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- Version 4.0 (BETA)
- October 14, 1990
- Changed from version 3.0
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- Please do not throw away your 3.0 version of TO.COM until you have tried
- this version out, and are satisfied that it boths works as expected, and
- meets your needs. This is a BETA version, and I would ask that you let
- me know on the Interconnect BBS (703)425-2505 if there are any problems.
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- This version adds a new feature which was suggested by Mike Focke. TO.COM
- will now seach all valid HARD drives to find a match on your request if
- it fails to find a match on the current drive. The same rules of use apply
- as before. The payback here is a momentary hesitation if the match is not
- on the current drive, while a table of valid drives is built and the
- search progresses. The hesitation will be a tad longer for each drive you
- have, but all in all it is still quite fast. The only situation where I
- am unsure if the payback is larger than the benefit is on a networked PC,
- where you have LOTS of drives and directories.
-
- Give it a try and see what you think. This adds a lot of power to the
- tool, and I hope it continues to serve my user's needs. If not, let me
- know.
-
-
- Version 3.0
- October 10, 1990
- Changed from version 2.0
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- The new stuff...
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- To.Com now does not require the ":" character to change drives. If you
- specify a single character as the first parameter:
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- C:>TO d dir1 dir2
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- To.Com will first check to see if you have a "\D" directory on your
- current drive. If so, it will change to this directory. if not,
- To.Com will assume that the "d" represents a request to change drives, and
- will check to see if the drive is in fact valid. If it is, To.Com will
- change to that drive, and begin the search for the balance of the command
- line from the new drive location. If it is not a valid drive letter, To.Com
- will revert to considering the character an abbreviation for a directory,
- and will search beginning on the current drive with that assumption.
-
- As noted above, a match on a single character directory will over-ride
- any drive considerations. This is necessary since you would have no
- way otherwise to change to "C:\D" if you had a valid D: drive.
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- The ":" character is of course still supported... Old habits die hard.
-
-
- Version 2.0
- Changed from version 1.2:
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- I tightened up the search methods quite a bit. It should be a whole
- lot more reliable in complicated directory trees.
-
- Changed all screen output to use DOS commands. This means that you can
- properly use TO.COM remotely over a modem, and eliminate output with the
- >NULL parameter within batch files.
-
- Added a short tone when TO.COM fails to find a match on directories or
- drives. The tone was always in there, but was so close to the end of
- the code that on AT class machines it was being chopped off to little
- more than a click.
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- If you change drives only (as in "TO D:"), it will tell you the directory
- that you will be ending up in on the destination drive. This will of
- course be whatever directory was made current the last time you were on
- that drive.
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- Now completely allows and handles those who insist on using the "/"
- character. It will also allow the "\" character for those who are
- trying to get over a bout of UNIX.
-
- October 10, 1990
- Jeffrey Morley
- The Interconnect BBS
- 703-827-5762
-