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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Copyright (read this!) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                            The OS/2-Commander v 1.20

                     (C) Copyright 1992-97 by Wolfgang Sarp
                         All rights reserved worldwide!

                           This software is Shareware


Nobody except me or BMT Micro, Wilmington, USA, is allowed to sell this
program! You're allowed to copy it, distribute it in BBS-systems but only the
complete shareware-version and NOT for money! If you give/send this program to
anybody else, you're not allowed to take money for it!

SincethereisnooriginalNortonCommanderforOS / 2available( ok ,thereisone
,butthatreallykillsthecat[ sorryPeter ]< g > )IdecidedtowritemyownOS / 2 -
Commander .Themostfunctionsareverysimilartotheoriginal
,butsomeareabitdifferentandsomeevencan ' tbefoundinthe' original ' .

Theauthorisnotresponsibleforanydamagemadebythisprogram .Ifyoudon '
tagreewiththis ,pleasedeletetheprogramimmediatly .


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. How to use the program ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This section describes how to use the program.
To go to the description of the MENUS <--click here.
To learn something about the CONFIGURATION<--click here.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Start ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

To use the archive-functions it's necessary to change the OS2COM.INI to your
needs!

How to use the OS2COM.INI is described detailed at a different place in this
manual.

Together with the original archive you should have received the following
files:

OS2COM.CFG  -  Contains all settings you can configure in the Configuration
menu.
           Please do not edit the file manually!
OS2COM.EXT  -  Contains the definitions for file extensions.
           Here you can configure which program to start for which extension
           and the color you want to see them in the file list.
OS2COM.MNU  -  Contains the User-Menu (F2).
OS2COM.SSV  -  some funny maxims for the screen saver.


The OS/2-Commander should be started with the OS2C.CMD.
This is the only way to change to the current drive and directory when leaving
the program. If you don't need it (e.g. if running in a window) of course you
can run it by starting the OS2COM.EXE directly.

Parameter:
The OS/2-Commander supports the start parameter /c:<filename>
The standard configuration file used by the OS/2-Commander is OS2COM.CFG. With
this parameter you can define an alternate configuration file.
  Example: os2com /C:d:\os2com\thomas.cfg

The OS/2-Commander now will also use a file "thomas.ext" for the extension
definitions.

By specifying a full pathname you can also store the configuration file in a
different directory. If no drive and path is specified, the OS/2-Commander will
search for OS2COM.CFG in its home directory.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. The Menus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

With the F9 key or a mouseclick at the top row you can open some menus.
 Left   Files   Commands   Options   Right


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2.1. Left / Right ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The first 5 menu entries correspond to the appearance of the filelist in the
left and right window.

Full shows the first 13 characters of the filename plus filesize and date and
time of the last modification of the file.

Medium shows the first 19 characters plus filesize and date.

Wide shows the first 28 characters of a filename plus the filesize.

Large shows up to 38 characters of the filename.

Brief shows the first 12 characters of the filenames displaying 3 columns of
filenames in one window.

In the 132 columns videomode the filename is expanded in each mode, in the
Brief mode you will get 5 columns of filenames. Picture: A window in Medium
mode with 132 columns screenmode.

Info shows some information about the current drive and path. There can be only
one Info-window at a time and you can only switch the non-active window to an
Info window.


The next 5 menu-options have influence on the way filelists are ordered. The
aktive order is marked with a small hook.

Name  will sort filelists alphabetically by filenames.

Extension will sort filelists alphabetically by file extensions (.EXE, .COM).

Date will sort filelists by file dates.

Size will sort filelists by file size.

Unsorted shows the files in the same order as they are stored in the directory.


With Drive you can change the current drive.

With Re-Read you can force the OS/Commander to read the current directory
again. This is especially useful after diskchanges or file modifications by
external programs.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2.2. Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Help shows the Help window (F1).

User menu shows the User menu (F2).

View shows the current file (F3).

Edit allows you to edit the current file (F4).

Copy will copy the current file or all tagged files and directories to another
directory and / or to another drive. (F5).

Rename or move allows you to change the name of the selected file or to move
the file(s) to a different drive or directory (F6).

Make directory creates a new subdirectory (F7).

Delete will delete the selected file or all tagged files and subdirectories
(F8).

Attributes This command allows you to change the attributes of a file or all
tagged files including file date and -time (CTRL-F).

Label changes the name (label) of the selected drive (CTRL-V).

Select group tags a group of files (+ on the numeric keypad).

Unselect group unselects a group of files (- on the numeric keypad).

Invert selection Inverts the current selection. All selected files will be
unselected and vice versa (* auf Zehnerblock).

Quit Exits the OS/2-Commander (F10).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2.3. Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Tree shows the directory tree of the currnt drive (ALT-F10).


