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Version 3.41
by
Roland Skinner
Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
RJS Software
T_A_B_L_E _O_F_ _C_O_N_T_E_N_T_S_
1. INTRODUCTION............................................2
1.1 What is QUIKCOPY?..................................3
1.2 What's New in QUIKCOPY?............................4
1.3 How to Use This Manual.............................6
2. REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION...........................8
2.1 Environment Settings...............................8
2.1.1 RJSTEMP, TEMP and TMP Settings...............8
2.1.2 COPYCMD Setting.............................10
3. FILE COPYING...........................................11
3.1 QUIKCOPY with No Parameters.......................11
3.2 File Copying Parameters...........................11
3.2.1 Copy Subdirectories.........................12
3.2.2 Moving Files................................14
3.2.3 Copy All Files..............................15
3.2.4 Prompt Before Copying.......................16
3.2.5 Overwrite Checking..........................17
3.2.6 Slowing Down QUIKCOPY.......................17
3.2.7 Maximal Diskette Filling....................18
3.2.7.1 Wipe Diskettes........................18
3.2.7.2 Split Large Files into Cut-Files......19
3.2.7.3 QC_PASTE..............................20
3.2.7.4 Maximal Diskette Filling and
Subdirectories........................21
3.2.8 Copy Batch of Diskettes.....................22
3.2.9 Ignoring Cut-Files..........................22
3.3 Shelling to DOS...................................22
3.4 Cancelling Copy Process...........................23
4. DISKETTE COPYING.......................................24
4.1 BIOS vs Direct Access Copying......................24
4.2 Copy Multiple Diskettes............................25
4.3 Batch Copying of Diskette..........................26
4.4 Force Destination Formatting.......................26
4.5 Verifying Diskette Data............................26
4.6 Use of Disk Memory During Copying..................27
4.7 Ignore Copying Errors..............................27
4.8 Cancelling Copy Process............................28
5. TRULY WILD WILD-CARDS..................................29
5.1 Truly Wild Wild-Cards Explained....................29
5.2 Excluding Files....................................31
5.3 Multiple Source Files..............................32
5.4 Extended Parent Subdirectory Names.................33
6. QUIKCOPY PARAMETER LISTING.............................34
7. TIPS AND PROBLEM SHOOTING..............................37
8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................40
9. REGISTRATION AND CORRESPONDENCE........................41
9.1 QUIKCOPY is Shareware..............................41
9.2 DISCLAIMER.........................................41
9.3 Contacting RJS Software and the Author.............42
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1_._ _I_N_T_R_O_D_U_C_T_I_O_N_
Thank you for using QUIKCOPY.
This is the twenty-first official public release of
QUIKCOPY. It has come a long way since its initial
public release in late 1992.
QUIKCOPY started off in the late 1980s as a personal
tool to recover files from both damaged diskettes and
diskettes that were in bad shape. Back then, it was
used on an XT, and did a remarkably good job of copying
files that DOS was unable to. In early 1992, it was
decided to rewrite QUIKCOPY, and take advantage of the
features of the Intel 80386 and i486 architectures.
QUIKCOPY made use of extended and expanded memory, via
the XMS and EMS specifications, and it soon became
apparent that it copied one's files more quickly than
DOS's utilities.
It was then that friends saw this little utility.
Giving out copies of what was then v1.00 and v1.01, I
soon got feedback that QUIKCOPY was a worthwhile and
heavily used utility. It was then realised that many
other users - not only a circle of friends - could
benefit from its use. A much revamped v2.00 of QUIKCOPY
was written, and this was released to the world of
bulletin boards. Users from all over started asking for
new features, multitasker-support and supplying the
all-important bug-reports. Within a year, over fifteen
releases of QUIKCOPY were released, and QUIKCOPY had
progressed from a personal system aid to a "serious"
utility.
This release, v3.41, corrects certain bugs that existed
in v3.40 of QUIKCOPY. The previous release was the
result of a six month break from the regular new-release
pattern that QUIKCOPY users became accustomed to.
During this period, many new features were recommended
by users, with each and every one being noted. Not all
recommendations have been included in this version of
QUIKCOPY; a twelve month break would have been required
for that. QUIKCOPY is now into its third year as a
public utility, and versions v3.4x are the culmination
of many hours of work, and it is hoped that you, the
user, will appreciate the features.
Currently, QUIKCOPY performs both file and diskette
copying. In file copying "mode", QUIKCOPY can copy or
move files, include subdirectories, copy any files,
maximally fill diskettes, split large files across
multiple diskettes and rejoin them later. In diskette
copying mode, diskettes may be copied in a single pass,
to diskette image-files and vice-versa, with diskette
access either being direct or through BIOS. These are
but a few of QUIKCOPY's capabilities; rest-assured,
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there is a feature in QUIKCOPY that you'll find useful.
