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M.D.M
Version 1.3
Copyright 1988 by Brent Barrett
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Title Page
I What is MDM?................................................1
II Getting started: Executing MDM..............................2
III Moving around your system: Files and directories............4
IV Doing things: Single file operations........................5
V Doing things faster: Multiple file operations...............6
VI Making and removing directories.............................7
VII Special tricks: The "extra" commands........................8
VIII Special notes: Strange things about MDM.....................10
MDM Version 1.3 Operations Manual__________________________________Page 1
Section I: WHAT IS MDM?
MDM is a front-end for DOS. With MDM, you can move about your
system drives and directories, execute programs, rename, copy or
delete files without ever seeing a DOS prompt. But if every now
and then you find the need to execute commands from the DOS prompt,
well, you can do that too.
MDM sprang from a desire to have available a high-quality DOS
front-end program without the large price tag usually associated
with such programs. I wrote MDM to suit my needs, and I think
you'll find it to your liking as well. If you find anything
lacking, I'd really like to hear from you. You can contact me
three ways:
GEnie:
Address B.K.BARRETT
My BBS:
ATKeep
916 726 4989
300/1200/2400 bps
8-N-1
By Mail:
Brent Barrett
P.O. Box 2987
Citrus Heights, CA 95611-2987
MDM requires about 90k free to run, and will occupy 96k if you
drop into a DOS shell.
As it turns out, I'm a computer science student in this area, and
try to do some programming on the side for school expenses. I won't beat
around the bush, though: If you find this program useful, a contribution
to help me cover my schooling expenses would be greatly appreciated.
Any amount ($10-$20 being the norm) can be sent to me at the above P.O.
Box address.
MDM can be freely distributed by any legal means as long as it is
left in its unmodified form and all files included in this ARChive
are kept as they were.
Acknowledgments:
I'd like to thank Charles Meadows for his beta-testing and ideas.
MDM Version 1.3 Operations Manual__________________________________Page 2
Section II: GETTING STARTED: EXECUTING MDM
Getting MDM running is rather simple. From the DOS prompt (or in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file), type:
mdm<ENTER>
MDM can also be called with certain options specified on the command
line. Following is a list of options and their meaning:
/S Sort files by name (the default)
/N Do not sort files
/D<pathname> Start MDM at specified <pathname>
/E<filename> Start MDM and execute <filename> as shell
/C Start MDM and then drop to a DOS shell
/M<filemask> Start MDM with specified <filemask>
/O Do not load READ ONLY or HIDDEN or SYSTEM files
/? or /H A listing of these command switches
NOTE: The "-" switch can be substituted for the "/" switch. More
than one option may be used at a time, i.e. C>mdm /N /O /M*.EXE is a
valid call to MDM.
You will see a small window appear in the center of your screen
identifying MDM and informing you that MDM is reading the current
directory information. This box will be shown every time MDM has to
"re-load" the directory information (usually only when changing drives
or directories).
MDM Version 1.3 Operations Manual__________________________________Page 3
The main screen will then appear:
MDM 1.1 Copyright 1988 by Brent Barrett Aug 04, 1988 4:55
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
C:\LANG\TC\MDM\*.* rhsDa 00000000
┌───────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│▓..▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓<DIR>▓ │ MDM.EXE 42396 │ MDM10.DOC 12354 │
│ MDM10.ARC 32756 │ │ │
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│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
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└───────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Tag Untag Copy Delete Erase Rename List View Path Makedir Killdir
Pressing F1 will deliver a condensed run-down of all MDM command
keystrokes.
The top line, as well as being the title line, contains an updated
current "date/time" clock.
The next line contains three handy bits of information. First off
is the current pathname, including drive, directories and file mask.
Next you'll see something which consists of five letters, of mixed case:
rhsda
The "r" indicates the current (or "indexed") file's READ/WRITE status.
If the "r" is lower case, the file is R/W. If the "R" is upper case, the
file is READ ONLY.
The "h" inidcates the indexed file's HIDDEN status. If the "h" is lower
case, the file is not hidden. If the "H" is upper case, the file is
hidden.
The "s" indicates the indexed files SYSTEM status. If the "s" is lower
case, the file is a normal, non-system file. If the "S" is upper case,
the file is a SYSTEM file.
The "d" displays lower case on files and upper case on directories.
Finally, the "a" is the archive bit status. On non-archived (non-
backed-up) files, the "A" will be upper case. It will be lower case on
files whose archive bit has been set by a back-up program.
Also on the second line is a group of eight zeros (00000000). This
is the running "bytes in marked files" total. You'll learn more about
marked files in section IV.
MDM Version 1.3 Operations Manual__________________________________Page 4
Section III: MOVING AROUND YOUR SYSTEM: FILES AND DIRECTORIES
The cursor keypad will allow you to move the "highlight" bar from file
to file in the current directory. The arrow keys move one position in
their respective direction, scrolling around to another line when
boundaries are met. If there are more than 42 files in your current
directory, PGDN and PGUP can be used to toggle to different sets of
files. Finally, the HOME key will always take you to the first file
in your directory (which is the "mother" directory in all sub-directories
and some other valid entry in the root).
If you wish to move to a directory off of the current one, simply
move the cursor bar to highlight the directory and press the ENTER key.
This also works on the "mother" directory entry (indicated by ".." in
MDM). If you want to move quickly to another drive or directory
branch, then pressing the [P] key will prompt you for a new pathname.
You may include drive and/or directory path here, but not a file mask.