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File : GETFILE
Date : 21-Feb-97
Author : © A.Thoukydides, 1995, 1996, 1997
Description : Description of the PC GETFILE command that is part of the ARMEdit
suite.
INTRODUCTION
The "GETFILE" command is a replacement for the command of the same name that
was supplied with Acorn's software PC emulator. It allows RISC OS files to be
transferred to DOS. To use this command it is necessary to load the ARMEdit
module before starting the PC front-end.
USAGE
The syntax is:
GETFILE [/?] [/M] [/P] [/S] <RISC OS file> [<DOS file>]
where
/? - Displays some help text.
/M - Enable multitasking during copying.
/P - Prompts before copying each file.
/S - Copy subdirectories.
<RISC OS file> - Wildcarded source RISC OS file specification to copy.
<DOS file> - The destination DOS path.
The source path may include standard RISC OS wildcards, i.e. "#" to match a
single character or "*" for multiple characters. Files are matched using the
same rules as used by RISC OS commands.
If no destination filename is specified then the source filename is used with
various character transformations performed.
THINGS TO DO
The following are changes that may be made to the GETFILE command sometime in
the future.
None at the moment!
VERSION HISTORY
0.00 (12-Nov-95) Original development version.
0.01 (14-Nov-95) Added version number and copyright message.
0.02 (17-Nov-95) Uses correct HPC service identifier.
Changed to a .COM file to make it smaller.
Made error checking more comprehensive and added help text.
0.04 (16-Dec-95) Uses real HPC.
0.05 (17-Dec-95) Improved filename translation.
1.00 (12-Jan-96) First official release version.
1.01 (11-Mar-96) Version number updated to match the module.
1.02 (06-Aug-96) Date and time stamps are preserved on copied files.
Support for Acorn's software PC emulator included.
1.03 (21-Feb-97) Speeded up transfer when multitasking.
Included support for wildcards and recursion.