1_._1_ _W_h_a_t_ _i_s_ _Q_U_I_K_C_O_P_Y_?_
QUIKCOPY is a quick file and diskette copier, with
numerous features. It is a utility which copies one or
more files, from one or more subdirectories on one or
more drives, to another drive and/or subdirectory.
Also, one or more diskettes may be copied to one or more
other diskettes, utilizing diskette image-files if
necessary.
QUIKCOPY will not give up on read-errors, and will
attempt to read a damaged file/diskette until it
succeeds. No more "Abort, Ignore, Retry, Fail" messages.
When copying diskettes, one may specify that QUIKCOPY
automatically ignore errors after a number of failures.
QUIKCOPY utilizes all available memory in a system -
conventional, EMS and XMS are supported - and uses
memory extensively to improve copy-performance. When
copying diskettes, QUIKCOPY may even utilize hard-disk
or ram-disk space to aid in the copying process.
When copying files, one has the ability to move those
files instead. Also, files may be specified from a
number of sources, as well as be excluded from a general
list of files. QUIKCOPY is one of the only utilities
that allows one to lock the destination directory. This
is useful when you want to copy or move all files of a
certain type, e.g. "*.BAK", to a specific directory
from where they can be used, deleted, etc.
QUIKCOPY allows one to copy or move the contents of one
or more subdirectories to a number of diskettes, in such
a way as to maximally fill them. Note that as of v3.40,
subdirectories within subdirectories are supported.
During this process, one may optionally split large
files - too big to fit on a single diskette - across
multiple diskettes. The reverse process is also
possible; files may be copied or moved from a number of
diskettes.
Overwrite checking is supported. If you're prone to
overwriting important files, this may prove useful.
Similarly, one may specify that QUIKCOPY prompt the user
before each file, as to whether or not that file should
be copied.
During file copying, a greatly improved and extended
wild-card system is supported. This system is backward
compatible with that of DOS, and is a superset of that
provided by 4DOS and NDOS.
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When copying diskettes, QUIKCOPY allows one to copy a
single diskette to more than one diskette, without
having to re-read the source diskette each time.
QUIKCOPY allows access to the diskette drives through
two methods: through BIOS and through direct access to
the drives. The latter method is somewhat faster, but
requires fully compatible systems. Diskette image-files
- files that essentially contain the entire contents of
a diskette - are supported (both as source and target
"diskettes").
An important feature of QUIKCOPY is that it can copy
just about any diskette format. QUIKCOPY does not
however try to copy diskettes that use special
copy-protection formats.
QUIKCOPY has built-in support for various multitaskers,
especially DESQview and Microsoft Windows. It regularly
releases time-slices during its execution.
QUIKCOPY supports a couple of disk-caches. QUIKCOPY
currently support SMARTDRIVE (v4.00+), PC-CACHE (v8.0+)
and HYPERDISK. Disk-caches compatible with these caches
will also be supported.
1_._2_ _W_h_a_t_'_s_ _N_e_w_ _i_n_ _Q_U_I_K_C_O_P_Y_?_
Version 3.40 introduced many new features into QUIKCOPY.
Most improvements were made to the file copying
component of QUIKCOPY. The following is an outline of
these new features, along with a brief description of
each:
* Performance of copying and moving of files has been
greatly improved since the last version. Speed
gains of as much as 300% can be gained, especially
on systems that do not run disk-caches. A related
topic, QUIKCOPY now chooses to use XMS memory
before EMS memory.
* Diskette copying has also seen improvements in
speed. As well as improving the speed of diskette
copying, a new approach to copying has been
included. Now, QUIKCOPY will, by default, directly
access the diskette drives of a system. This,
however, does require that the system is 100%
compatible with IBM's PC series. One can, if the
need arises, specify that QUIKCOPY revert to going
through BIOS while copying diskettes.
* Maximal diskette filling has seen many
improvements. The general diskette filling
algorithm has been improved and is somewhat faster.
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* Subdirectories are now supported when maximally
filling diskettes. Subdirectories within
subdirectories can now be copied onto diskettes,
and QUIKCOPY will create the necessary directory
paths.
* QUIKCOPY will now split large files, too big to fit
on a single diskette, across multiple diskettes.
File splitting is optional, and has to be enabled
in order to utilize this feature. Optionally,
QUIKCOPY can copy a small program, QC_PASTE.EXE,
onto the diskette that contains the first
"cut-file" (see later) of the files that make up
the original file. This program is capable of
rejoining the cut-files together again. QUIKCOPY
is capable of joining these files together, by
default. (This may be disabled.)
* When filling diskettes, one may specify that each
diskette inserted to be filled, may be erased
before the filling process begins.
* QUIKCOPY now performs the reciprocal function of
diskette filling. It can copy the contents of a
number of diskettes.
