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CopyMaster 1.14 Copyright 1988 by New-Ware (tm) ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ MEMBER ───│ │ │──────────────── │ ┌──────┴──┐ │ Association of │ │ ├──┘ Shareware └──┤ ■ │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │─────────────────── └────╨────┘ This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. REGISTRATION CopyMaster is sole property of New-Ware Shareware products. The Shareware version may be freely copied and transferred to individual parties for evaluation purposes. It may be posted on Bulletin Board systems (BBS) for electronic access as long as NO FEE is charged for its distribution. Computer information services such as Compuserve (CIS), Genie, etc., are authorized to post this product for subscriber access. CopyMaster may NOT be distributed on diskette by any disk distributor/vendor who charges more than $5.00 for the diskette upon which the program and attendant files are recorded. CopyMaster is a Shareware product. Shareware is a computer program distribution/marketing method that permits potential buyers to thoroughly try the program prior to purchase. It is NOT free. If, after evaluating the program, you find it to be useful enough to use it on a regular basis, you are expected to pay for it by registering with New-Ware. The registration fee is $30.00 and the registered version, which is NOT distributed as Shareware, will not contain the opening Shareware screen nor the closing messages. You may register CopyMaster in one of three ways: 1) By mail with check or money order to: New-Ware 8050 Camino Kiosco San Diego, CA 92122 2) By telephone with Visa/Mastercard to: New-Ware (619) 455-6225 3) Electronically through the New-Ware BBS: (619) 455-5226 450-1938 The New-Ware Shareware products BBS operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week at 1200/2400 baud and N71 or N81. Users registering via the BBS receive access to the latest registered version. Users who register by mail or phone may also access the registered version by BBS. Just log on and leave a comment to the sysop to the effect that you are a registered user and desire access. This Shareware version of CopyMaster may be freely copied and passed on to other individual users. Disk vendors/distributors that desire to distribute CopyMaster must adhere to the guidlines presented in VENDOR.DOC. Press Ctrl-R from the main CopyMaster Display to display the registration window. Prompts will be issued for the pertinent information and you will have the option of printing the registration form when the form is completed. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS MUST INCLUDE 7% STATE SALES TAX! I support my software. One of the great strengths of the Shareware concept is the interaction between the program author and the users. Many of the features contained in CopyMaster are the result of user input. If you have a problem evaluating this program or desire to make a suggestion or comment (or even a complaint), please do not hesitate to contact me. New-Ware 8050 Camino Kiosco San Diego, CA 92122 (619) 455-6225 CIS via PIN 71535,665 SUMMIT via UserName JNEWLIN VERSION HISTORY 1.00 - First release. 1.01 - Minor bug fixes. 1.10 - Added capability to disk copy 1.2M and 1.4M disks. 1.11 - Added function to swap left and right windows (Ctrl-R). Added drop to DOS shell function (Ctrl-F1). 1.12 - Add toggle for operations with 800K disks formatted with FormatMaster. Added deletion of tagged files. 1.13 - Fixed bugs in file copy and delete modes. 1.14 - Fixed bug in disk copy mode that caused crash if using CRC checking. OPERATION OF COPYMASTER I. Program Description. CopyMaster can be executed from any directory on any disk drive. It is initially configured for the left window to display files in the directory from which it is executed and for the right window to display files from the root directory of the drive from which it is executed. These default settings may be changed. CopyMaster will simultaneously display files from two directories in adjacent windows. The directories that will be shown can be set and saved as defaults from within the program or can be entered on the command line as in the following example: cm c:\util d:\dbase The first DOS pathname determines the directory listing in the LEFT (source) window and the second determines the listing in the RIGHT (destination) window. If just one path name is entered as a parameter, CopyMaster will use it for the listing in the RIGHT (destination) window. This allows specification of the destination directory from the command line while CopyMaster uses its current default setting for the LEFT (source) directory listing. A file mask may be included in either path name as in this example: cm c:\util\*.exe d:\dbase\*.dbf If no mask is included, then CopyMaster will assume a mask of "*.