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EzLocate by JB Technology Inc. Version 3.00 Copyright (c) 1991, JB Technology Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Starting EzLocate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 EzLocate's File Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 EzLocate's Command Line Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 EzLocate's Line Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The JBT Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 -1- INTRODUCTION There are times when a file has been stored on a disk in a location other than the location you thought it would be. EzLocate will find the file. EzLocate can find files across multiple disk drives and search for multiple file masks, even looking inside ZIP and ARC files if specified, displaying matching files on your screen and print out matching file on command. -2- STARTING EZLOCATE To start EzLocate, simply type EZL at the Dos prompt or type EZL followed by the desired command line parameters (See the section ELOCATE'S COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS). When EzLocate is loaded into memory, the following input box will be displayed. +-------------------------------------------------+ | EzLocate Parameters | | | | Drives to Search: D | | File Mask: *.* | | Search within Zip files? N | | Search within Arc files? N | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ Note: EzLocate will always display the drive you are currently logged on and *.* as the default Drive List and the default Mask List. In the above example, Drive C was the drive logged on to when EzLocate was evoked. There are four (4) items to be entered. * DRIVES TO SEARCH. EzLocate can search all valid drives on your PC. To enter multiple drives, type the letter of each drive separated by a comma. If you want all the drives to be searched, enter ALL. (See the EZLOCATE'S LINE EDITOR or editing keys used when entering the drives to search). Examples: Drives to Search: D,C Drives to Search: ALL Drives to Search: A,C,E -3- * FILE MASK. EzLocate will search the drives specified as described above, by the file mask(s) specified. To enter multiple file masks, type each file mask separated by a comma. A file mask is any DOS file mask. (See the EZLOCATE'S LINE EDITOR or editing keys used when entering the files mask(s)). Examples: Files Mask: *.BAK Files Mask: *.DOC, *.CHK, SM??.* Files Mask: A*.*, AUTO*.B?? * SEARCH WITHIN ZIP FILES. If this option is entered "Y", then EzLocate will look for matching files that are stored inside a ZIP file. * SEARCH WITHIN ARC FILES. If this option is entered "Y", then EzLocate will look for matching files that are stored inside a ARC file. Once the above items has been entered, EzLocate will begin searching the drive(s) for matching files. -4- EZLOCATE'S FILE SCREEN As EzLocate searches for matching files, the following screen will be displayed. +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | File Name Location Date Time Size | |GLX0.TMP D:\ 05/03/91 15:41.46 0 | |GLX1.TMP D:\ 05/03/91 15:41.46 2226 | |GLX2.TMP D:\ 05/03/91 15:41.46 88976 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Drives Scanned: D Matching Files: 15 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ P-Print Page Any Other Key-Continue Esc-Exit EzLocate EzLocate allows fifteen (15) files to be displayed per screen. After each screen is full, EzLocate will wait for a key to be pressed. If the key pressed is the letter P, EzLocate will print files displayed on the screen to the printer connected to LPT1. If the key pressed is ESC, EzLocate will terminate. Any other key will allow EzLocate to continue. Once EzLocate has finished scanning the drive(s) specified in the Drive List for the files specified in the Mask List, EzLocate will flash "Locate Completed" between the messages "Drives Scanned: " and "Files Located: ". Depressing the letter P will print the files displayed on the screen then EzLocate will terminate. Depressing any other key will immediately terminate EzLocate. -5- EZLOCATE'S COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS Command line parameters are information that can be passed to a program when that program is initially loaded into memory. The following are the command line parameters that can be used with EzLocate. Parameter Description /D=<Drive List> This command line parameter is used to specify the drives which EzLocate will search for the specified files. The Drive List consists of the drive letters separated by commas, or the word ALL if all the drives are to be scanned. Example: C:>EZL /D=C,D Example: C:>EZL /D=ALL /M=<Mask List> This command line parameter is used to specify the file masks which EzLocate will locate. The Mask List consists of file masks Example: C:>EZL /M=*.BAK,*.CHK Example: C:>EZL /M=A*.*,SMITH.* /Z This command line parameter is used to specify that ZIP files are to be searched for matching files. /A This command line parameter is used to specify that ARC files are to be searched for matching files. /N:<Number> This command line parameter is used to tell EzLocate to quit after finding N number of matches. Example: C:>EZL /N:5 -6- Parameter Description /ZA This command line parameter is used to tell EzLocate to look ONLY inside ZIP and ARC files for matching files. /GO This command line parameter is used to tell EzLocate to skip the input screen and begin locating matching files. The following are some examples of using command line parameters. EXAMPLE: You want to locate all files beginning with the letter A on drives C and D. C:>EZL /D=C,D /M=A*.* /GO EXAMPLE: You want to find all README files on all the drives, looking in ZIP and ARC files. C:>EZL /D=ALL /M=README*.* /Z /A /GO EXAMPLE: You want to find the first seven .TXT files on drive c that are located in archived files. C:>EZL /D=C /M=*.TXT /ZA /N:7 /GO -7- EZLOCATE'S LINE EDITOR The EzLocate Line Editor has many features which allow flexibility when entering the information. The editing commands are: Key Description <Enter> Accept Line Esc Quit without changing line Left Arrow Cursor left one character Right Arrow Cursor right one character Ctrl Left Arrow Cursor left one word Ctrl Right Arrow Cursor right one word Home Cursor to beginning of line End Cursor to end of line Del Delete character under cursor Backspace Delete character left of cursor Ctrl End Delete to end of line Ctrl Y Delete entire line Ctrl Home Delete from beginning of line Ctrl T Delete word to right of cursor Ins Toggle insert mode Ctrl R Restore original contents of line When entering a string, if the first key you depress is any letter, or number the default string will disappear. If you wish to use part of the default string the first character must be one of the keys listed above. -8- 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. Unfortunately, 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. -9- Tagging Files: Multiple files can be "tagged". Besides tagging individual 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 access bulletin 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 within 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 executable 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 displayed 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. -10- 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, suspend 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 drives 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. -11- 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 The JB Tools computer software has been delivered and accepted by the customer. Upon receipt of paid invoice, a current disk will be sent.