Find File searches for a file (ALT-F7).

You can specify where to search for the file.
don't scan network drives will only search the file on local drives, scan all
drives will search on all drives if the preceding option was set
scan only current directory and subdirectories will only search for the file in
the current directory and its subdirectories.
You can enter a Searchstring.  If you do so, every file will be tested if the
searchstring is found in the file.

The search for files can be interrupted at any time with ESC Only those files
found until that moment will be displayed then.
The files that were found can be viewed as usual with F3 and edited with F4. It
is also possible to copy, move or delete the files. If no files are marked, the
scrollbar indicates the file for the operation. Single files can be marked with
Space or Insert. If a directory is marked, then all files and subdirectories in
that directory are also marked. + on the numeric keypad tags all files, - will
unselect all files and * will invert the selection tagging all files that are
not tagged and vice versa.
RETURN on a directory name changes to that directory, if the scrollbar marks a
file, the OS/2-Commander changes to that directory and puts the scrollbar onto
that file.


History  List of the last Commands that were executed (ALT-F8 or CTRL-ALT-F8)

The last commands that were entered will be displayed in a window. The number
of commands that the OS/2-Commander will keep can be configured under
Options/Configuration/Other Options. The default value is 100.
If the History-window is called by pressing CTRL-ALT-F8, only those commands
begining with the string on the command line will be displayed.

In the history list you can move the scrollbar with the Arrow Keys. RETURN
executes the command immediatly, CTRL-RETURN copies the command to the command
line at the bottom for further editing.


Panels on/off  swaps the OS/2-Commander-windows with the OS/2-tasks (CTRL-O)
making it possible to look "behind" the OS/2-Commander. This will not work with
DOS-Tasks.


Compare directories  compares the contents of 2 directories (CTRL-N).

The left and right window's directories are compared and those file that do not
exist or have an older file date in the other directory are marked.


DiskCopy  copies a diskette (CTRL-F9).

The only choice you have here is the drive-letter A: or B:. A 100% identical
copy of the diskette will be created.


Make diskimage  creates an image of a diskette.
This function will create an imagefile of the diskette in the current
directory. First, the diskette-drive for the operation must be chosen, then a
name for the imagefile must be entered. Afterwards the diskette will be read
and the imagefile will be written to the harddisk. This imagefile should be
compatible to the VMDISK-function of OS/2. It should be possible to start a
DOS-Task from such an image. (REM Works fine on my system [Frank]).


Write image to disk  writes an imagefile back to a diskette.
The scrollbar must be placed on the imagefile that shall be written back to a
floppy disk.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2.4. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Configuration  configures The OS/2-Commander.

Please read the chapter Configuration


Video mode  allows you to configure the number of textlines (CTRL-F6).

You have the choice between 25, 28, 30, 34, 43, 50 and 60 sreenrows. Depending
on your video-hardware and the number of columns you choose, some of the modes
will not work, e.g. 50 or 60 rows with 132 columns will not be possible with
every vga-card.


132 column mode  will switch from 80 to 132 columns and back (SHIFT-F10).

In the 80 x 50 or 80 x 60 modes the switching will probably not work. This
depends on your video adaptor and the modes it provides.


Save Configuration  will save the current settings (SHIFT-F9).

If Auto-Save Configuration is switched off, you can save the configuration
here.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The configuration is mainly done in the menu Options/Configuration. It contains
the following options:

Window options    - Options for the left and right window and general behaviour
of the OS/2-Commander.
Colors        - Configures all the colors as you like them best.
Directories      - Everything that has to do with directories.
Editor/Viewer     - Defines external viewers and editors.
Some switches    - Options to configure the behaviour of the OS/2-Commander
(left-handed mouse etc.).
Other options     - Some more options.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3.1. Window options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Show hidden files
Show hidden files in the directory listing.

Show FILES.BBS info
switches FILES.BBS-Info on/off. If enabled, the descriptions of files are shown
if there is a FILES.BBS in the current directory and the opposite window is the
Info-window.
Can be turned on/off with CTRL-I.

Show DESCRIPT.ION info
Shows 4OS2/4DOS descriptions in the DESCRIPT.ION file. If enabled, the
descriptions of files are shown if there is a DESCRIPT.ION in the current
directory and the opposite window is the Info-window.
Can be turned on/off with CTRL-D.

Show subdirectory info
Displays subdirectory information in the Info window.
Can be turned on/off with CTRL-M.

Menu line visible
This switch will turn on the menu bar in the first row and give you an
additional row for the file list.
Can be turned on/off with CTRL-T.

Menu with ALT-key
With this switch you can, in addition to F9, also pop up the menu with the ALT
key.