* During diskette filling, while joining cut-files or
copying from multiple diskettes, when QUIKCOPY
prompts for the next disk, one may temporarily
shell to DOS.
* Prompting before copying or moving each file has
now been added. QUIKCOPY will prompt the user
before each file, after which a simple "yes" or
"no" answer is required.
* QUIKCOPY now performs overwrite checking. If
enabled and a file being copied already exists on
the destination, then the user will be prompted
whether or not to overwrite the file. By default,
overwrite checking is disabled; this provides
backward compatibility with previous versions of
QUIKCOPY. In keeping with DOS 6.20 conventions,
QUIKCOPY supports the "COPYCMD" environment
setting.
* A far more improved wild-card system has been
incorporated into QUIKCOPY. QUIKCOPY has "truly
wild wild-cards". This wild-card system is
backward compatible with that of DOS, and is a
super-set of that provided with 4DOS and NDOS.
File-exclusions are supported, and multiple source
parameters may be specified.
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* The command-line parser has been improved. No
longer are spaces required between options passed
to QUIKCOPY (except, of course, between source and
destination parameters).
* Beeps and bells have been added during diskette
copying and while filling diskettes.
* Numerous problems inherent in previous versions of
QUIKCOPY have been removed. Also, screen output has
been tuned to produce less flicker - especially
under multitasking environments, such as in a
Windows DOS-box - and screen output is also
somewhat faster. Extra long filename paths will no
longer make QUIKCOPY's output look quite unsightly.
* QUIKCOPY's diskette-filling and multiple diskette
batch-copying facilities may be used to perform
BACKUP and RESTORE functions.
* Finally, as users familiar with QUIKCOPY have
probably noticed, the documentation has been
totally rewritten.
This release, v3.41, corrects a number of bugs that
remained or were introduced in v3.40. Also, high-quality
documentation has been added to QUIKCOPY; this is
available separately. (See the file README.TXT for more
information.)
1_._3_ _H_o_w_ _t_o_ _U_s_e_ _T_h_i_s_ _M_a_n_u_a_l_
This manual is broken up into a number of sections.
Section 1, this section, gives a brief introduction to
QUIKCOPY and outlines its various capabilities. A list
of new features in the current release is also given.
Section 2 is a short section describing the requirements
of QUIKCOPY, and gives a few recommendations on how it
should be installed.
Section 3 is a rather lengthy section. It describes the
various file copying features, and how they can (and at
times, should not) be used. Various examples are
included.
Section 4 describes the disk copying features of
QUIKCOPY.
Section 5 gives a detailed description on how the
wild-card system works. Many examples are included to
clarify its various benefits.
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Section 6 contains a listing, in alphabetical order, of
the various options available with QUIKCOPY.
Section 7 contains a short section on common problem
shooting questions, and how to eliminate them.
Section 8 acknowledges other software/hardware mentioned
in this documentation.
Finally, Section 9 contains information on how to
register QUIKCOPY, contact the author or RJS Software,
and other related information.
At times, the left margin of this documentation contains
"NB". This indicates that an important warning, related
to some aspect of QUIKCOPY is given in the text
alongside.
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2_._ _R_E_Q_U_I_R_E_M_E_N_T_S_ _A_N_D_ _I_N_S_T_A_L_L_A_T_I_O_N_
QUIKCOPY will work on any PC containing one of the Intel
80x86 family of processors (or compatibles), ranging
from a bare-boned XT to a power-house Pentium.
A realistic minimum amount of memory for QUIKCOPY is
256K, however 640K is recommended. The more memory
available in the system, the more beneficial QUIKCOPY
will be. QUIKCOPY will access additional memory via the
XMS and EMS memory specifications.
The system must be running DOS 3.20 or higher. QUIKCOPY
has been tested with DR DOS 6.0, and was found to work
successfully.
If an EMS memory manager is operational in the system,
it must support the EMS v4.00 (or above) specification.
It is recommended that QUIKCOPY be installed in a
directory that is included in your computer's PATH
setting. Alternatively, one may set one or more aliases
to QUIKCOPY and/or its various options. (Some users set
an alias "DISKCOPY" for "QUIKCOPY /D".)
2_._1_ _E_n_v_i_r_o_n_m_e_n_t_ _S_e_t_t_i_n_g_s_
A number of environment settings may be used to improve
the execution of QUIKCOPY, or eliminate problems that
may arise while executing QUIKCOPY.
2_._1_._1_ _R_J_S_T_E_M_P_,_ _T_E_M_P_ _a_n_d_ _T_M_P_ _S_e_t_t_i_n_g_s_
Probably the most important environment setting used
during QUIKCOPY's execution is that specified in either
of the "RJSTEMP", "TEMP" or "TMP" environment settings.
All temporary files are created and stored in the
directory specified by one of these settings.