*". If no drive designator is included, CopyMaster will assume the current active drive. If either path name is invalid, CopyMaster will use the last saved default. CopyMaster is a full-featured file copy utility that operates on IBM PC/XT/AT and compatible computers. It makes file and disk copying fast, easy, and effective through the use of the following powerful features: - Dual directory viewing of files - Batch tagging of files for copying - Move files across drives - Selectable date criteria for copying - Selectable file overwrite protection - CRC file copy verification - CRC disk copy verification - File encryption/decryption - Fast file search - Quick disk copying - Repeatable disk copying - Two-drive cyclic disk copying - Extensive error checking - File-by-file compare option - Disk Compare on 360K/720K/1.2M/1.4M - "Lotus" style command menu - Pop-up data-entry windows CopyMaster is written primarily in Turbo Pascal 5.0 supplemented with TurboPower Software's outstanding Turbo Pro 4.0 library package, which is HIGHLY recommended to all Turbo Pascal programmers. The program, as distributed, occupies approximately 150K of normal ram and utilizes expanded memory conforming to the LIM 3.2/4.0 Expanded Memory Specification (EMS), if available in the host machine. CopyMaster will automatically adjust to monochrome or color monitors. If you are using a composite or "two color" monitor similar to those used in laptop portables or are using a mono monitor with a color card, place an "m" or "M" or the command line when you execute the program, as follows: CM m CopyMaster has also been designed to utilize the full 16 color text attribute capability of the Hercules InColor Card. CopyMaster supports the use of a 2 or 3 button mouse. The button actions for a 3 button mouse are: L = PgUp R = PgDn M = Space bar (tag/untag) L+R = ENTER M+R = End M+L = Home M+L+R = Alt-X (terminate) The button actions for a 2 button mouse are: L = PgUp R = PgDn L+R = Space bar (tag/untag) II. CopyMaster Main Screen. This is the main screen: CopyMaster 1.14 - Shareware Evaluation Copy Copyright 1988 by New-Ware ╒═C:\CM\*.*═════════════════════════╕ ╒═C:\DEST\*.*═══════════════════════╕ │ ARCOPS PAS 10/12/88 10,925* │ │ ARCOPS PAS 10/22/88 10,925* │ │ ASPVAR PAS 08/20/88 6,841* │ │ CM EXE 10/22/88 92,592* │ │ BACKUP BAT 10/23/88 118* │ │ CM PAS 10/22/88 2,862* │ │ BINOBJ EXE 08/24/88 11,088* │ │ CONFIG MNU 10/22/88 740* │ │ CM BAK 10/22/88 2,906* │ │ CPUTYPE OBJ 10/22/88 125* │ │ CM EXE 10/23/88 92,800* │ │ CPYMASTR BAK 10/22/88 2,854* │ │ CM PAS 10/22/88 2,867* │ │ CPYMASTR EXE 10/22/88 92,032* │ │ CONFIG MNU 10/19/88 740* │ │ │ │ CPUTYPE OBJ 01/20/88 125* │ │ │ │ CPYMASTR BAK 10/20/88 2,854* │ │ │ │ CPYMASTR EXE 10/22/88 92,032* │ │ │ │ CRC ASM 10/22/88 1,927* │ │ │ │ CRC BAK 10/22/88 4,277* │ │ │ │ CRC EXE 10/22/88 7,984* │ │ │ │ CRC OBJ 10/22/88 2,826* │ │ │ ╘═════════════ Page 1 ══════════════╛ ╘═════════════ Page 1 ══════════════╛ Total Files = 134 Total Files = 7 Total Bytes = 2,600,960 Total Bytes = 210,944 Files Tagged = 0 Right drive = C: Bytes Tagged = 0 Flex Tagged = 0 Left drive = C: Note that there are two viewing windows, each dedicated to displaying file information from separate directories. The left window ALWAYS displays the source directory for file copying and the right window is ALWAYS displays the destination directory. The active window is distinguished by a solid cursor bar. The user may switch from one window to the other with the TAB key or the RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys. The PGUP, PGDN, HOME, END, and UP/DOWN ARROW keys are available for moving the cursor bar through the file list in the active window. The top line of each window shows the DOS path name and file mask currently in use for that window. Pertinent file copy related data appears at the bottom of each window. An asterisk ("*") next to a file name indicates that the file has been created or changed since the last backup. Using the TAB key to switch windows results in vertical bar markers being used on each end of the file name in the inactive window to mark the place where the cursor bar was positioned when the switch occurred. If the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys are used to effect the switch, the cursor bar is left intact in the inactive window. Pressing the INS key results in displaying files in the right window that match files in the left window but that differ in file size or file date/time. These files are displayed in the right window in high intensity on monochrome monitors and in high intensity blue on color monitors. The file statistics for each directory are shown just below each directory window. As files are tagged, CopyMaster keeps a running total of bytes tagged based not upon the sum total of sizes of the files tagged, but on the space they actually occupy on the default disk. The minimum file size is dependant upon the active drive's cluster size. The cluster size is always a multiple of the sector size. For example, any DOS formatted hard disk under 10 megabytes in size will use a cluster size of 4096 (8 sectors). A standard 360K floppy disk will have a cluster size of 1024 bytes and a 3 1/2" 1.44M disk has a cluster size of 512 bytes. Total bytes and bytes tagged values are based upon the active disk cluster size. For example, two 1-byte files on a disk with a cluster size of 2048 will occupy a