Menu NC-compatible
With this switch enabled The OS/2-Commander will behave a bit more
NC-compatible. Right now all what's different from normal behaviour is the F9
key. The menu will not pop up immediately and you can use the cursor keys or
the first letters of the other menus to pull them down.

Show GIF-resolution
If enabled, the resolution of GIF-files under the scroll bar will be shown if
the opposite window is the Info-Window.

Show original names on HPFS
Defines if The OS/2-Commander should show the filenames on HPFS-partitions in
the same way as on FAT-partitions (directories upper-case and files lower-case)
or in their original style.

Restore stored paths
With this option enabled, the OS/2-Commander will start the left and right
window in those directories entered under "Directories/ Left and right window".
Once this function is enabled, the paths for the windows will not be saved any
more. If you want to find the same directories every time you start the
program, aktivate this function, change to the directories you prefer and save
the configuration with SHIFT-F9 or with the menu-entry "Save Configuration".


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3.2. Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu sets all the configurable colors.

Colors can be changed by entering the corresponding number or simply with the
mouse by clicking first at the option you want to change and then at the
color-field in the middle.

Main window FG is the foreground color of the filelists.
Main window BG is the background color of the filelists.

Scroll bar FG is the foreground color of the scrollbar.
Scroll bar BG is the foreground color of the scrollbar.

And so on...


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3.3. Directories ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This is where you can specify a path for temporary files, the path for your
wcd-database, the startup-directories for the left and right window and the
directories you wish to access with the keyboard-macros (Alt-1 to Alt-0).

You should at least enter a path for temporary files. This works best with a
directory you don't use for anything else. If the directory does not exist, it
will not be created automatically. If no directory is specified, the
OS/2-Commander will create one (OS2COMTemp in the home-directory of the
OS/2-Commander).

The path for the directory database (wcd) must be specified with the filename
for the database file! The default filename is WCD.DB and its position is the
root directory of drive C:. This database contains all the directories the
OS/2-Commander accesses for example with the tree function (Alt-F10) or the
warp function (Ctrl-F7).

Keyboard-macros are directories you can reach by pressing ALT+<number>. These
pathnames may be entered manually or by pressing SHIFT+ALT+<number>. The
current directory will be saved in the corresponding field then.

For Path left/right window please see Restore stored paths in chapter Window
options.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3.4. Editor/Viewer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

internal editor with F4

Here you may configure the keys to start the internal and external editor. If
the checkbox is marked, the internal editor will be started with F4 and the
external editor will be started with ALT-F4. If the checkbox is not marked, the
internal editor will start with ALT-F4  and the external one will start with
F4.

internal viewer with F3

Here you may configure the keys to start the internal and external viewer. If
the checkbox is marked, the internal viewer will be started with F3 and the
external viewer will be started with ALT-F3. If the checkbox is not marked, the
internal viewer will start with ALT-F3  and the external one will start with
F3.

external editor
Enter the name and path for the external editor to start with F4 / ALT-F4 here.

2nd external editor
Enter the name and path for the second external editor to start with
SHIFT-ALT-F4 here.

external viewer
Enter the name and path for the external viewer to start with F3 / ALT-F3 here.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3.5. Some switches ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Lefthand mouse
This switch exchanges the left and right mouse button immediately.

Auto menu
With this switch active, the user-menu (F2) will be automatically shown at
program start.

Set keyboard speed to maximum
Sets the keyboard speed to maximum at program start.

Switch codepage at start
This switch will change the codepage to 437 at program start. Use this if some
parts of the frames are not displayed correctly on your system.

Turn on Numlock at start
Turn on Numlock at program start.

2nd confirmation when deleting directories
With this switch enabled The OS/2-Commander will ask for a second confirmation
when deleting directories.

Quit program with ESC
Allows to quit The OS/2-Commander with the ESC key.

Confirm program quit with F10
This switch will ask for a confirmation when leaving the program with F10.

Quick-Search moves down
Defines the behavior of the QuickSearch-function. If activated, QuickSearch
moves down even if the name matches the current filename, if not activated, the
scroll bar stays at the current file as long as the search string matches the
name.

Pause after external commands
If this feature is enabled, the OS/2-Commander will wait for a keypress after
execution of an external program.

Update dir. database after creating/deleting
The OS/2-Commander will update the directory database (used for tree- and warp
to directory- functions) after creating or deleting directories when this
feature is enabled.

UNARJ supports single files
There is a version of UNARJ.EXE 2.41 available that is modified by Kerry Flint.
This version supports extraction of single files. The normal demo version by
Robert Jung doesn't! If you have this version, the OS/2 version is used for a
lot of things we had to use the DOS version before.

Restore original path when unpacking archives
If enabled, this feature allows you to restore the original paths when copying
files from an archive.