QUIKCOPY will first try to use the directory specified
by the "RJSTEMP" environment variable. If that fails,
the directory pointed to by "TEMP" will be used.
Otherwise, the directory pointed to by "TMP" will be
used. If neither of these three environment variables
exist in the environment, then QUIKCOPY will try to
create these temporary files in the current directory.
It is recommended that you do add one of these settings
to your environment. Often, these environment variables
are already present in one's environment block, and no
modifications need to be made. For example, Windows and
many other programs create such an environment setting,
by default, during their installation. Check whether
your system includes such a setting in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. If one exists, you need not worry about it anymore
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(unless of course QUIKCOPY complains).
To install one of these environment variables, simply
add a line similar to the following in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file:
SET RJSTEMP=C:\TEMP
In this case, the "RJSTEMP" environment variable is set
in the AUTOEXEC.BAT. The temporary directory is
"C:\TEMP". Note that there is no need to add a trailing
backslash ("\"). In general these environment variables
are set as follows:
SET RJSTEMP=d:path
or
SET TEMP=d:path
or
SET TMP=d:path
where "d:path" is the drive and directory path of the
temporary directory.
It is recommended that you do not set one of the
temporary directory environment variables to refer to a
diskette drive, or other form of removable medium.
Also, if it can be avoided, try not to use a remote
drive (for example, in a networked environment). If you
have sufficient memory, and a large enough ram-drive,
the temporary directory may be set to that ram-drive.
Here, sufficient memory is somewhere in the range of
1.5M to 2M of free space (enough to store a diskette
image).
Be sure that the temporary directory specified in either
of these environment variables exists.
One use of a temporary file is during diskette copying.
If there is insufficient memory to store the entire
contents of a diskette, QUIKCOPY will try to store the
remaining contents of the diskette in a temporary data
file.
NB One important reason to install one of these temporary
variables in your environment is that QUIKCOPY
includes a file manager that allows it to
effectively open more files than allowable by the
system on which it is running. It creates a
temporary file as a sort of insurance policy
against it ever being unable to open/create a
file. If QUIKCOPY is unable to create such a
temporary file, it will unceremoniously halt
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displaying the error-message:
ERROR - Could not install file manager!
This error commonly arises when there is no such
temporary variable in the environment, and the current
directory belongs to a read-only drive, e.g. CD-rom,
write-protected diskette or read-only access network
drive. Another cause of this problem is if the directory
path specified in the particular environment variable
does not exist.
2_._1_._2_ _C_O_P_Y_C_M_D_ _S_e_t_t_i_n_g_
The "COPYCMD" environment variable is used to set one's
overwrite action preferences, when copying or moving
files. This variable was introduced with DOS 6.20, and
QUIKCOPY follows its specification.
There are two settings for this variable:
* /Y - Always overwrite file, if it already exists
on the destination.
* /-Y - If a file already exists on the destination,
prompt user whether or not file may be
overwritten.
To set this environment variable, simply add the lines:
SET COPYCMD=/Y
or
SET COPYCMD=/-Y
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Because QUIKCOPY overwrites
files by default, it is not necessary to include "/Y"
setting. However, if using DOS 6.20, you may already
have it set for use with DOS's file copying and moving
commands.
For more information about various overwrite options,
see Section 3.2.5.
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3_._ _F_I_L_E_ _C_O_P_Y_I_N_G_
QUIKCOPY contains a number of file copying options and
features. By default, QUIKCOPY goes into file copying
mode.
3_._1_ _Q_U_I_K_C_O_P_Y_ _w_i_t_h_ _N_o_ _P_a_r_a_m_e_t_e_r_s_
If no parameters are given, a short description of the
various command-line parameters is given. It looks
something like the following:
QUIKCOPY [[d:][path]source [[d:][path]destination]
[[</S | /E> [/L]] [/F [/C [/IP]] [/W]]
[/B] [/M] [/A] [/NJ] [/P<Y|N>]]
[/DELAY[:ms]] [</O[<Y|N>[A]] | /Y | /-Y>]
] |
[/D [/BIOS] [/M<+|->] [/B] [/F]
[/V<F|W|A|N>] [/N] [/I[:num]]
]
] | [/HELP | /?]
This is essentially a summary of all command-line
parameters available. Options in square brackets, such
as "[/L]", are optional. Options between "<" and ">",
such as "<+|->" in "/M<+|->", are required. Any two or
more options separated by a vertical bar ("|") require
that one of the options be used. For example, with
"</S | /E>", either "/S" or "/E" may be used (never
both). These "rules" may be applied recursively,
as indicated in the parameter summary above.
