E R <=-^n
The file manager is a complete tool for managing all your DOS command needs.
It has the same sort of features as programs like Norton Commander 3.0,
QDOS, PCTOOLS, etc. With this you can manage all your needs and a little
extra too. This tool is also released as a standalone module called TC
^hChanging directory^n
To change directory, press ^hCursor Right^n. To change to the parent
directory press ^hCursor Left^n.
^hFavourite paths^n
Press shift and a window with the last 10 paths used can be selected
quickly again. Press 0-9 to select the path you want and you will be
placed in the directory. You can also press 0-9 to recall a path without
pressing shift.
^hDrive colours^n
The colours are referred to as: Normal, High and Bold.
(Default Terminate colours: Normal=Gray, High=Cyan, Bold=Yellow).
^m╒╡^t Terminate Commander ^m╞═══════════════════════════════════╡^t File manager ^m╞╕
^m│ ^bCtrl+drv to change:^n ^hA ^hB ^bC ^nD E^b·^hF^b·^nG H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ^m│
│ ^nMas^bk^n: ^h*.* ^bP^nath: ^hC:\ ^m│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘^n
The top is used to display which drives are available in your system.
colours mean:
Drive not present = Normal
Drive present = ^hHigh^n
Current drive = ^bBold^n
^b· ·^n Around a letter will show which path is available when pressing
the TAB key. Small letters will always be CD-ROM drives (only when
MSCDEX loaded). For a FAST change to another available drive, just hold
down Ctrl and press the letter of the desired drive. Then the current
directory on that drive will become current. Note that you can turn off
drives to test in the configuration (general options 1) if some drives
are too slow to test, like a CD-ROM or a tape streamer used as a
special drive. A and B will always be highlighted even though they may
not be available.
^hK^n Mask
Mask is the wildcard mask when reading the files in the current directory.
If you use *.EXE or *.GIF only those files will be used. You can also use
jokers (?) which only replace 1 character in the mask.
^hP^n Enter/create path
When pressing P you can enter the complete path manually. If you want to
create a sub directory you can also use the command. Just enter the new
path and you will be asked to confirm creation. (Like: MD MKDIR).
The small window below will tell you the size and how much free space is on
the current disk. If the drive is a CD-ROM then it will say so and Free
space will always be 0, since it isn't possible to write to a CD-ROM (at
least not yet). Selected/Bytes/transfer time shows the status of files
tagged and how long it would take to transfer them via modem, calculated on
the CPS (characters per second) - which you can change when pressing T.
Normally the maximum bps rate divided by 10 will give you this
approximately.
^m┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ^nDisk size ^h244.834.304 ^m│
│ ^nDisk free ^h18.702.336 ^m│
│ ^nSelected ^h0 ^m│
│ ^nBytes ^h0 ^m│
│ ^nTransfer time => ^h0.00.00 ^m│
└───────────────────────────┘^n
Below is an example window with directories and files. Any directories will
be highlighted and will have <DIR> as size. It will show all information
needed about the files in the current path, but you can also choose to have
2 windows at the same time. Press ^hW^n to toggle windows, then you will not
get so much information but you will be able to see and use 2 paths at the
same time.
Attributes are defined as follows:
R = Read Only Nobody can write/delete the file/directory
H = Hidden File/Directory is hidden when using the DIR command
S = System File/directory is used by DOS or other operating system
A = Archive This attribute is normally used to determine if the
file should be backed up, but it can be used for other
things also.
Place the menubar on an entry and press A to change both the attributes on
files and directories. The time shown after the attribute information is how
long in minutes and seconds it would take to transfer the file with the
current CPS.
