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E Z D O S S by JB Technology Inc. Version 5.00 February 1991 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTORDUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FILES ON DISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CONFIGURING EZDOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 USING EZDOSS HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE JBT TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 -1- INTRODUCTION One of the most used software packages is the DOS SHELL. A DOS SHELL is a program which provides an easier means of executing DOS commands such as copying files, deleting files and making subdirectories to name a few. EzDoss accomplishes this and much more. Since 1983 I have used many different DOS shells. I first started with SWEEP in the CP/M world. Once introduced to IBM PCs, I have been exposed to various DOS shells. Each one has some really fine features, but none of them have all the features that I personally like in a DOS shell. So, I have written EzDoss to incorporate all the features into one program. As I became proficient in using IBM PCs, I was asked many questions by novice users on DOS commands. In designing EzDoss, I decided to design the program easy to use for the novice by providing verification prompts, menus and having an extensive help system. For the more experience user I have included QUICK KEYS, to bypass many of the menus, and an EXPERT MODE which bypasses many verification screens. I hope you enjoy this program, which was written in Turbo Pascal 5.00 and uses the excellent Turbo Professional tools, a must for any programmer using Turbo Pascal. Feel free to send me comments, suggestions and praise at: John Bean JB Technology Inc. 28701 N Main St. Ridgefield, Wa. 98642 EzDoss is designed to run on an IBM PC/XT/AT microcomputer and compatibles. 512K RAM is required and a hard disk is recommended. -2- FEATURES Now that you know why I wrote EzDoss, the following is a list of just a few of the features I perceive as the most important. - Tagging multiple files. Multiple files can be marked, "tagged". EzDoss provides several ways of "tagging" files; by "tagging" the highlighted file, by selecting a "pattern" which tags all matching files and by "date" where files which can be "tagged" if they have the same date, are newer or older as selected by the user. Once a group of files have been "tagged" they can be COPIED, DELETED, MOVED, RENAMED, VIEWED, EDITED, PRINTED or ZIPPED. - Create, rename or delete subdirectories. These common subdirectory commands can be easily done through EzDoss. - Display files in two (2) formats. Files can be displayed in the "long" format which displays seventeen (17) files per screen (page). The file date, time and size are displayed on the same line. Depressing function key F9 will "toggle" to the "short" format which displays fifty one (51) files per screen. The file date, time and size of the highlighted file is displayed along the bottom line of the window. - Display a partial listing of the files in a particular drive/subdirectory. If a subdirectory has many files you may want to view only some of them. the "Mask Include" and "Mask Exclude" options provide the means to include or exclude specified files. - Locating a specified file(s) on a disk drive(s). When using a hard disk, a file can be stored in a subdirectory where you did not expect it. The "Locate" option will locate all the files that match the specified "mask". - PkZip support. PkZip lets you compress one or more files into an archive called a .ZIP file. PkUnzip will extract one or more of the files in such an archive, creating an exact, full-size copy of the original file. Phil Katz's ZIP and UNZIP package can thus save you a great deal of hard disk space. In some cases the compressed version will be 50 to 80 percent smaller than the original. -3- EzDoss provides three ways of using PkZip and PkUnzip. The above features are just the tip of the iceberg of the features offered in EzDoss. -4- FILES ON DISK The following are the files that should be included with EzDoss. FILE FUNCTION ------ ---------------------------------------- EZ.EXE EzDoss itself. EZ.HLP Contains the EzDoss help text. EZ.DOC This document. EZL.EXE EzLocate. EZED.EXE EzEditor EZFIND.EXE EzFind. For searching for text. CSAP.EXE Public Domain Disk Sorter. Ala Norton's DS. HE.COM Public Domain Hex Editor. EZV.EXE EzView. -5- CONFIGURING EZDOSS When EzDoss is run for the first time, there are some information that you have to enter in order for EzDoss to perform some of its functions. Once this information has been entered, it is stored in the file EZ.CFG. The information may be modified later under the CONFIGURE menu option when in the FILES MODE. The following is the information that has to be entered. ITEM DEFINITION ------------- ---------------------------------------- Source Path When EzDoss is loaded into memory, it will scan the drive specified in the Source Path, display that drives "TREE", read all the files in the Source Path, display them in the FILES BOX and go immediately to the FILES MODE. EXAMPLE: C:\DOS NOTE: The Source Path MUST BE ENTERED!! ZIP/UNZIP Path The complete path where PKZIP and PKUNZIP is located. EXAMPLE: C:\ARCHIVE Initial Sort EzDoss can sort files eight (8) different ways. When EzDoss is loaded into memory it will sort the files on the Source Path using the Initial Sort found in EZ.CFG. The Initial Sort is selected from a menu. Define Diskette EzDoss can format diskettes without leaving the program which can be handy. In order format correctly, EzDoss needs to know the maximum capacity of each drive. Ascii Editor Path The complete path, including editor name to be used when editing an Ascii file. EXAMPLE: C:\EZ\EZED.EXE Hex Editor Path The complete path, including editor name to be used when editing a hex file. EXAMPLE: C:\EZ\HE.COM -6- ITEM DEFINITION ---------------- ---------------------------------------- File Viewer Path The complete path, including file viewer name to be used when viewing an Ascii file. EXAMPLE: C:\EZ\EZV.EXE Beep Mode When an invalid key is depressed, (i.e. An up arrow key when the first file is highlighted) the computer will "Beep". The beeping can be "toggled" ON/OFF. Choose your choice from the menu. Once these items are entered, they will be stored in EZ.CFG and EzDoss will begin. -7- USING THE EZDOSS'S HELP This document is very short because the main manual is part of EzDoss's help system. There are over sixty help topics that can be viewed. To use EzDoss's help system is easy. At almost any time in the program, depressing function key F1 will bring up the related help topic. When in the help, depressing function key F1 again will bring up a list of help topics. From the FILES MODE, TREE MODE, and the VIEW FILES WITHIN ZIP MODE, the help topic menu can be evoked by depressing the ALT key and function key F1. Spend some time in the help system, because I spent a lot of time creating it and hopefully all the information needed to run EzDoss is provided. -8- FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS This page is the list of most of the QUICK KEY assignments. You may want to keep this handy until you get familiar with EzDoss. Note: The character "^" signifies the CTRL key. UNSHIFTED ALT & FUNCTION KEY F1 - Help (topic) F1 - Help (Topic Menu) F2 - Display Quick Keys F2 - Disk Volume F3 - Toggle Expert Mode F5 - Sort by Name Ascending F4 - Evoke Ascii Editor F6 - Sort by Ext. Ascending F5 - View Files Within Zip F7 - Sort by Size Ascending F6 - Zip Tagged Files F8 - Sort by Date Ascending F7 - UnZip Tagged Files F8 - Print Tree CTRL & FUNCTION KEY F9 - Toggle File Format F5 - Sort by Name Descending F10 - Change Source Drive F6 - Sort by Ext. Descending F7 - Sort by Size Descending SHIFT & FUNCTION KEY F8 - Sort by Date Descending F6 - Zip Highlighted File F10 - Rescan Drive F7 - UnZip Highlighted File --------------------------------------------------------------------- FILES MODE QUICK KEYS FILE TASKS TAGGED FILES HIGHLIGHTED FILE ^C - Copy Alt C - Copy ^D - Delete Alt D - Delete ^E - Edit Ascii Alt E - Edit Ascii ^H - Edit Hex Alt H - Edit Hex ^M - Move Alt M - Move ^P - Print Alt P - Print ^R - Rename Alt R - Rename ^V - View Alt V - View MISCELLANEOUS ^A - Pattern Alt F - Format ^K - Mask Include Alt L - Locate ^O - Suspend to Dos Alt N - Print Directory ^X - Mask Exclude Alt O - Copy File; Same Drive Alt X - Run Highlighted Program Alt 1 ... Alt 0 - Free Space Drives A..J ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBDIRECTORY QUICK KEYS Tab - To Files Mode Alt C - Create Subdirectory Alt D - Delete Subdirectory Alt K - Change Files Mask Alt I - Mirror Drive Alt R - Rename Subdirectory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -9- VIEW FILES WITHIN A ZIP QUICK KEYS TAGGED HIGHLIGHTED ^A - Print Ascii Alt A - Print Ascii ^B - Print Binary Alt B - Print Binary ^D - Delete File(s) Alt D - Delete File ^N - Extract Newer Alt N - Extract Newer ^O - Extract Overwrite Alt O - Extract Overwrite ^P - Print List of Files Alt V - View Ascii ^V - View Ascii Alt X - Extract ^X - Extract -10- The JBT ToolBox The program you are using is one of several programs that I have written that are either public domain or shareware. These programs have appeared on bulletin boards, distributed by ShareWare clearing houses and are included in several of the Dvorak-Osborne series of books. Most users of these programs are not aware that the other programs that I have written exist. I have created The JBT Tools to provide an interface that allows all my programs to be used. The following is the programs included in the JBT Tools and a brief description of each program. EzDoss EzDoss is a Dos Shell. As with all Dos shells actions can be taken on multiple files. I have used many Dos shells in the past and they have many features that are great. Unfortuneatly, all these features are not included in one shell. Therefore, I wrote EzDoss to include the features I like the best. Some of the features are: Copying/Moving When copying or moving files and there is a file with the same name on the destination, most Dos Shells offer only "Overwrite" option. EzDoss provides several options. They are: OverWrite: This option is typical. It will overwrite any the file on the destination with the file on the source. Newer: This option will copy/move the file to the destination only if the file on the destination is OLDER than the file on the source. Copy/Rename: This option will rename the file on the destination and copy the file from the source. Rename/Copy: This option will rename the