Auto-save Configuration
If this is switched on, the OS/2Commander will save any changes in the
configuration automatically.

scan network drives for database
With this switch turned off, network drives will not be added to the directory
database WCD.DB.

Use NCOPY on NETWARE drives
If this function is turned on, the OS/2-Commander will use NCOPY to copy or
move files on NETWARE-drives.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3.6. Other options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Printer port
Specify your printer port here. This may be any legal device, for example
LPT1,LPT2,COM1 or even a filename to redirect printing into a file.

save how many commands (History)
The OS/2-Commander saves the executed commands from the history-window to the
file OS2COM.HIS at progam exit, loading these commands back into memory at the
next program start. By entering a number here you can define the maximum number
of commands to save to the file. I recommend to chose a number below 1000.

Video mode
The video mode to use in a full sreen session may be configured here. These are
the possible modes:
1=25, 2=28, 3=30, 4=34, 5=43, 6=50, 7=60 lines
If you enter 0 here, the video mode will not be changed at program start.

Video mode in window session
This configures the video mode to use when started in a window. Possible modes
are the same as above.

Screen saver
Specifies after how many minutes the screen saver will start. Enter 0 to switch
the screen saver off.

Date format
Defines the format of date fields.
1 = european format (DDMMYY), 2 = US format (MMDDYY), 3 = japanese
format(YYMMDD)

Date separator
Defines the character to use as a separator in the date fields.

Time separator
Defines the character to use as a separator in the time fields.

Decimal separator
Defines the separator to use in numbers.

Parameter for new tasks
This defines the parameter that OS/2-Commander should use to start a new task.
/FS means Fullscreen-Session, /c means that the task is closed after the
program finished. Type "help start" at the command line to get a detailed
explanation and more parameters.

Directory-Warp flags
Here you can define how the OS/2-Commander behaves when when scanning drives or
searching for directories (Ctrl-F7).  .br A slash must be entered before each
switch. For example: "/c".

 Possible switches are%colon.

 /a      : Show all directories.
        when the OS/2-Commander finds more than one exactly matching
directories
        , only those directories will be listed that match the search string
exactly.

        With the switch /a enabled, all directories that contain the search
string
        anywhere in their names will be listed.

 /b      : Shows only those directories that begin with the search string.

 /c      : CD-ROM drives will not be scanned.
        By default, the OS/2-Commander scans all drives. If you don't want
cd-rom drives
        to be scanned and added to the directory database,
        define the switch /c here.

 /d      : Search only on current drive.
        Only the current drive will be searched for the directory you are
looking for.

 /e      : Shows the list of matching directories even if only one match was
found.

 /s[x]    : Shrink search string.
        This switch will influence the OS/2-Commander's behavior
        in the case that no matching directories are found. To shrink the
string
        means to cut off the last character of the search string. This is very
useful
        if you belong to the people who hit enter and one of the nearby keys
together
        and produce input like "mydir#" when wanting to enter "mydir" very
fast.
   0:     (/s0) Do not shrink string and abort (default).
   1:     (/s1) Shrink search string and try again.
   2:     (/s2) Shrink string, try again and show list
             even if only one match was found.

         /s (without number) is equivalent to /s1.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. The keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

CURSOR-Up/Down (or mouse) moves through the files.

CURSOR-Left/Right moves the cursor in the command line.
If the command line is empty, you can use CURSOR_Left/Right to change a
directory up/down. Use CTRL-CURSOR_Left/Right in a Brief-List.

CTRL-END moves the cursor to the end of the command line.

CTRL-HOME moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.

ENTER or mouse double-click changes into the directory the cursor is currently
on, starts a program, displays the contents of an archive or starts a program
linked to the extension. See OS2COM.EXT for more information.
If the comand line is not empty, ENTER executes the command, ESC erases the
command line.
ALT-ENTER also starts programs, but Commander will launch a new task for it.
For Unix freaks: You can also start a program in a new task by adding '&' to
the command line. E.g. 'format a: &'.

INSERT or right mouse button tags an entry.

SPACE tags an entry, if the command line is empty.

F1 opens the Help window

SHIFT-F1 opens the manual, if the OS2COM.INF is in the OS/2-Commander
directory.

F2 User menu.  See OS2COM.MNU for more information.

F3 Viewer (internal or external).  See Configuration, Editor/Viewer for more
information.

Shift-F3 will always call the standard internal viewer.

F4 Editor (internal or external).  See Configuration, Editor/Viewer for more
information.

F5 copy a file, a number of selected files or a directory tree.

SHIFT-F5 to copy in addition to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.

F6 rename or move a file, a number of selected files or a directory tree.

SHIFT-F6 to move in addition to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.

F7 creates a new directory

F8 delete a file, a number of selected files or a directory tree.

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SHIFT-F8 kills in addition to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.

