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- PUP: Paul's Utility Program Version 3.20
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-
- Sorry for version 3.18, there were some major bugs that I didn't test for.
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- The file manager you always wanted to have but were afraid to write it.
- It is completely mouse operated, so it will save you a lot of type-errors,
- lame fingers etc.
-
- It can do all your file managing, including processing archived files ( ZIP,
- ZOO, ARC, LZH, ICE, ARJ -files ) so it will save you a huge amount of work
- finding the correct commands, options, modifiers and whatever for the correct
- actions of the archiving programs.
-
- FILES:
- ======
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- PUP.CFG Config file for PUP. You may edit this a bit. See downwards
- PUP.COM The PUP program itself
- PUP.DOC This file
- PUPCFG.EXE The config program for PUP
- INSTALL.BAT The same, but this way you are more likely to run it the
- first time
- MAIN.PUP The main file needed for PUP
- V.COM The multiple file viewer
- VIEW.CFG The config file for V.COM
- VIEW.DOC The file explaining the use of V.COM
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- PUP requires a mouse driver preferably set in the 3-button mode, so if you
- don't have one you better buy it before you install this program.
-
- The installation is very simple. Just follow the questions of the installation
- program.
-
- OPERATION
- =========
-
- This is also very simple.
- The meaning of the mouse buttons is as follows:
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- Left button: Execute or unzip, unarc, unpak, etc. a program or a file.
- ( When executing a program pup asks you if you want to give
- some arguments to the program. You can also click on
- 'quit' if you accidentally clicked on the wrong program. )
- Mid button: Mark a file for later use (copy, move, rename ...).
- Right button: View/edit an ordinary file with your favorite editor,
- or show the contents of a archived file.
-
- Note: When you have a 2-button mouse don't worry, because you can still mark
- a file with SHIFT- left (or right) button.
-
- Directory's are changed by pressing the left or right button on your mouse.
-
- The menu commands can be selected by any one of the buttons and are as follows:
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- quit : Returns you to ordinary DOS (You must type all of it yourself so
- don't use this).
- ?: : This is for changing the current drive.
- read : Is for re-reading a disk and rewriting the screen (very useful if
- something corrupted the screen).
- mdir : Make a new directory in the current directory.
- disp : Display mode.
- - You can display some information on the free size of the
- current disk, the number of marked files the size of the
- marked files etc.
- - Switch to 2 or to 4 column display.
- - Choose if you want to display hidden files or not
- - If you are in 2-column mode you can choose between
- time or attributes displayed
- sort : Lets you choose a sorting order for the files on the screen
- (this order is preserved after executing a program).
- copy : For copying the marked files to another drive or directory. After
- clicking on 'copy' you can choose a directory to where the
- files must be copied.
- move : Same as copy, but the original files will be deleted.
- del : Delete the marked files.
- rena : Rename the marked files. You can use wildcards ( "*","?" ).
- attr : Change the attributes of the marked files.
- arch : Puts the marked files into an archive with the desired archiving
- program.
- exec : Execute a program that is in a directory specified in your PATH
- variabele or a regular DOS-command.
- mark : Mark a number of files by the use of wildcards ? and *
- (They have the same meaning as in DOS) or delete all the markers.
- When marking files bear in mind that already marked files will be
- unmarked (useful when for instance deleting everything except .PAS
- files, you mark all (with *.*) and then mark (actually unmark) the
- PAS files with option user (type *.PAS).
-
- After clicking on 'copy', 'move' or UNZIP etc you can choose a directory the
- same way you choose them when you are moving to the directory's and drives
- when you want to execute a program.
- In addition when choosing such paths you can make a new directory,
- change display mode and and set sorting order.
-
- Note 1: To choose an option from a menu choice, hold down the button while
- moving your mouse downwards.
-
- Note 2: You can also mark directory's but you can only archive them, or
- delete them if they are empty.
-
- Note 3: When you copy or move files to the current directory, you will be
- asked for a new filename, because you can't copy a file to itself.
- ( Move a file to the current directory is the same as rename )
- Caution: If you move files to the current directory and the same
- name (who will ever do this?) you lose your file.
-
- Note 4: There is a known bug in PUP.When you move or delete a file on a
- write-protected disk you get some pretty stupid things. I guess the
- file-system gets confused, but I'm not sure what to do about that.
- Whoever can help me with this, gets the registration for free!!!!