total of 4096 bytes. The flex value is based upon the cluster size of a 360K/720K disk, which is 1024 bytes. Watching this value when tagging files for copying to a floppy Disk will avoid trying to copy more files than the target disk can contain. When CopyMaster first loads, it does some checking against the default path names for the left and right windows. If the default left path name is invalid or contains no files or is the root directory and contains no files and no directories, CopyMaster will use the current directory to display files in the left window. The contents of the left (source) and right (destination) windows may be swapped by pressing Ctrl-R. This action reinitializes both windows so that the drive/directory/files displayed in the right window are now displayed in the left window and the drive/directory/files displayed in the left window are now displayed in the right window. III. Main Command Menu. Pressing either slash key (backslash = \, or slash = /) will display the main command menu as depicted below: ╒════════════════════════════ CopyMaster Commands ══════════════════════╕ │ Go Copy Date DKopy Options Backup Reset Eval Sort Type Config │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ The cursor bar can be moved with the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to select the desired function or the function can be activated by pressing the appropriate highlighted character. CopyMaster can be exited at any time by pressing ALT-X or CTRL-X. The main menu and all sub-menus may be exited by pressing the ESC key. The following is a brief summary of each main menu item: Go Copy - Initiate copying of tagged files from the source directory to the destination directory. Date - Define date relations for selective copying. DKopy - Initiate copying of 360K/720 diskettes. Options - Set various program options. Backup - Copies only files with the archive bit set. Reset - Resets archive bits on all files in the active directory. Sort Type - Selects one of five file name sorts. Eval - Disk compare operation. Config - Save current configuration to disk. Note that a help line for each menu item is displayed immediately below the command menu. IV. Copying Tagged Files. Files are selected for copying by tagging them. Files may be tagged by pressing the SPACE BAR or the PLUS key with the cursor bar over a file. Pressing the SPACE BAR or the MINUS key will untag a tagged file. Tagged files are so indicated by a diamond character to the left of the file name. All files in the directory may be tagged by pressing CTRL-T (or F6) and all tagged files may be untagged by pressing CTRL-U (or F7). Move through the file list with the cursor pad keys or by pressing a CHARACTER KEY, i.e., a key in the set "A" to "Z". Pressing a CHARACTER KEY will cause CopyMaster to seek the first file on the list that starts with that character. If it finds it, the cursor bar will be moved to that file. Alt-T will toggle between the normal file viewing mode and a mode in which only tagged files are displayed. Once a group of files has been tagged, pressing either SLASH key and selecting GO COPY from the menu will cause the tagged files to be copied from the source directory (left window) to the destination directory (right window). Files may not be tagged in the right window. During the copy process, the following information window will appear: ╒══════════ File Copy Window ═══════════╕ │ Copied CM.BAK │ │ Copied CM.EXE │ │ Copied CM.PAS │ │ Press any key to continue.... │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘═════════ Buffer Size = 16384 ═════════╛ The copy operation will be terminated if any errors occur during copying. After performing a copy operation, ESC from the main menu and press TAB or RIGHT/LEFT ARROW to refresh the destination directory window. Files may be copied across disk drives by changing the default drive in either window. This is accomplished by pressing CTRL-D (or F3) with the desired window active. A window will appear that prompts for the DOS drive designator. If the drive is valid and the drive is ready, the files in the current default directory for the selected drive will be displayed. If not, an error message will appear. The copy operation can be initiated from the command menu. If no files are tagged, the file currently highlighted by the cursor bar will be copied. Files may be moved instead of copied. Moving a file involves placing the file into the destination directory and removing it from the source directory. In the case where both directories are on the same drive, this is accomplished by simply renaming the file if it does not exist in the destination directory. If it does, and overwrite protection is not active, the file will be copied to the destination directory and then deleted from the source directory. If CRC verification is set to ON, then those files that are actually copied will be verified. Files moved via the rename process are not subject to CRC verification. Either the source or the destination directory can be changed. Pressing CTRL-S (or F2) will toggles back and forth between file display of the current directory