F9 pulldown menu

F10 or ESC to quit.

SHIFT-F10 will switch from 80 to 132 columns and back.

F11 open file-menu

F12 open command-menu

TAB change between left and right window.

+ (grey) or CTRL-<+> select files.

- (grey) or CTRL-<-> unselect files.

* invert selection

ALT-F1 change drive (left window).

ALT-F2 change drive (right window).

ALT-F3 Viewer (internal or external).

ALT-F4 Editor (internal or external).

ALT-F5 archive the tagged files.

ALT-F6 show directory macros (currently stored paths).

ALT-F7 starts the Find-function.
    You can enter the filename to search for. If you append the parameter /a to
the filename OS/2-Commander will search for the files on all drives. Than you
can enter a text to search for in these files.
You get a list of all files that matches your search criterion and have now the
possibility to change to a drive and directory of a found file. You can also
view the files in this list, tag the files and copy, move or delete all or some
of the found files.
You can tag files with INS or SPACE. If the scrollbar in on a directory, the
selection for all files in it will be inverted. With "+" you can select all
files, "-" will deselect all files, "*" will invert the selection of all files.

SHIFT-ALT-F7 will show the previous ALT-F7 Findlist without rescanning.

ALT-F8 history window of the last 20 commands.
    RETURN or left mouse button executes the command, CTRL-RETURN puts the
command to the command line.

ALT-F9 FileCase
With ALT-F9 you can change the case of a file or all selected files to 'lower',
'UPPER' or 'Mixed Mode'. Of course this only works on HPFS partitions.

ALT-F10 Directory-Tree. CTRL-Enter brings you to the next matching entry if a
search string is entered.

ALT-<letter> moves the cursor to the next entry starting with this letter.
CTRL-Enter brings you to the next matching file. See OS2COM.INI for more
information.

ALT-[0-9] change to directory stored under that number

SHIFT-ALT-[0-9] store current path under that number

CTRL-F1 to CTRL-F5 sorts the active window by name, extension, date, size or
unsorted.

CTRL-F6 to switch to a number of video modes.

CTRL-F7 Warp to directory.
Use CTRL-F7 or type "WCD <dirname>" to change to a directory directly across
all drives if you have the program WCD and a WCD database on your disk. All WCD
environment switches are supported. Please read the WCD manual for more
information. The OS/2-Commander is able to use and update an existing WCD
database and will use it for the tree-function also. This is similar to
"treeinfo.ncd" that the Norton Commander uses.
Please read WCD.TXT for more information about WCD.

CTRL-F9 Diskcopy

CTRL-\ (CTRL-# on german keyboards) to switch to the root-directory

CTRL-A shows the listing of self-extracting archives.

CTRL-B toggles (show/hide) the function key line (bottom row).

CTRL-C kill archive comments. Works only inside a ZIP or ARJ archive.

CTRL-D switches the 'DesInfo' default. Show 4OS2/4DOS descriptions in the
DESCRIPT.ION file ON/OFF.

CTRL-E is scrolling through the command-history

CTRL-Cursor_Up can be used as a History-Search-Function similar to CTRL-E. If
you want to get back a special command out of the history you can enter the
beginning of the command and get the command back with CTRL-Cursor_Up.

CTRL-Cursor_Down like CTRL-Cursor_Up, but search backwards.

CTRL-F change file attribute, date and time.

CTRL-G switches between ascending and descending sorting

CTRL-H show hidden files on/off. Default can be defined in the OS2COM.INI.

CTRL-I switches FILES.BBS-Info. If ON the descriptions of files are shown if
there is a FILES.BBS in the current directory and the opposite window is the
Info-window.

CTRL-J puts the filename under the cursor to the command line.

CTRL-K print the file

CTRL-L switches the inactive window between 'Info' and 'Filelist'.

CTRL-M will display subdirectory information in the Info window.

CTRL-N compares two directories.

CTRL-O switch of the screen (show background).

CTRL-Q Quick View (files/bytes of a directory). Works only when the cursor is
on a subdirectory.

CTRL-R re-reads the directory.

CTRL-S change setup.

CTRL-T toggles the top row.

CTRL-U swaps left/right panel

CTRL-V change volume label

CTRL-X is scrolling backwards through the command-history

CTRL-Z will switch between real filesize and allocated size.

CTRL-PgUp changes one directory up (..).

CTRL-PgDn changes one directory down.

CTRL-ENTER puts the filename under the cursor to the command line.

LeftShift-ENTER puts the current path to the command line.

RightShift-ENTER puts the current path + filename to the command line.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. The OS2COM.INI ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This section describes the OS2COM.INI
The OS2COM.INI is divided into different sections. All switches can be defined
only in the with brackets given section and are useless in any other section.
Lines beginning with a ";" are comments and are ignored.