- ( I think it is a DOS bug )
-
- About PUP.CFG:
-
- In versions after 3.20 the PUP.CFG file is as follows:
- 1st: the command and arguments for extracting files
- 2nd: the command and arguments for archiving files when the program accepts
- a filelist
- followed by an empty line
- or the command and arguments for archiving files.
- the command and arguments for archiving directories.
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- this 3 lines repeated for every archiving program there is.
- You may edit the PUP.CFG file yourself, but be sure not to add or delete any
- lines or change the order.
-
- Updates
- =======
-
- Improvements with regard to version 2.01:
-
- - The pull-down menus stay open until the whole action has finished,
- so if you get an error message you can see what caused it.
-
- - There was a bug in the copy part, it left part of the copy in the specified
- directory if there occurred an error.
-
- Improvements with regard to version 2.03:
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- - There was a major bug in the pupcfg program. It's ok now.
-
- Improvements with regard to version 2.10:
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- - It was not ok then. Fixed it for sure.
- Also a minor error fixed. (When you unzipped etc a file to a disk that became
- full, the warning from the archiving program went so fast of screen that you
- couldn't see it. It pauses now.
-
- Improvements with regard to version 2.20:
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- - Not very much, some minor changes.
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- Improvements with regard to version 2.21:
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- - Fixed some of the error handling.
- - You can change the color of the commands on the second line now.
- - Standard archiving programs: PKZIP, PKPAK, ARJ, LHA and PAK.
- - You can choose if you want to preserve the directory on start-up.
- - After viewing a file PUP displays the same part of the directory as it
- did before ( this is only if the directory doesn't fit on one screen ).
-
- Improvements with regard to version 2.30:
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- - Added wildcards in the renaming.
- - Fixed some silly bug.
- - The total size of the marked files is now always displayed.
-
- Improvements with regard to version 2.30:
-
- - did some bugfixing
- - translated source from pascal to assembly!!! (Terrible job)
- so PUP is about 70% (!) shorter and a bit faster.
- - you can also execute BTM files (Batch To Memory)
- - PUP.COM is now 384 Bytes in memory !!!
-
- Improvements with regard to version 3.00 and 3.01:
-
- - Fixed some bugs, some for the second time (??). Hope I got them all.
- - P.S. I'm sorry about the not working version of pup ( some silly guy up-
- loaded a non-working pre-release of pup (pup 3.00) so if you got frustrated
- about the not working of pup I'll give you his address for a suitable fee ).
- - Added the SHIFT-button operation.
-
- Improvements with regard to version 3.10:
-
- - Fixed some difficult to explain bug ( PUP displayed a list of files with the
- same name sometimes ).
- - Changed option zip into arch. This sounds more logical to me.
- - Made the distribution file selfextracting. This for the few unlucky people
- who have no pkzip.
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- Improvements with regard to version 3.11:
-
- - Fixed a bug in the attribute option. Fixed some other bug this was due to
- the fact that pup couldn't handle systems with a lot of drives.
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- Improvements with regard to version 3.12:
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- - Fixed some bugs.
- - You can use pup now in 25, 40 and any number of rows that your display can
- handle!! Remember, it can only run in 80-column display!
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- Improvements with regard to version 3.15:
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- - Fixed some more bugs.
- - You can copy to the current directory now.
- - Maybe more, because I did forget to write down all the exact changes.
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- Improvements with regard to version 3.16:
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- - You can put PUP in an own subdirectory
- - Fixed some minor bugs.
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- Improvements with regard to version 3.18:
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- - Got rid of some bugs
- - Included the new version ( 3.00 ) of V.COM
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- Improvements with regard to version 3.19:
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- - Fixed the bug in the part that sets the file date to the original date
- when copyin or moving.
- - Made it a bit shorter.
- - Changed the default colors, because I have now a color monitor and someone
- actually paid me for that!!
- - PUP no longer recognizes the extensions of the archiving extensions.
- So be sure to leave V.COM as the default editor because it is the only
- program that recognizes them.
- PUP.CGF is different now!
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- Registration
- ============
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- If you think this is a fine program or if you will encourage me to
- get rid of ALL the bugs, please please please send your money to:
- RABO 137468555 Eindhoven The Netherlands
- tnv Paul van der Linden. Any amount will do.
-
- If you do that, you get at least my thanks, and when payed enough,
- you get one new version for free, and, of cource support with your problems.
- And you get the password for unzipping the source code of PUP.
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- Enjoy the program !!!
-
- Paul van der Linden
- Smuldersweg 92
- 5654 CC Eindhoven
- The Netherlands
-