^m┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
^m│ ^nName Date Time Size Attr -=> ^m│
^m├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤^bC^m├┤
^m│ ^hDOS 17-Mar-93 19:57 <DIR> ---- 0:00 ^m│
^m│ ^hTERMINAT 17-Mar-93 19:57 <DIR> ---- 0:00 ^m│
^m│ ^nAUTOEXEC.BAT 3-Apr-93 17:02 1229 ---A 0:00·^m│
^m│ ^nCOMMAND.COM 9-Apr-91 5:00 47845 ---A 0:24·^m│
^m│ ^nCONFIG.SYS 1-Apr-93 17:36 939 ---A 0:00 ^m│
^m│ ^nCOUNTRY.SYS 7-Feb-91 5:48 16992 ---A 0:08 ^m│
^m│ ^nIO.SYS 9-Apr-91 5:00 33430 RHSA 0:17 ^m│
^m│^r MSDOS.SYS 9-Apr-91 5:00 37394 RHSA 0:19 ^m│
^m╘════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n
^m┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ^b<>.\ ^nDirectory commands ^m│
│ ^b+-* ^nAll ^bSpace ^n(Un)Tag ^m│
│ ^bTAB ^nChange to window ^b2 ^m│
│ ^bT ^nCPS estimate ^h1920 ^m│
│ ^bS^nort ^bNam^n/Ext/Date/Siz/No ^m│
│ ^bC^nopy Dir si^bz^ne ^m│
│ ^bM^nove ^bV^niew ^m│
│ ^bR^nename ^bE^ndit ^m│
│ ^bD^nelete ^bF^nile Find ^m│
│ ^bA^nttributes ^bW^nindows ^m│
│ ^bJ^nump to DOS D^bi^nsk info ^m│
│ ^nCompare men^bu^n E^bx^ntensions ^m│
│ ^bM^nake path ^nD^bO^nS command ^m│
└───────────────────────────┘^n
^hMovements^n
Use cursor-up/down keys to move up and down the files/directories.
Terminate also uses QUICK-keys, which means you can press ALT-A..ALT-Z
To move the menubar to the next file starting with that letter.
^hLeft cursor^n (^h<^n An arrow pointing to the left)
Will change to the parent directory. If you are in C:\DOS and press left
cursor you will be in C:\, nothing will happen if you are already in the
ROOT directory. This is much faster than other systems which first want you
to move up to a parent or .. dir and press return.
^hRight cursor^n (^h>^n An arrow pointing to the right)
If you are positioned on a directory and press right arrow you will change
to that directory. The reason why ^hRETURN^n is not used is because when
you upload, RETURN will start the transfer. Please get used to using the
arrows, then you will notice how MUCH faster it is to navigate your hard
disk.
^h.^n Reread
If you press the period, all drives will be re-tested to see if they are
available, including drives which were excluded at configuration.
^h\^n Change to root
A backslash will change to the ^hROOT^n directory on the current drive
^h+^n Tag all
Will tag all files
^h-^n Untag all
Will untag all files
^h*^n Invert all
Invert tags. All tagged files will be untagged and all untagged will be
tagged.
^hSPACE^n Tag
Tag/untag file under menubar.
If you tag a GIF file then the picture information for the file you just
tagged will be shown at the bottom line of the current file window.
^hTAB^n Change window
The filemanager can use 2 different paths, and you can switch between
the paths by pressing TAB.
^hT^n Enter CPS
Enter CPS (characters per second) to base calculations on with total
selected files and for each file. The normal CPS is a little less than
your baudrate divided by 10. (19200 = 1920, 14400 = 1440, 2400 = 240).
^hS^n Sort files
Allows you to select how you want the files sorted in the current file
window.
^bNam ^nFilename
^bExt ^nExtension, then filename
^bDate ^nNewest files at top
^bSiz ^nBiggest files at top
^bNo ^nNo sort
^hC^n Copy file(s) (Print textfiles)
Copy file at menubar - if any files are tagged they will be copied to
another directory. If no files are tagged and the menubar is on a file then
you could copy the file to another filename, just like a rename but you
will also have the original file. If you are on a network, copying a large
file or many files could slow the server down so you can press ^hW^n while
copying to enable the wait function after copying a file. Then Terminate
will wait filesize / 100000 seconds between each file (min-max 1-12 sec.).