and the display of all directories on the active drive. The first time this function is used on a drive there will be a delay while CopyMaster builds a list of directory names. After that, the toggle is instantaneous. The cursor may be moved through the list of directory names and a directory change can be effected by pressing RETURN with the cursor bar highlighting the desired directory. If no files exist in a selected directory, a message to that effect will appear. Pressing a character key will move the cursor to the first directory containing that character as the first letter of the name, just as in the file viewing mode. CopyMaster will overwrite all files unless the Overwrite confirmation toggle is set to ON. This includes system, hidden, and read-only files. CopyMaster will, however, preserve the file attribute of the overwritten file. For example, suppose you are copying MYDATA.DAT, which has a normal file attribute, to a destination directory that contains a copy of MYDATA.DAT that is marked hidden and read-only. Unless the confirmation toggle is ON, CopyMaster will overwrite MYDATA.DAT but it will leave MYDATA.DAT with the original hidden/read-only attribute. Remember, if you don't want to overwrite special files, either use the confirmation option or configure CopyMaster not to display these files. V. File Copying Options. CopyMaster offers a rich variety of file copying functions. Files may be copied selectively by date, overwrite protection may be invoked, and CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) verification may be used. Selecting DATE COPY from the main menu offers the following options: ╒═══ Date Copy ════╕ │ A - Equal │ │ B - Before │ │ C - After │ │ D - On or Before │ │ E - On or After │ │ F - Any Date But │ │ G - Enter Date │ ╘══════════════════╛ Each date relation on the menu is explained in a help line that is displayed below the main menu. For example, to copy only those files with a date On or Before a specified date, select item D. The date may be specified by selecting item G to display the following date entry window: ╒═══════════ Time/Date Entry ═══════════╕ │ │ │ Enter the month (1..12): 10 │ │ │ │ Enter the day (1..31): 23 │ │ │ │ Enter the year (80..99): 88 │ │ │ │ Is 10/23/88 correct (Y/N)? [Y] │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════╛ Prompts are issued for entry of the month, day, and year and then the resultant string is displayed for confirmation. Pressing ESC at any time will abort the data entry and leave the date string as it was prior to entering this window. Dates are only valid in the DOS acceptable range of 01/01/80 and after. Once a date is specified, date based copying is made active through selection from the OPTIONS menu. ╒════════ Option Settings ═════════╕ │ Retain File Date OFF│ │ Overwrite Confirmation OFF│ │ Date Range/Copy Date OFF│ │ Include Hidden Files OFF│ │ Set Archive Bits OFF│ │ Current File Mask *.*│ │ Move Files OFF│ │ Beeps ON│ │ CRC Verification OFF│ │ Freshen OFF│ │ Quick Disk Copy OFF│ │ eXamine (COMP) files OFF│ │ Editor Name EDIT│ │ PathName Defaults │ │ View System Memory │ │ 10 Sector Disk │ ╘══════════════════════════════════╛ The first option, Retain File Date, is an interesting one that many will find useful. When a file is copied by DOS, the date of the new file is always the same as the source file. With CopyMaster you may elect to set the date of the new file to the current system time/date. Overwrite protection is a feature that prevents CopyMaster from overwriting a file of the same name in the destination directory. If this option is ON during a copy operation, a prompt for overwrite confirmation is issued before the file is copied or moved. The Date Range/Copy toggle determines whether or not CopyMaster uses the date relation criteria for copying files. If this toggle is ON, the current date string will be be displayed. The default, as distributed is 01/01/80. ╒══════════ File Copy Window ═══════════╕ │ Overwrite ACKERM.BAK? │ │ Overwrite CM.BAK? │ │ Copied CM.BAK │ │ Overwrite CPYMASTR.BAK? │ │ Copied CRCFUNC.BAK │ │ Press any key to continue.... │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘═════════ Buffer Size = 16384 ═════════╛ The File Copy Window above shows that 4 files were tagged with the Overwrite confirm toggle set to ON. The first file was not confirmed, the second file was confirmed, the third file was not confirmed and the fourth file did not exist in the destination directory and no confirmation was required. The Include Hidden Files toggle determines if hidden files in a directory will be displayed. If the Set Archive Bits toggle is ON, then CopyMaster will reset the Archive bit on each file that it copies. This provides a means for later copying only those files that have the archive bit set. The archive bit is set by DOS any time a file is changed and written to disk. It is an indicator that the file has been created or changed since the last time the bit was cleared. The DOS file mask determines which files will be displayed in a window. For example, if the file mask is set to "*.