3_._2_ _F_i_l_e_ _C_o_p_y_i_n_g_ _P_a_r_a_m_e_t_e_r_s_
If any of the first group of parameters, as shown in the
summary above exist, then QUIKCOPY will copy (or move) a
number of files. In all cases, the source-parameter must
be included. The source parameter may be any combination
of source specifications allowed by the wild-card system
(see Section 5). If a source parameter is not
specified, QUIKCOPY will terminate displaying an
appropriate error.
Optionally, one may specify a destination to which files
are to be copied. If no destination is specified, then
QUIKCOPY will assume that the current directory is the
destination for any files to be copied or moved.
NB The destination parameter does not follow the wild-card
convention described in Section 5. Standard DOS
wild-cards are, however, allowed. QUIKCOPY will insert
any necessary characters where wild-card characters, "*"
or "?", appear in the destination parameter. Note that
if no character can be substituted for a particular
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wild-card character, QUIKCOPY will replace that
character with an underscore ("_").
All other file copying parameters may be added
optionally. The following subsections describe the use
of these parameters.
3_._2_._1_ _C_o_p_y_ _S_u_b_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_i_e_s_
QUIKCOPY offers three command-line parameters, that are
related to copying subdirectories and their files.
Specifying either "/S" or "/E" will indicate that
QUIKCOPY should copy (or move) files included in the
subdirectories within the source subdirectory (or
subdirectories). If either of the two parameters ("/S"
or "/E") is used, the other parameter cannot be used.
Specifying "/S" on the command-line indicates that
QUIKCOPY should copy subdirectories, but only those that
contain files to be copied (or moved). "/E" on the other
hand, specifies that QUIKCOPY must copy all
subdirectories, regardless of whether or not there are
any files in these subdirectories to be copied.
For example, suppose you have the following directory
structure:
C:\MYFILES
│
├──DOCUMENT
│ │
│ ├──TXTFILES
│ │ file0001.txt
│ │ file0002.txt
│ │ file0001.tex
│ ├──DOCFILES
│ │ file0001.doc
│ │ file0002.doc
│ └──BAKFILES
└──EXEFILES
file0001.exe
file0002.exe
and execute the following command:
QUIKCOPY C:\MYFILES /S
Suppose that the destination (the current directory in
this case) is "D:\HISFILES". Suppose also that the
destination was empty. After copying, the destination
will have the following structure:
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D:\HISFILES
│
├──DOCUMENT
│ │
│ ├──TXTFILES
│ │ file0001.txt
│ │ file0002.txt
│ │ file0001.tex
│ └──DOCFILES
│ file0001.doc
│ file0002.doc
└──EXEFILES
file0001.exe
file0002.exe
Notice that the empty subdirectory
"C:\MYFILES\DOCUMENT\BAKFILES" was not copied.
Now, suppose we had typed:
QUIKCOPY C:\MYFILES D:\HERFILES /E
Again, suppose that the destination was empty. After
copying, the destination will have the following
structure:
D:\HERFILES
│
├──DOCUMENT
│ │
│ ├──TXTFILES
│ │ file0001.txt
│ │ file0002.txt
│ │ file0001.tex
│ ├──DOCFILES
│ │ file0001.doc
│ │ file0002.doc
│ └──BAKFILES
└──EXEFILES
file0001.exe
file0002.exe
Notice that this time the empty directory was also
copied.
When copying subdirectories, you may wish to copy the
files from a number of subdirectories, but store them in
a single subdirectory. To do this, you specify either of
the include-subdirectory parameters ("/S" or "/E"), and
add the "/L" command-line parameter. This parameter
indicates that you are locking the destination
subdirectory. All files will be copied to the locked
subdirectory.
For example, suppose again that we have the directory
structure "C:\MYFILES" as shown above. This time we wish
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to copy all document files ("C:\MYFILES\DOCUMENT"), and
copy them to a new directory "C:\MYFILES\MYDOCS". Also,
suppose that the current subdirectory is "C:\MYFILES".
We execute the following command:
QUIKCOPY DOCUMENT\*.TXT;DOCUMENT\*.DOC MYDOCS /S/L
After QUIKCOPY completes execution, the directory
structures will look something like:
C:\MYFILES
│
├──DOCUMENT
│ │
│ ├──TXTFILES
│ │ file0001.txt
│ │ file0002.txt
│ │ file0001.tex
│ ├──DOCFILES
│ │ file0001.doc
│ │ file0002.doc
│ └──BAKFILES
├──EXEFILES
│ file0001.exe
│ file0002.exe
└──MYDOCS
file0001.txt
file0002.txt
file0001.doc
file0002.doc
Now, a few points have to be noted here. QUIKCOPY will
create a subdirectory is it doesn't exist, and expects
more than one file to be copied. In this case, it
created the subdirectory "C:\MYFILES\MYDOCS". Notice
also that we specified two source parameters. Multiple
source parameters are separated by a semi-colon (";");
no spaces are allowed. All the "*.TXT" and "*.DOC"
files were copied to "C:\MYFILES\MYDOCS".