If you need to print the file just enter ^bPRN^n as destination name or
LPT2,LPT3 depending on which port your printer is located.
^hM^n Move file(s)
Move file or files to another file directory, works just like COPY, but
then deletes the original file afterwards.
^hR^n Rename file
Rename a file or a directory
^hD^n (^hDEL^n) Delete file(s)
Delete a file or a directory. You can also press the key called ^bDEL/DELETE^n.
If you try to delete a directory and it is not empty, you will be asked to
confirm deletion of the entire directory and all sub-entries, normally
called a KILLTREE function.
^hA^n Change attributes/time/date
Change attributes (see above) of a directory or a file or
time/date on files
^hJ^n DOS-Shell
DOS-shell, calls COMMAND.COM (COMSPEC) and lets you execute whatever you
like. You can setup how to swap memory out first in the configuration.
^hU^n Compare paths
Compares the 2 paths and tags files either IN or NOT IN the other window.
^hN^n Send filename
When you are online and want to upload some files, you will sometimes
be asked to enter the filenames first. This function will send the
filename on the current line and a space (in case of several files).
^hZ^n Tree-size
Will calculate the size of the current and all sub-directories.
^hV^n View file
View the file under the menubar. Calls the external lister program.
^hE^n Edit file
Edit the file under the menubar. Call the external editor.
^hF^n Find file(s)
Finds a file. You can enter a wildcard (*,?) filename. The current drive
will first be searched, then all available drives. You can press space to
skip the current search drive. Return to select file, or abort with ESC.
When a file is found, the manager will change to the directory where the
file is, tag the file and place the menubar on the file.
^hW^n Window display style
Toggle between 1 window or 2 windows display
^hI^n Disk information
Shows information on all available drives and if any drives are SUBST or
remapped by a network. (Resolved path).
You will be asked for a minimum free disk space warning value and an update
timer, so you can update every x seconds. If you are on a network you can
use it to monitor drives - so if the free space remaining on any drive is
below the warn value, the size will flash and a beep will sound.
^hX^n Edit extensions
Works almost like Norton Commander. Please look in the file TERMINAT.EXT
for more information on how to set this up.
Lots of extensions are defined as a default. Let's say you press return on
a file called HELLO.TXT. Then the external editor will be called and you
can edit the file. You can identify all the files where an extension has
been found by the ^b·^n at the same line as the filename.
^m│ ^nAUTOEXEC.BAT 3-Apr-93 17:02 1229 ---A 0:00·^m│^n
\______found
^hO^n DOS-command
Here you can enter any command you like. When you then press return the
command will be executed. You can enter a !M to swap out memory if this was
not already selected in the configuration. But also a !F or !D which will
be replaced with the name under the menubar and the current directory.
^hB^n Both paths
Make this window the same path as the other window.
The bottom line is for all your external utilities which you can setup
in the configuration. Look there for help on how to set these up. The
programs are called when you press F1..F10 (also F11,F12).
If you are located in a mail directory (outbound) with mail files then the
address of the file will be calculated and shown in the bottom line of the
current file window.
^hQ^n Quiet
Disable / enable the entire left side. Mostly used by blind persons.
^hAlt-Shift-K^n
Since ALT-A..ALT-Z is used for QUICK-keys, you have to press Alt-Shift-K
to call the string grabber.
^hFido-style address^n
Terminate will try to calculate the nodenumber of mail-files. However this
is not always possible, so sometimes a wrong address can be shown. In most
cases it will however show the correct address if you have set in your
correct node address in user 1, which is the number that is used for the
calculation.
F1·Pack F2·Memo F3·Frmt F4·Vir F5·GSet F6·Echo F7·VPic F8·40-L F9·Prn F0·NCD