*" then all files will be displayed. If the mask is set to "*.WKS", then only those files matching the mask will be displayed. The mask for either window may be set by using this option. A window will appear that prompts for entry of the new file mask. This mask will affect the window that was active when the main menu was accessed. The file mask can be set for each directory window. ╒══════════════ File Mask Entry ══════════════╕ │ │ │ Edit file mask (ESC to abort): *.WKS │ │ │ │ Mask is now *.WKS │ │ │ │ Accept it (Y/N)? [Y] │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════╛ The Move Files toggle will determine whether CopyMaster moves or copies tagged files. Moving a file entails either renaming it so that it resides in the destination directory or, if the file currently exists in the destination directory it will be copied and then deleted from the source directory. If the Freshen toggle is ON when the Move option is selected, the Freshen toggle will be set to OFF, since these are mutually exclusive operations. Program beeps may be turned off entirely with the Beeps toggle set to OFF. CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) Verification, when set to ON, causes a sophisticated CRC algorithm to be applied to every byte of the file as it passes through the file buffer. When the copying is complete, CopyMaster opens the new file, reads it back through the buffer to calculate a second CRC value. This value is compared with the first and if the two are equal, the message PASSED CRC will be displayed next to the file name in the File Copy window. If the check fails, the message CRC FAILED is displayed. Using the CRC verification approximately doubles the time required to complete the copy, but ensures that the copy is a verified exact copy of the source. ╒══════════ File Copy Window ═══════════╕ │ Overwrite CRC.BAK? │ │ Copied CRC.BAK PASSED CRC │ │ Overwrite CRCFUNC.BAK? │ │ Copied CRCFUNC.BAK PASSED CRC │ │ Overwrite DECLARE.BAK? │ │ Copied DECLARE.BAK PASSED CRC │ │ Overwrite DISKCOPY.BAK? │ │ Copied DISKCOPY.BAK PASSED CRC │ │ Press any key to continue.... │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘═════════ Buffer Size = 16384 ═════════╛ Note that the results of the CRC check is reported for each file copied when the CRC toggle is ON. If a file fails the check, the copying is terminated because that usually always means the destination media is the problem. The Freshen option will copy files from the source to the destination disk/directory only if the source file has a date/time stamp that is newer than that of a file of the same name residing in the destination directory. Overwrite protection, if enabled, will be in effect coincident with the Freshen option. If the Move toggle is ON when the Freshen option is selected, the Move toggle will be set to OFF, since these are mutually exclusive operations. The eXamine option is a file-by-file compare function. Note that this feature takes precedence and overrides any other options that may be set. It will compare each file in the source (left window) directory with an existing file of the same name in the destination (right window) directory. This feature uses the same CRC check algorithm used in file and disk copying except that if the two files being compared are of a different length, it will skip the reading of each file for a CRC check and report that the compare FAILED. If the files are compared and they are exactly the same, COMPARED will be reported in the Compare File Mode window. The PathName Default options permits setting CopyMaster to show specified disk/directory combinations in the two file viewing windows. A valid DOS path name (without the file mask) may be entered for either window. Using the Config option will save the entris to disk and thereafter CopyMaster will show the two specified directories no matter from where it is executed. If it is desired that the left window always show the files from the directory in which it is executed, make a blank entry for the left window when prompted. Entering a blank line for the right window default will cause the right window to always display files from the root directory of the active drive. The 10 Sector Disk option is intended for use with those systems that have problem with 10 sector formatting. New-Ware's FormatMaster will format a 360K disk to 800K in a 1.2M drive, but some BIOS/DOS variants have problems dealing with a 360K diskette formatted with 10 sectors/track and 80 tracks. Toggling this feature to ON will enable those systems to read/write from an 800K disk. When the toggle is set to ON, a window will appear that permits the setting of the disk controller data rate. The default is set to 300 kilobits (Kb), which should suffice for most modern AT/PS2 machines and clones. If you have an old AT or clone or you are copying to a 400K disk formatted with FormatMaster on an old PC/XT or clone, you may need to set the data rate to 250Kb in order to read/write to a floppy disk. VI. Disk Copying. CopyMaster offers several unique and useful disk copying features. It will copy diskette (360K/1.2M/720K/1.4M) into a buffer and then write the buffer back out to formatted