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Bill's Utils -- Cup of Fungus Software (c) 1993
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Bill's Utils is a collection of some of the utilites I have written
over the last few years to help ease some of the shortcomings of DOS. Even
with the recent release of the mighty (not!) MS-DOS 6.2, I still find myself
using these utilities a lot (since DOS includes few of their functions.)
So I hope that some of you can use them too. So here's a list of what is
included:
PUSHPOP.ZIP -- A pair of programs that PUSH and POP paths to and from a
stack. Do a PUSH, go to another directory (and/or drive),
do what you want, and POP returns you to your old location.
DIRSPACE.ZIP -- A program that tells you how many bytes a directory and all
its subdirectories are using on your disk.
TFORM.ZIP -- A text formatting utility that searches and replaces char-
acters based on their ASCII values. Includes batch files
to convert DOS text files to/from UNIX text files.
BIG.ZIP -- A program that changes the standard DOS underscore cursor
to a block cursor and vice versa. This is useful for laptop
screens and windowed DOS boxes.
WINSKIP.ZIP -- A utility to be run in your autoexec.bat file that lets you
boot into windows by default but will skip it if a key is
pressed.
XFIND.ZIP -- A utility that searches the entire current drive for a file
or directory. It supports standard DOS wildcards (* and ?).
Detailed explanations and instructions are included for each utility
in their respective zip files. Also SOURCE IS INCLUDED FOR ALL PROGRAMS.
All the source code is C/C++ written for Turbo C++ v.3.0. I don't know
how portable the code is to Microsoft C compilers. I do know that most
all the programs use DOS specific features and so will be difficult to
port to other operating systems (with the possible exception of OS/2 using
Borland C++ for OS/2).
The code is included for education purposes only. You can pick it
apart, and learn from it all you want. You can even use it in test programs
that you will not be distributing. But you cannot use it in whole or in
part in any program that you will be distributing (for fun or profit),
without permission in writing from me. That's just legal and fair. But
don't be intimidated; if you ask me, I'll almost certainly give permission.
My shareware policy is very cool: pay me what you think it is worth.
If you use only one or two of the utilities very rarely, pay me some small
amount. If you use all the utilities on a daily basis, pay me fairly.
Some suggested amounts to pay for each utility (assuming you use it a few
times per week):
PUSH.EXE + POP.EXE: $2
DIRSPACE.EXE: $2
TFORM.EXE: $2
BIG.EXE: $1
WINSKIP.EXE: $1
XFIND.EXE $2
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All the above: $10
Remember those are just suggested amounts. My policy is that you send
what it is worth TO YOU. If you keep the utilites on multiple machines
(say a laptop and a desktop), and there is no chance that they will ever be
used simultaneously on different machines, you only need to buy one license.
If you don't think that any part of this is fair, contact me and we can work
something out. Fair enough.
In addition to money I welcome all comments, suggestions, job offers,
gifts, praise, and gratitude. Flames I will take on an occasional basis,
but only if they're really funny. :-) I don't take credit cards. I prefer
cash if you want to mail it, but I will take checks drawn on a US bank.
I also like (pretty) foreign currency (especially French cash) if you want
to mail that. :-) To contact me by standard mail or e-mail write to:
Bill Menees
4086 Turner Road
Rives, TN 38253 USA
e-mail: <menees@utkvx.utk.edu> or <wmenees@math.utk.edu>
Please DO redistriute Bill's Utils as widely as possible in its original
unaltered form. Make sure this file (BILLUTIL.TXT) and all the above zip
files are included unmodified in your distribution. You can charge a small
fee for this to cover your expenses, but it should be no more than $5.
Thanks in advance for your support and cooperation!
Standard Disclaimer: This software is provided AS IS without warranty
of any kind, either expressed or implied. The entire risk as to the quality
and performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove defec-
tive, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction.
In no event shall the author, copyright holder, or any other party who may
redistribute the software be liable to you for damages, including any general,
special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or
inability to use the program (including, but not limited to, loss of data,
data being rendered inaccurate, loss of business profits, loss of business
information, business interruptions, loss sustained by you or third parties,
or a failure of the program to operate with any other programs), even if the
author, copyright holder, or other party has been advised of the possibility
of such damages.