3_._2_._2_ _M_o_v_i_n_g_ _F_i_l_e_s_
QUIKCOPY has the ability to move files, instead of
copying them. By adding the "/M" parameter, QUIKCOPY
will move files from the source to the destination.
When copying subdirectories, if QUIKCOPY moves all the
files (and subdirectories) within a subdirectory, that
subdirectory will be deleted from the source.
If the files are being moved from one subdirectory on a
drive to another directory on the same drive, then
QUIKCOPY will do a fast move, in which it doesn't
actually read the contents of the files, but simply
moves them. When moving to a different drive, the files
are first copied to the destination, them deleted from
the source.
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For example, suppose that our directory structure is
that which resulted from the locked subdirectory copy
above. Suppose that we are in the root directory of
drive "C:". This time we execute:
QUIKCOPY MYFILES\*.T* MYTEXTS /S/M
After execution, the directories will have the following
structure:
C:\
│
├──MYFILES
│ │
│ ├──DOCUMENT
│ │ │
│ │ ├──DOCFILES
│ │ │ file0001.doc
│ │ │ file0002.doc
│ │ └──BAKFILES
│ ├──EXEFILES
│ │ file0001.exe
│ │ file0002.exe
│ └──MYDOCS
│ file0001.doc
│ file0002.doc
└──MYTEXTS
│
├──DOCUMENT
│ │
│ └──TXTFILES
│ file0001.txt
│ file0002.txt
│ file0001.tex
└──MYDOCS
file0001.txt
file0002.txt
As can be seen, QUIKCOPY created the necessary
subdirectories "C:\MYTEXTS", "C:\MYTEXTS\MYDOCS" and
"C:\MYTEXTS\DOCUMENT\TXTFILES". The "*.TXT" and "*.TEX"
files were moved to the newly created subdirectories.
Also, QUIKCOPY deleted the original subdirectory
"C:\MYFILES\DOCUMENT\TXTFILES".
3_._2_._3_ _C_o_p_y_ _A_l_l_ _F_i_l_e_s_
By default, QUIKCOPY will not copy files or
subdirectories that have their "hidden" and "system"
attributes set. In order to copy all files and
subdirectories, including hidden and system, simply add
the "/A" parameter.
For example, suppose there was a hidden subdirectory
"C:\MYFILES\DOCUMENT\SECRETS" that contained a number of
confidential documents. The actual directory structure
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already presented in Section 3.2.1 is as follows:
C:\MYFILES
│
├──DOCUMENT
│ │
│ ├──TXTFILES
│ │ file0001.txt
│ │ file0002.txt
│ │ file0001.tex
│ ├──DOCFILES
│ │ file0001.doc
│ │ file0002.doc
│ ├──SECRETS
│ │ secret01.doc
│ │ secret02.doc
│ └──BAKFILES
└──EXEFILES
file0001.exe
file0002.exe
This time, we want to copy all (and we mean all) "*.DOC"
files into the "D:\HISFILES" subdirectory. We assume
this subdirectory is empty. The following command is
executed:
QUIKCOPY C:\MYFILES\*.DOC D:\HISFILES /S/L/A
After execution, the destination directory structure is
as follows:
D:\HISFILES
file0001.doc
file0002.doc
secret01.doc
secret02.doc
3_._2_._4_ _P_r_o_m_p_t_ _B_e_f_o_r_e_ _C_o_p_y_i_n_g_
Often, one cannot quite remember the name of the file
that you wish to copy. At the same time you wish to copy
a number of other files; these files' names too, you
cannot quite remember. This is where QUIKCOPY's
"prompt-before-you-copy" parameter can help. By
specifying "/P", "/PY" or "/PN" you specify that
QUIKCOPY should ask you whether to copy a file or not.
Specifying either "/P" or "/PY" will allow these
prompts, along with a default answer of "yes". "/PN"
allows these prompts, but with a default answer of "no".
NB Note that only one of these parameters may be chosen at
a time.
Choosing which of these parameters to use, is up to the
user's discretion. Probably, a good approach would be to
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use "/P" or "/PY" when you wish to copy most of the
files, whereas "/PN" would be used when only a few of
the files are to be copied.
3_._2_._5_ _O_v_e_r_w_r_i_t_e_ _C_h_e_c_k_i_n_g_
QUIKCOPY has four methods with which to handle overwrite
checking:
* Always overwrite a file. This is the default
approach.
* Never overwrite a file.
* Check with user before overwriting file. Default
answer to question will be "yes".
* Check with user before overwriting file. Default
answer will be "no".
Specifying "/OYA" or "/Y" will cause QUIKCOPY to always
overwrite a file if it already exists on the
destination. Note, that this is the default approach
taken, unless of course the "COPYCMD" environment
variable is otherwise set (see Section 2.1.2).