The commands in the OS2COM.INI:

[Arcer]
This section defines which program to start for which arcer.

ZIP:
ADD: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZIP -9
EXTRACT: C:\TOOLS\ARC\UNZIP -q -o -C
DELETE: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZIP -d
FRESHEN: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZIP -f -9
MOVE: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZIP -m -9

RAR:
ADD: C:\TOOLS\ARC\RAR2 a
EXTRACT: C:\TOOLS\ARC\RAR2 x
DELETE: C:\TOOLS\ARC\RAR2 d
FRESHEN: C:\TOOLS\ARC\RAR2 f
MOVE: C:\TOOLS\ARC\RAR2 m

[AddArcer]
This section describes how to define additional arcers.

EXT:   UC2
The extension of the archive files.

NAME:   C:\TOOLS\ARC\UC.EXE
The arcer to call.

LIST:   VS
Parameter for a listing of the archive file.

ADD:   A -TST
Parameter to add files.

EXTRACT: EF
Parameter to extract files.

DELETE:  D
Parameter to delete files.

BEGLIST: -->@1
After this string in the list the files are following.
The character "@" defines the end of the string respectively the beginning of
the position.
@1 = the string is found at position (column) 1 in the line,
@0 = the string is somewhere in the line.

FNAME:  1,12
The position (column) where to find the filename. Here from column 1 to column
12.

FSIZE:  15,25
The position (column) where to find the filesize. Here from column 15 to column
25.

FDATE:  28,38
The position (column) where to find the filedate. Here from column 28 to column
38.

FTIME:  41,45
The position (column) where to find the filetime. Here from column 41 to column
45.

ENDLIST: matching file@0
After this string in the list the list of files ends.
@5 = the string is found at position (column) 5 in the line,
@0 = the string is somewhere in the line.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. The OS2COM.MNU ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OS2COM.MNU contains the User-mene that is activated with F2. It is possible
to use more than one menu. OS/2-Commander will look in the current directory
for the OS2COM.MNU, and then, if none was found, in the directory that contains
the OS2COM.EXE.

Structure of the OS2COM.MNU:

 Key : MenuItemName
   f:
   Command1
   Command2 ...

Key: defines the key that is used to start this menu entry, the following text
(MenuItemName) is shown as Menu-text in the menu.
All other lines are normal commands like in normal batch files.

EXAMPLE:
F2 : Maximus Filebase Compiler
   f:
   cd \max
   fbp

F:  Format Drive A
   format a:

F9 : View Fax
   cdd d:\zfax
   zfaxg vf [%P]\[%F]

You can use 4 different macros in the commands.
[%F] will insert the currently highlighted file name into the command line,
[%P] the current path name,
[%D] the current drive.
[%T] in a command line executes the command once for each tagged file.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7. The OS2COM.EXT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You may define different colors for different extensions (for example: EXE,
COM, INI...).
Just enter the extension (incl. ".") and the number of the color.

Example:

 .EXE 12
 .INI 15

Following colorcodes are legal:

 0 = black
 1 = darkblue
 2 = darkgreen
 3 = magenta
 4 = red
 5 = violet
 6 = brown
 7 = white
 8 = light blue
 9 = grey
10 = light green
11 = cyan
12 = light red
13 = light violet
14 = yellow
15 = bright white


In this section you can define which program to start with which extension.
ENTER on a filename with one of these extensions will start the defined program
and give the filename as parameter to it.
Pass a full filename to the program with !.!

!.! will pass the full filename and extension to the external program, for
example: TOM.TXT
!.  will pass only the filename with the point to the program, for example:
TOM.
!  passes only the filename without the point and the extension, for example:
TOM

inf: c:\os2\view !.!
doc: F:\OS2\QEDIT\Q !.!
txt: F:\OS2\QEDIT\Q !.!
pcx: f:\os2\pmview\pmview !.!
gif: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg !.!
jpg: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg !.!
lbm: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg !.!
bmp: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg !.!
mod: D:\sound\wow\wowii !.!
mec: f:\max\meccap !.!
ipf: i:\toolkt21\os2bin\ipfc /INF /S !.!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.8. The OS2COM.MSG ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OS2COM.MSG has to be in the same directory as the OS2COM.EXE.
It contains a couple of messages that OS/2-Commander will show at specific
actions or errors. There is an ENGLISH.MSG available that contains the english
messages and a DEUTSCH.MSG that contains the German messages. If you prefer the
German language rename the DEUTSCH.MSG to OS2COM.MSG.

