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- Documentation
- -------------
-
- 1. This program is very simple to use; however, because of the several
- options available, some example using each of the options will provide some
- needed clarity.
-
- go a go.exe /r Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to change the
- attribute of GO.EXE (filename) to /r (read only)
- (switch2).
-
- go a temp /hd Switch 'a' tells GO to change the attribute of the
- directory (filename) to /hd (hidden)(switch2). Note
- that directory's may be either hidden or normal only.
-
- go a command.com /rh Switch 'a' tells GO to change the attribute of the
- COMMAND.COM to /rh (read-only and hidden).
-
- go a *.* Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to return files in
- the current directory to normal. GO will prompt you
- at each file for an action - either Y to change or N
- to keep the file as it is, without change. GO will
- repeat this until all files in the directory have
- been displayed.
-
- go a go.exe Switch 'a' tell GO that you wish to change a file
- attribute. Since no switches follow the file name,
- the default is NORMAL, i.e., remove the read-only and
- hidden attributes if activated. Returning a file(s)
- to normal does not affect the archive bit - it will
- be turned on. For removal of this bit, refer to the
- /C option below.
-
- go a *.exe /r Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to change all .EXE
- files to read only. GO will prompt you as in the
- example above for verification on all .EXE files in
- the current directory.
-
- go a *.exe /r/s Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to change all .EXE
- files to read only. The /s following the /r tells GO
- that you do not want to be prompted for each file.
- GO will automatically modify all files meeting the
- file specification.
-
- go a *.* /r/s Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to change all files
- to read only. See above example for meaning of the
- /s option.
-
- go a test.doc /c Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to CLEAR ALL attr-
- ibute settings. This includes turning off the
- archive bit (see GO.HST for explanation).
-
- go a test.* /c/s Switch 'a' tells GO that you wish to clear the attr-
- ibute switch for all test files. Furthermore, you
- do not want to be prompted for verification of each
- change (/s says implement speed changes).
-
- go c temp Switch 'c' tells GO to create a directory called temp
- then change to it. This saves the user one step.
-
- go d temp Switch 'd' tells GO to read the attribute of the
- directory (filename) temp.
-
- An 'X' under a letter indicates that particular bit
- has been set for the specified file. Attributes will
- be displayed as follows:
-
- D V H S R A \ example
- x x /
-
- This indicates that the file is HIDDEN and the
- ARCHIVE bit is set (normally used during backups).
-
- D = directory V = volume H = hidden
- S = system file R = read only A = archive bit
-
- go f go Switch 'f' tells GO to find all occurences of files
- go.*. The asterisk (*) is automatically appended to
- the end of the request. All files will be searched,
- covering all hard drives, directories, and hidden
- files.
-
- go f *.sys Switch 'f' tells GO to find all occurences of files
- with the extension of .sys.
-
- go f go.exe /j Switch 'f' tells GO to find the file go.exe. The
- '/j' switch says to prompt the user, upon finding the
- file, as to whether or not he/she would like to go
- to the directory containing that file (jump?). If
- the response is 'Y', then the program will move to
- the directory containing the selected file and cease
- execution. If the response is 'N', the program will
- continue with its search, stopping at each occurence.
-
- go f go.exe /q Performs the same as the /j option above; however, the
- user will be returned to the directory from which the
- search was started instead of to the directory con-
- taining the found file. Instead of "jump?" the user
- will be prompted with "quit?".
-
- go k applicat\wp51 Switch 'k' tells GO to remove all files and/or sub-
- directories from the specified directory and them to
- remove the directory itself. In this case, all files
- and sub-directories will be deleted from the dir-
- ectory wp51 and then wp51 itself will be deleted.
-
- go m <filespec> <path> The file movement function works almost exactly like
- the DOS copy and/or xcopy functions with one notable
- exception - you cannot move a file(s) to a different
- directory with different names, i.e., you could not,
- for example, move file.bat to another directory as
- file2.bat.
-
- go m go.exe /dos Switch 'm' tells GO to move the file go.exe to the
- dos directory. This operation will not require any
- additional space and is extremely fast, nor will it
- require a deletion of any files.
-
- go m go.exe d: Switch 'm' tells GO to move the file go.exe to the
- default directory on drive d.
-
- go m d:go.exe Switch 'm' tells GO to move the file go.exe from the
- default directory on drive d: to the current dir-
- ectory on the current drive.
-
- go m d:\go.exe \ Switch 'm' tells GO to move the file go.exe from the
- root directory on drive d: to the root directory on
- the current drive.
-
- go m *.* .. Switch 'm' tells GO to move all files back one dir-
- ectory. For further explanation, see previous ex-
- ample above.
-
- go m temp Since no destination is given, GO will test this file
- to determine whether or not it is a directory. If it
- is, the \*.* will be appended to the directory. All
- files within the temp directory will be moved to the
- current directory. This features brings GOs' syntax
- closer to that of DOSs' COPY and XCOPY command.
-
- go r temp test Switch 'r' tells GO to rename the directory temp
- (filename) to test (filename2).
-
- 2. While the newcomer may feel a bit intimidated by the command line struc-
- ture, I assure you the feeling is temporary. Not all of the switches apply
- at the same time and the action keys are logically assigned based upon func-
- tion. These functions act the same as any other program of similar nature
- with the exception that you must include the appropriate <switch> to tell GO
- what function you wish to implement. Everything else is fairly straight for-
- ward.
-
- 3. I hope you enjoy the program and should you have any suggestions/recommen-
- dations, please forward them. I do look at and evaluate all user comments.
- Thank you,
-
-
- Nick Shaw
-