source file, then copy the file to the destination. These options provide the most flexible options when copying or moving files. -11- Tagging Files: Multiple files can be "tagged". Besides taggin indvidual files, all files can be tagged, files can be tagged by specifying a "pattern" or by selecting a date in which files newer, older, same or a combination will be tagged. Help System: EzDoss's manual is online. Help for the current function can be displayed by depressing function key F1. Depressing Alt F1 will display the list of help "topics". There are over fifty (50) help "topics". Zip Management: Many of public domain/shareware users acess buletin boards. Files downloaded from these boards are compressed into a "ZIP" file. EzDoss allows files to be "zipped", "zipped" files to be "unzipped" and to display files withing a "zip". Those files displayed within a "zip" can be "tagged" and "unzipped", viewed on the screen or deleted from the zip file. Disk Sort: When files are displayed, they can be sorted eight (8) different ways. This does not sort the files on the disk. EzDoss DOES provide a public domain program that can be called from within EzDoss that will sort the disk. Search: EzDoss comes with EzFind. EzFind will search any non executeable files for a string. This can be used to find a key word within wordprocessing files that are not Ascii. These are just a few of the many features that EzDoss has. I use this program every day, and I am sure you will find it as useful. EzEdit: EzEdit is a text editor. The file to be edited/created is diplayed in a window. EzEdit can have multiple windows opened. A block of text can be copied to the "clipboard" where the text can be copied/moved into other files. -12- Windows moveable and resizeable. A pop up calculator and Ascii chart also come with the program. EzView: EzView will display an Ascii file in a window. EzView can have multiple windows opened. Windows are moveable and resizeable. EzLocate: EzLocate is a file finder program. Multiple drives can be scanned for files which meet the user specified masks. Multiple masks can be specified. EzLocate can also look inside ARC and ZIP files for the user specified masks. Find Duplicates: Find Duplicates is a program that can scan multiple disk drives and find all the files with duplicate file names. Once the drive(s) have been scanned, the duplicate files are displayed on the screen. Each file can be viewed (ASCII only), renamed, supsend to DOS in that file's subdirectory or "tagged" for deletion. Find Duplicates can list duplicate files that are stored in ARC and ZIP files. If your PC has PKZIP and ARC or PKUNPAK, those duplicate files can be deleted within the ZIP or ARC files. Back Off!: Back Off! is an utility that you will use on a weekly basis. Back Off! is a multiple file extension deletion program. It will search any and all drivs for files ending with extensions matching a previously prepared list. (i.e. .BAK, .CHK, .$$$). Back Off! will show you the matching filenames and their locations, and give you the option of viewing them and/or "tagging" and deleting them. CopyCon: When I first used a MsDos PC, I wrote small batch files using COPY CON command from the Dos prompt. If I had a dime for every time i goofed and had to start over again, I would be a rich man. I wrote CopyCon to help me write small batch files. CopyCon has grown since version 1.00 and now not only allows simple batch files to be created/edited, but allows graphic boxes, Ascii characters to be inserted and line centering. -13- One of the most important features of CopyCon is the on line help. Not only does the help provide information on how CopyCon works, but it is a reference on batch file commands including examples. Also included are two small programs that can be used in batch files and two useful batch files. They are STATUS.BAT which will read your PC and list out its status. The other batch file is MENU.BAT which is a menuing system that is all set up. You will find that these programs will increase your productivity and make using your PC easier. The following page is an INVOICE that you can order the JBT Tools from: JBT TOOLS INVOICE Remit to: From: JB Technology Inc. __________________________ 28701 N. Main St. Ridgefield, Wa. 98642 __________________________ (206) 887-3442 __________________________ __________________________ Contact Individual __________________________ __________________________ Quantity Unit Price Total _______ JBT Tools Software $35.00 ___________ _______ JBT TOols Manual $20.00 ___________ (Laser Quality) Total ___________ I want 5 1/4" _______ 3 1/2" _______ diskette. (Check One) Note that Back Off! computer software has been delivered and ac- cepted by the customer. Upon receipt of paid invoice, a current disk will be sent. FAX INSTRUCTIONS: After the July 4th, 1991 weekend, I will have a fax machine to take orders and comments. I am using a phone switch box so the phone number at the top of the page is also the FAX number. After the first ring, press the SEND on your FAX. This will allow the switch box to switch to my Fax machine. At that time I will be set up to acept VISA and MASTER CARD. If you want to pay by either, fill out the following: Card Number: ______ ______ ______ _______ Exp. Date ____/____ Type of Card: Visa _____ Master ______ (Check One)