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- HOW TO PROGRAM YOUR OWN CVT (tm) SUBROUTINES March 31, 1990
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- The CVT (tm) program files have the ability to automatically
- run a BATch file called "CVT!!.BAT". If it exists in the
- subdirectory which is specified in the environment by "WHERECVT=",
- then "CVT!!.BAT" will be called and run. This takes place while the
- archived files are extracted, and before they are recompressed.
-
- The following are some suggestions of how you can get the
- maximum benefit out of CVT (tm) by adding a few simple lines to
- "CVT!!.BAT":
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-
- - You can automatically remove unwanted files, such as ads for
- bulletins boards, etc.
-
- Example: if exist stupid.ad del stupid.ad
-
-
- - When you want to add some kind of file to each archive (such
- as a special graphics ad for your BBS), you can use
- something like:
-
- Example: copy c:\dostools\my.ad
-
-
- - You decide you want to want to alphabetize the files inside
- the archive by their extension. Using Peter Norton's
- directory sort program, you add the following:
-
- Example: c:\dostools\ds en *.*
-
-
- - You want to change all of the file times of the files inside
- the archive. Using Peter Norton's file date program, you
- add the following:
-
- Example: c:\dostools\fd *.* /t12:01
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-
- You are limited only by your own creativity. By the way, if
- you don't want your CVT!!.BAT subroutines displayed on the screen,
- most programs will permit you to add " > nul" after the command line
- instruction. Doing so will usually cause the screen writes to be
- bypassed. Try it first with each subroutine command as a test
- before adding it to CVT!!.BAT.
-
-
- IMPORTANT! You will notice in the examples that the full path is
- ---------- given for each external command. This is a good
- precaution. CVT!.COM makes the temporary extraction
- subdirectory the current directory for much of its
- routines. You never know when a program with the same
- name may be in that subdirectory. You can avoid some
- extra problems by giving the exact location of the
- program you want to use instead of depending on the
- path statement to find it for you.
-
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- <end>
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