Please do not edit the *.MSG- files, this will lead to unpredictable failures
of the OS/2-Commander!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.9. The Screen-Saver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The screen saver is automaticaly activated after the number of minutes without
pressing a key defined in the menu options/configuration. If defined as 0, the
screen saver is not activated. You can activate the screen saver immediately if
you move the mouse cursor to the upper right corner. If the mouse cursor is in
the lower left corner the screen saver is deactivated.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.10. Archive-Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The OS/2-Commander has an integrated Archive-Viewer.
Archives are shown like normal directories. Inside an archive you can view,
copy, move and delete files. It can handle the archive types ZIP, LHZ, ARJ,
ZOO, ARC, SQZ and RAR and the self-extracting archives of ZIP, LZH and ARJ.
With a definition in the OS2COM.INI it is possible to use every other arcer.

The following programs are needed to use the archive-viewer:

 ARJ: "ARJ.EXE" from Robert K. Jung and the OS/2-version "UNARJ.EXE".
The OS/2-version is only used for unpacking if you want to unpack all files and
didn't give them a target directory. That's because UNARJ don't support any
interesting command line switches. Otherwise ARJ (DOS) will be used.
 LZH: LH/2 2.22 from Peter Fitzsimmons (OS/2-version).
 ZIP: The ZIP 2.0.1 and UNZIP 5.12 for OS/2 from InfoZip.
 ARC: The OS/2-version 6.0 "ARC2.EXE" from SEA.
 ZOO: The OS/2-version 2.1 with above defined name from Rahul Dhesi.
 SQZ: The DOS-version 1.08.3 from J. Hammarberg.
 RAR: The DOS- or OS/2 version 1.50 or above from Eugene Roshal.

The OS/2-Commander will detect archives files with a different than the
standard-extension. When pressing ENTER e.g. on a ZIP-file with the extension
".SA0"  OS2COM will detect a ZIP-archive and start the archive-viewer.

To get full advantage of the archive functions you have to configure the arcer
in the OS2COM.INI!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.11. The DBF-Viewer / Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The OS/2-Commander has an integrated DBF-viewer and editor.
If the scrollbar is placed on a file with the exytension .dbf, F3 / F4
automatically starts the dbf-viewer/editor (SHIFT- F3 will always start the
standard viewer).
You may edit records in a DBF- file, delete them, add new records at the end of
the  file and undelete previously deleted records.

Please notice that the OS/2-Commander will never change Index-files that belong
to databases! Whenever you edit an indexed field or pack the database, you will
have to re-index the database afterwards!

The functions in detail:
With Page Up/Down you may scroll through the database, Home and End will move
to the first / last record.
If a record includes fields that cannot be displayed on one page you can sroll
the screen with the arrow-keys.
AAdds an empty record at the end of the file.
D Deletes the current record from the file.
U Undeletes a previously deleted record.
F1 Shows the Help-window.
F2 Displays some information about the database file and its fields.
F3 Starts the browser that displays a list of the records.
F4 or E Edits the current record.
F5 Moves to record number.
F7 or S Searches for a record. For further information read "Search- and
Browse- Filters".
F8 Packs the database. All records marked as deleted will be finally ereased
from the file and can NOT be undeleted anymore!
Please notice that the OS/2-Commander will never change indexes that belong to
databases! Whenever you edit an indexed field or pack the database, you will
have to re-index the database afterwards!
F9 Allows you to enter filters for the browse-function (F3). Read also "Search-
and Browse- Filters".
F10 or Q exits the DBF-module.

Search- and Browse-Filters

The Search-function (F7) as well as the filters (F9) in the browser (F3) work
after the following principles:

If you enter only one Searchstring without any other options, every field in
every  record will be checked. All the records that contain the searchstring in
any field will be listed.

If you only want to search in a special field use this syntax.:

  @<fieldname> = <"searchstring">

The searchstring must be put into quotation-marks. For example, if you want to
search for the sting "WARP" in the field "PROGNAME", the correct syntax looks
like this:

  @progname = "warp"

You may combine up to 5 searchstrings with logical AND or OR, but you can't
combine AND with OR.
Enter a logical AND as ".AND." or as "&", a logical OR as ".OR." or as ",".

The following contructions are possible for an AND-search:

   @<fieldname> = <"searchstring"> .AND. <fieldname> = <"searchstring">

Example:
   @progname = "os2com" .and. progdesc = "Commander"

 or
   @<fieldname> = <"searchstring"> & <fieldname> = <"searchstring">

Example:
   @PROGNAME = "warp" & PROGDESC = "server"


The following contructions are possible for an OR-search:

   @<fieldname> = <"searchstring"> .OR. <fieldname> = <"searchstring">

Example:
   @progname = "os2com" .or. progdesc = "567890"

 or
   @<fieldname> = <"searchstring">, <fieldname> = <"searchstring">

Example:
   @PROGNAME = "warp", PROGDESC = "server"

 It is not possible to declare an OR just by leaving a <space>.