Specifying "/ONA" informs QUIKCOPY never to overwrite a
file that already exists on the destination.
Specifying either of "/O", "/OY" or "/-Y" tells QUIKCOPY
to check with the user in case a file is to be
overwritten. The default answer to the question will be
"yes".
Specifying "/ON" specifies that QUIKCOPY should prompt
the user for permission to overwrite a file. Default
answer will be "no".
NB Note that the "/Y" and "/-Y" parameters are added for
compatibility with DOS 6.20.
NB Only one of these parameters may be specified at once.
NB Note that if a file on the destination is read-only,
QUIKCOPY will not overwrite it.
3_._2_._6_ _S_l_o_w_i_n_g_ _D_o_w_n_ _Q_U_I_K_C_O_P_Y_
Often, users of QUIKCOPY "suffer" from the "hand is
quicker than the eye" syndrome. As requested by some
users, people want to know what is going on, and if
QUIKCOPY is rapidly copying files, the screen will
scroll so fast that only the last few files copied or
moved will be seen.
If one wants to "control the hand", the "/DELAY" or
"/DELAY:ms" parameters may be used. "/DELAY" specifies
that a delay of 500ms should occur after copying (or
moving) each file. To specify a custom (preferred)
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delay, "/DELAY:ms" can be specified, where "ms" is in
the range of 1 to 1000.
3_._2_._7_ _M_a_x_i_m_a_l_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _F_i_l_l_i_n_g_
One of QUIKCOPY's most attractive features is its
ability to copy or move the contents of one or more
subdirectories to a number of diskettes, leaving as
little space as possible on the diskettes. With the
release of v3.40, QUIKCOPY supports filling these
diskettes with subdirectories and their files.
To enable maximal diskette filling, all one need do is
add the "/F" parameter to the command-line. The
destination must be a diskette drive. QUIKCOPY will
terminate with an appropriate error if the destination
is not a diskette drive.
QUIKCOPY will then proceed with copying or moving files
to the diskettes. When a diskette is full, QUIKCOPY will
prompt the user to insert another diskette to be filled.
At this prompt, one may optionally shell to DOS (see
Section 3.3). When the next diskette is ready to be
filled, simply press any key other than [ALT-D], [Esc],
[Ctrl-C] or [Ctrl-Break] and QUIKCOPY will proceed to
fill the next diskette. This process continues until all
files have been copied (or moved) or the user cancels
the process.
3_._2_._7_._1_ _W_i_p_e_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_s_
Often, when filling diskettes, one may run out of blank
diskettes. Usually, a person has a number of diskettes
lying around that contain useless information. It would
then be desirable to use these diskettes by erasing
their contents and filling them with other files.
Sure, you can shell out to DOS, erase the diskette,
return to QUIKCOPY and resume the diskette filling
process. This is quite time-consuming, and thus,
QUIKCOPY allows one to specify that it wipes the
contents of diskettes before filling them. By adding
"/W" to the command-line, QUIKCOPY will automate this
process.
NB It is important that you use this parameter with care
during the diskette-filling process. If one were to
accidentally erase a diskette previously filled, you
would have to restart the diskette-filling process. If
moving files, this action could result in loss of
important data.
NB The "/W" parameter can only be used when maximally
filling diskettes.
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3_._2_._7_._2_ _S_p_l_i_t_ _L_a_r_g_e_ _F_i_l_e_s_ _i_n_t_o_ _C_u_t_-_F_i_l_e_s_
Often, when maximally filling diskettes, one may have
one or more files that are way too large to fit on a
single diskette. With versions of QUIKCOPY prior to
v3.40, these files simply could not be copied across.
QUIKCOPY can now optionally split-up these large files,
and write them across multiple diskettes.
QUIKCOPY does this by creating "cut-files". A cut-file
is essentially a portion of one of these large files,
and a group of these cut-files is required to restore
the original file to its previous state. When splitting
a file, QUIKCOPY creates a number of these cut-files, as
well as a "stub-file". This stub-file has the same name
as the original file that was split. It is the first
file copied to the first diskette that contains a
cut-file of the file that was split-up.
NB Do not erase the stub-file. Without it, QUIKCOPY and
QC_PASTE (see Section 3.2.7.3) cannot restore the
original file to its "former glory".
The cut-files created by QUIKCOPY are of the form
"QCOPYCUT.###" where "###" is a number from 0 to 999,
padded with zeros. At the beginning of each cut-file,
QUIKCOPY stores important information about the
cut-file, including the original file's name. This
information is used to ensure that one does not
reconstruct previously split files from incorrect
cut-files.
NB One cannot restore a previously split file, by simply
appending the cut-files together (in order).
To enable file-splitting, add the "/C" parameter to the
command-line.
