Collection of Tools & Utilities/Collection of Tools and Utilities.iso/batchut/spoon1a.zip/READ.ME

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Spoon Path is a memory resident program that allows your other
programs to be executed when they are not in the current directory.

Spoon Path runs on all computers compatible with the standard set by
IBM (International Business Machines).  It runs with DOS 2.0 - 3.3.
It has not yet been tested with 3.4.

This makes Spoon Path similar to DOS PATH.  However, Spoon Path allows
your other programs to find their overlay files and DOS PATH does not.
Spoon Path has a menu driven on-line documentation.  DOS PATH does not.

This second feature makes Spoon Path similar to DOS APPEND.  However,
Spoon Path is CHEAPER than either DOS 3.3 and 3.4 which you must have
to use DOS APPEND.  Moreover, used with DOS 2.0 - 3.2, Spoon Path
takes LESS MEMORY than DOS 3.3 or 3.4.  Also, you don't have to
increase your environment to handle longer paths.

An advantage of Spoon Path is that it allows you to use your fixed
disc's directory system as it was meant to be used -- in a way that
groups your data files by context.  Data directories tend to be
smaller which means you can find things more quickly and you can
often single data directories up to single diskettes.

To use Spoon Path you need a word processor or an editor and a
knowledge of DOS's hierarchical directories.  Spoon Path's menu
driven setup will show you the rest.  Just execute SPNPTH.EXE.  Each
time you set up Spoon Path with its menu system, it tells you how to
do the same thing with parameters.  This is a painless way to learn
how to set up or alter Spoon Path in your batch files.

Spoon Path is a shareware product created and copyrighted by Spoon
Software, Inc.  Spoon Path requires a license fee of $20 per user
after you have tested its suitability for your needs.

This readme file is included with Version a of Spoon Path released
in October of 1988.