   @<feldname> = <"suchbedingung"> <feldname> = <"suchbedingung">

Example:
   @progname = "warp" progdesc = "server"


 The following syntax will not work as expected and will lead to an AND-search:

   @NAME = "1234" .AND. TEXT = "5678" .OR. TEXT = "ABCD"

Neither the searchstrings nor the separators are case-sensitive. There is no
difference between '.AND.' and '.and.'.
Fieldnames must exactly match an existing fieldname in the database, but this
is also not case-sensitive.
The searchstring can be located anywhere in the field. A search for '@PROGDESC
= "warp"' will list every record that contains one of the following strings in
the field PROGDESC:
   warp
   WARP
   warp 3.0
   Fixpak for Warp 3


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Problems and known bugs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 This section describes known problems and how to solve them.

You might run into problems when opening two nested archives, one in the left
and one in the right window. You should avoid to do that.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. How to register the program ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Please read the REGISTER.GER or the REGISTER.xxx for your country!

OS/2 Commander can be registered on Compuserve using the SWREG ID# 14055


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. How to contact me ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

   Wolfgang Sarp
  Paul-von-Schoenaichstr. 42a
  23858 Reinfeld
  Germany

  Fido: 2:240/5353  (USR 33k6)
     2:240/5354  (ISDN)

  Internet:  [e-mail]

  BBS:      [phone],N,1 (33K6 USR)
         [phone] ISDN

  Fax:      [phone]

Feel free to send me your comments, bugreports and wishes. I can't garantee to
answer every letter and every message, but I read and think about all of them.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Latest version ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

     You can find the latest version of The OS/2-Commander always at
    the following places:

 Internet:

   FTP:  ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/os2c_???.zip
   WWW:  http://www.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro


 CompuServe:

   OS2COM.ZIP or OS2C_???.ZIP in Forum OS2BVEN, Library 18.


 Fidonet:

  Germany
  ================================================================
  Aragorn's BBS  -  Wolfgang Sarp
  line 1  [phone]   USR 33k6  Fido 2:240/5353
  line 2  [phone]   ISDN    Fido 2:240/5354
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM


  Jabberwocky System  -  Robert Bashe
    [phone]   ZyX 16k8, ISDN  Fido 2:2448/6060
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  Switzerland
  ================================================================
  Sisyphus' Den  -  Christian Laubscher
  line 1  [phone]   USR V.34  Fido 2:301/111  BBS1
  line 2  [phone]   ZyXEL 192  Fido 2:301/112  BBS2
  line 3  [phone]   ISDN X.75  Fido 2:301/157  (MO)
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  The Netherlands
  ================================================================
  Airnieuws BBS - Edwin Trouwee
  line1  [phone]   28k8/V34  Fido 2:281/410
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM


  Columbus BBS  -  Jos Laarhoven
  Line 1  [phone]   28k8    Fido 2:280/406
  Line 2  [phone]   14k4    Fido 2:280/411
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  Sweden
  ================================================================
  MayDay BBS  -  Jonas HФgstrФm
  line 1  [phone]    USR 28k8  Fido 2:204/223
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  Italy
  ================================================================
  Iron Icon 3  -  Mark Grieco
  line1   [phone]   28k8    Fido 2:332/213
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  Australia
  ================================================================
  The NTH Dimension  -  Mike Sinclair
  line 1  [phone]   Fido 3:640/219
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  United States of America
  ================================================================
  The Backdoor TBBS  -  Thomas Bradford
  910-350-8061    5 Lines, all 14.4 or higher,  Fido 1:3628/11
  910-799-0923    Direct 28.8 V.FC Connection
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  Latvia
  ================================================================
  Info-Shelter  -  Harry Bush
  line 1  [phone]    ZyX 19k2  Fido 2:51/2  FREQ's only!
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM



  Bulgaria
  ================================================================
  XaX World  -  Kalin Bogatzevski
  line 1  [phone]    USR 28k8  Fido 2:35/99
  Fido frequest magic: OS2COM


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Credits! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

      First of all: Thanks to Franky "wat denn nu noch" Raether for
     his work on the manual and a lot of good ideas!


   Very special thanks to:  Thomas "Big Daddy" Bradford,
               his lovely wife Marie
        and his kids:  Ben "The Wild",
               Autumn "I love Marshmallows",
               and "smiling" Michael.
     And not to forget:  Jenni "The Yankee"
               for giving me a great time in the USA!


    Thank you to my beta-tester for testing every bug and having
    much patience with me ;-)

    Thanks to Siegfried Hanisch, the author of the ScreenSaver, for
    creating and collecting most of the nice maxims and allowing me
    to use them for the OS/2-Commander's internal screen-saver.

    Thank you to all the people all over the world using this program
    and supporting my with their ideas and comments.