disks. If desired, CRC verification can also be used with disk copying. When copying the diskette, CopyMaster will first determine which kind of buffer can be used to hold the entire contents of the disk. The first choice is to use normal RAM, if available. Obviously, this won't be the case for a 720K disk. If there is insufficient RAM available but expanded memory (EMS) is installed and enough is available, CopyMaster will utilize EMS for the buffer. If not, a virtual disk buffer will be used. Note that this will only work on a hard drive system where there is sufficient disk space for buffering when copying 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M disks. An option that can be toggled from the Options menu is Quick Copy. Quick Copy should ONLY be used when the source diskette has been prepared so that its files are stored in contiguous sectors on the disk. This can be accomplished by using CopyMaster to copy files to a freshly formatted disk. Copying to a newly formatted disk insures that DOS will store the files contiguously and there will be no fragmentation. When Quick Copy is in effect, CopyMaster copies only those clusters from the source disk that are occupied by files. This can reduce the amount of time required to perform each disk copy. For example, suppose a 360K disk is prepared that contains contiguously stored files that occupy 172 of the disk's 360 total clusters. Quick Copy will copy only those occupied clusters, thus reducing read/write time. The Disk Copy control display offers several options. Prompts are issued for the source drive and the target drive. These can be the same drive and there will be a pause between each write operation to allow for a disk change. The target disk is read into the buffer and then the copying process commences and will continue until terminated by the user. Disk copying may be aborted at any time by pressing any key on the keyboard. ╒════════════════ Disk Copy Setup ════════════════╕ │ │ │ Enter SOURCE drive letter: A │ │ │ │ Enter TARGET drive letter: A │ │ │ │ Do you desire two-drive copy (Y/N)? [N] N │ │ │ │ Using NORMAL RAM to buffer disk data. │ │ │ │ ESC to abort, any other key to start copy │ │ │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Cyclic, continuous, two-drive copying is also supported. This feature allows selecting two drives as target drives and the copying proceeds as before except that there is no pause between drives. The user is expected to change disks in one drive while the other is busy copying. With enough memory for a normal RAM buffer and Quick Copy active, very rapid disk copying can be effected. ╒════════════════════════ Disk Copy ════════════════════════╕ │ │ │ Reading from disk in drive A │ │ │ │ Using NORMAL RAM buffer to read 14 15K blocks. │ │ │ │ Reading block #14 - 215,040 bytes. │ │ │ │ Disk sectors in memory - ready to copy (Y/N)? [Y] │ │ │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ╒════════════════════════ Disk Copy ════════════════════════╕ │ │ │ Writing to disk in drive A │ │ │ │ Using NORMAL RAM buffer to write 8 15K blocks. │ │ │ │ Writing block #8 - 0 bytes to go. │ │ │ │ Copied 1 diskettes. │ │ │ │ Copy to another diskette (Y/N)? │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ VII. Other Operations. Files may be be deleted by tagging and then pressing Alt-D. The following window and prompt will then be presented: ╒════════════ Delete Tagged Files ════════════╕ │ │ │ Are you CERTAIN (Y/N)? [Y] │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Be CERTAIN you wish to delete the tagged files. If Y is pressed, all the tagged files that can be deleted will be deleted. After the deleting, a message will appear that shows the number of files tagged and the number of files actually deleted. A difference will occur if any of the tagged files cannot be deleted because they are marked READ ONLY or HIDDEN. CopyMaster will load and pass a file name to a specified editor. Use the Editor Name option to enter the program file name of the editor. The .COM/.EXE extension is not required. The editor file MUST be in a directory that is listed in the DOS PATH string!!! To edit a file, place the cursor bar over the desired file name and press CTRL-E (or F10). Vern Buerg's justly famous LIST.COM may also be invoked from CopyMaster. Place the cursor bar over the file to LIST and press CTRL-L or F9. Again, LIST.COM MUST reside in a directory that appears in the DOS PATH string. The directories which are viewed when CopyMaster is first loaded may be changed with the Pathname Defaults option. A window will open and prompts will be issued to enter the pathname for each window. For example, suppose it is desired to view a directory with a DOS path name of C:\WP\DOC in the left window each time CopyMaster is initially loaded. Enter C:\WP\DOC for the left window path name. Similarly, a default path name may be specified for the right window. These path names are saved to disk along with all other option defaults from the Config function. The last item on the Options Menu will bring up a window in which certain information about the host system is displayed. ╒════════ System Memory Summary ════════╕ │ │ │ Total RAM on board = 640K │ │ System RAM in use = 101K │ │ CopyMaster occupies = 148K │ │ RAM available = 391K │ │ File copy buffer = 32K │ │ RAM copy buffer = 390K │ │ Floppy Disks = 1 │ │ Fixed Disks = 2 │ │ Disk space avail = 3104K │ │ EMS memory avail = 880K │ │ EMS version = 4.1024 │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════╛ VIII. Backup and Reset. The Backup and Reset functions work together to provide a semi-automated method for backing up frequently updated files. The Reset function clears the archive bit (bit 4 of the file attribute byte) for each file. DOS will reset this bit any time the file is accessed and rewritten to disk. If the archive bit is set, then the file has been updated since the last time it was cleared. The backup function will copy all those files that have had the archive bit reset. If the Set Archive Bits option is ON, CopyMaster will clear these bits as the files are copied. An effective regular file backup method can be established for any directory. VIIII. Sort Type. CopyMaster offers five different ways to sort files for displaying. Files may be sorted by name, extension, date, and size. There are actually two sorts that operate using the file extension. The nested sort groups files by extension and then sorts within each group by file name. The name sort ignores the extension and sorts by name only. Whichever sort is selected at the time the Config menu is used to save the defaults will become the default at program run time. ╒════ Sorts ════╕ │ Unsorted │ │ By Name │ │ Nested │ │ Date │ │ Size │ │ Extension │ │ Order = UP │ ╘═══════════════╛ X. File Search An extremely fast file search function is included in CopyMaster. This function will search all the directories on the drive currently active in the left window for a specified file. If the directories of that disk have not been scanned and read into memory, that will be accomplished before the actual search is commenced. A window will appear with a prompt to enter the DOS file name. DOS wild cards (* or ?) are acceptable. The first line in the window will contain a message as to the status of the directory array in memory. If the disk hasn't been scanned to load the directory array into memory, there will be a pause that is dependent upon the number of directories that exist on the current drive. Enter the name of the file to search for and CopyMaster will swiftly search all directories on the current disk for the file. If it finds a match, it will pause and ask whether or not to continue the search. Any time the search is terminated after a find, the search window will disappear and the cursor bar will be highlighting the target file name. Three things about the search mode are important to note. For maximum efficiencey, the sort type is automatically changed to a file name sort. If a DOS wild card mask is used in the target file name, the search mask for the left directory window will be changed to that mask. And thirdly, a search will pause at the first match found in any given directory and will continue on to search the next directory if not stopped. XI. Disk Compare. Copymaster will perform a disk comparison on the same drive or on disks in two drives without needless swapping of disks. The disk compare function supports all diskette formats. A CRC algorithm similar to the one employed in file and disk copying is used in the comparison. The source disk sectors are read in to a buffer in blocks and a CRC value is computed for each block. Then the target disk is similarly processed. The two computed CRC values for each block of each disk are then compare. If even 1 bit of the target disk differs from that of the source disk, the check will fail. If a disk passes this test, you can be certain that it is a mirror image of the source disk. One caution is in order. It is possible to format two disks, copy the same files in the same order to each disk and then have a CRC comparison between them fail. This is because some extraneous bytes in the copy file buffer may be copied onto the disk at the end of one or more of the files. The disk compare function is most useful after performing a series of disk copies. ╒═══════════════ Diskette Compare ════════════════╕ │ │ │ Enter FIRST drive letter: A │ │ │ │ Enter SECOND drive letter: A │ │ │ │ Reading disk A - track #39 │ │ │ │ Place SECOND disk in drive A and hit a key. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Detected a 360K disk. │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ XII. File Encryption/DeCryption. CopyMaster will encrypt and decrypt any type of a file. To encrypt a file or files, press Ctrl-Z at the file viewing display. A window will appear to prompt you to enter your key. The key you enter is like a password. The encryption algorithm uses the entered key as a basis for encrypting the file contents. The key may be up to 50 characters long and may contain any character you can type from the keyboard. The longer the key string, the more secure the key is. IMPORTANT! DO NOT FORGET THE KEY THAT YOU ENTER OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DECRYPT THE ENCRYPTED FILE. The key is only saved during the time the CopyMaster is running. Entry of an empty string will turn encryption/decryption off. After entering a key, ALL FILES that are copied will be encrypted. This means that the files copied to the destination directory (right window) will be encrypted and unreadable until decrypted. Encryption/decryption is turned off after each copy operation. A message will appear below the right window whenever encryption is ON. To decrypt files, change the left window directory to the directory containing the encrypted files and change the right window directory to where you wish to place the decrypted files. Press Ctrl-Z and enter the proper key. IT MUST BE THE SAME KEY AS THAT USED FOR ENCRYPTION! Tag the encrypted files and initiate the copy function. The encrypted files will be decrypted while being copied from the source (left window) directory to the destination (right window) directory. The encryption algorithm employed is a sophisticated key transposition technique that operates on the target file in 16 bit increments. No claims are made regarding the degree of security this method offers, but it would take an experienced cryptologist a good deal of time and access to many encrypted files to decipher the encryption routine. Suffice it to say that the contents of encrypted files are denied to everyone except possibly a dedicated professional cyptography expert who has access to your encrypted files. If you send encrypted files to someone else for use, be sure the recipient has a copy of this version of CopyMaster and to provide the proper key. Subsequent versions of CopyMaster will not change in regard to the encryption algorithm employed. XIII. Configuration. All current settings/toggles may be saved to disk by selecting the Config item from the main command menu. CM.EXE MUST BE IN ONE OF THREE PLACES! The CopyMaster program file must either reside in the current directory, the root directory, or as specified in the DOS environment. Use the DOS SET command to enter the following string into the environment (preferably placed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file): CMLOC=PATHNAME Where PATHNAME is the DOS path name of the directory where CM.EXE resides. For example, suppose CM.EXE is located in a directory named D:\UTIL\CM. Place the following command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to place the string in the environment each time the machine is booted: SET CMLOC=D:\UTIL\CM When attempting to save defaults to disk, CopyMaster will first look in the current directory for CM.EXE. If not found there, it will look in the root directory of the active drive. If not found there, it will look in the environment for the string mentioned above. If not found there, the defaults will not be saved. Two other default settings are available from the Config menu. CopyMaster uses 23 bytes of memory for each file record stored in memory and 65 bytes for each directory name stored. In order to conserve memory and make as much RAM available for disk copying, the maximum files and directory values may be configured and saved. The maximum value that can be entered for files is 999 and the maximum for directories is 200. If you set the default for files to a value that is less than the actual number of files in a particular directory, CopyMaster will only display up to the selected value and the remainder of the files will NOT be displayed. The same holds true for the directory maximum. ╒═════ Configuration ═════╕ │ File Limit 400 │ │ Directory Limit 50 │ │ Save to Disk │ ╘═════════════════════════╛ XIV. Function Keys. Ten CopyMaster commands may be activated without going through the main command window. Each of these is activated either by a control key combination (e.g., Ctrl-E) or a function key. Here are the control and function key assignments: ╒═════════════ Command Keys ═════════════╕ │ │ │ Key Function Ctrl Key │ │ F1 - Help (Ctrl-H) │ │ F2 - Show directories (Ctrl-S) │ │ F3 - Change active drive (Ctrl-D) │ │ F4 - Commence normal copy (Ctrl-G) │ │ F5 - Commence disk copy (Ctrl-C) │ │ F6 - Tag all files (Ctrl-T) │ │ F7 - Untag all files (Ctrl-U) │ │ F8 - Search disk for a file (Alt-S) │ │ F9 - Call LIST.COM (Ctrl-L) │ │ F0 - Call favorite EDITOR (Ctrl-E) │ │ Tab - Switch viewing windows │ │ Space bar - alternate tag/untag (+ -) │ │ Ctrl-Z - Encrypt/Decrypt files │ │ \ or / - Activate command bar menu │ │ INS - Highlight matching files │ │ <RET> - View file date/time & attr │ │ Ctrl-R - Switch Left/Right Windows │ │ Ctrl-F1 - Shell to DOS level │ │ Alt-D - Delete tagged files │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════╛ Pressing Ctrl-K when not in the command menu structure will display a window that displays these key assignments. XV. Miscellaneous. Cyclic functions like batch copying, disk copying, etc. may terminated at any time by pressing any key on the keyboard. Many of the features contained in CopyMaster are the result user input. Comments, suggestions, and even complaints are awlays welcome. Thank you very much for evaluating CopyMaster. John Newlin New-Ware