NB The "/C" parameter can only be specified when maximally
filling diskettes.
One can use maximal diskette filling, together with this
ability to split large files, to copy a single large
file to a diskette. Simply give the file's name as the
source parameter, and add the "/F" and "/S" parameters.
QUIKCOPY can automatically detect files that were
previously split. It will automatically reconstruct
these files at a later stage. During this reconstruction
process, QUIKCOPY also provides the ability to shell to
DOS, between swapping diskettes.
NB Note that QUIKCOPY will not erase stub-files and
cut-files when reconstructing a previously split file,
and files are being moved. This is to ensure that if a
problem occurs one or more cut-files later, the initial
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portions of the file being reconstructed are not lost.
NB When maximally filling diskettes, QUIKCOPY will not
reconstruct the various constituent portions of a file.
They will be copied (or moved), just as if the "/NJ"
option is in effect (see Section 3.2.9).
3_._2_._7_._3_ _Q_C___P_A_S_T_E_
Using QUIKCOPY to split large files across multiple
diskettes is all "well and fine", but take a look at the
following scenario.
You are in charge of a large database, for which the
main database file is never smaller than ten megabytes
(10M). Now, your boss has asked that you supply a number
of your company's branches, spread across the country,
with a copy of the data contained in that database. Now,
the various branches all use different brands of PCs,
different software tools, and as usual, are running
different versions of DOS itself. DOS, true to its form,
does not like backups from different versions of DOS,
especially if they're different OEM versions; so backing
up is out. Well, QUIKCOPY comes to the rescue. Or does
it? Do the other branches have a copy of QUIKCOPY? How
will they reconstruct the files that were split?
This is where QC_PASTE comes into play. QC_PASTE is a
small utility whose soul task is to reconstruct files
that were previously split-up by QUIKCOPY. By adding the
"/IP" parameter, QUIKCOPY will copy QC_PASTE.EXE to the
diskette containing the stub-file. It will be copied
before the stub-file on the first destination diskette
containing a cut-file for a particular file that was
split. If you're uncertain whether or not the recipient
of your data-files has a copy of QUIKCOPY, and you're
using the file-splitting capabilities, simply specify
that QUIKCOPY copy QC_PASTE.EXE to the destination
diskettes containing these files.
QC_PASTE takes either one or two parameters when
executed:
QC_PASTE [d:][path]source [[d:][path]destination]
As with QUIKCOPY, if no destination is given, QC_PASTE
assumes the current directory is the destination; also,
the reconstructed file will have the same name as the
original file. QC_PASTE will not reconstruct a file if
it already exists on the destination. The source
parameter is the stub-file's name (same name as the file
to be reconstructed).
NB Do not rename a stub-file. QC_PASTE (and QUIKCOPY) will
not be able to reconstruct the file. If you want to
reconstruct a file to a file with a different name,
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specify the new file's name as the destination
parameter.
NB Unlike QUIKCOPY, QC_PASTE does not support wild-cards.
Full filename specifications must be given. This also
means that only one file may be reconstructed at a time
with QC_PASTE.
NB The "/IP" parameter may only be used when maximally
filling diskettes and when it has been decided to split
large files; when "/F" and "/C" are being used.
NB Unlike QUIKCOPY, which requires a minimum of DOS v3.20,
QC_PASTE will work with DOS versions 3.00 and above.
3_._2_._7_._4_ _M_a_x_i_m_a_l_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _F_i_l_l_i_n_g_ _a_n_d_ _S_u_b_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_i_e_s_
A short discussion is required to clarify some aspects
of how QUIKCOPY maximally fills diskettes with the
contents of subdirectories.
At the outset, it is important to note that when
subdirectories are involved ("/S" or "/E" specified),
QUIKCOPY does not perform an optimal fill. In order to
ensure that no more time is lost calculating a viable
fill, than when it optimally fills diskettes will a
single directory's files, heuristics are employed to
speed up the process.
The number of combinations to consider when
subdirectories are involved would increase the
computation time required by a number of orders of
magnitude. Thus, the heuristics used by QUIKCOPY try to
over-estimate the amount of space required, and then
fill in what's free thereafter. One will notice that
QUIKCOPY takes a number of passes reading from the
source drive, compared with the single pass when copying
a single directory's files.
NB When the diskette is almost full - when only a few
clusters are free (usually one or two) - QUIKCOPY
performs a linear search trying to find a file that it
can fit into the remaining free diskette-space. One will
often see the following message:
Calculating optimal diskette-fill settings...
At this time, QUIKCOPY may seem to have slowed down, or
worse, crashed. This has not happened. You should notice
disk access. QUIKCOPY is searching for the file that
will fill the free space. (See Section 7 for a tip on
how to speed up this process.)
NB Note, the implications discussed in this section do not
apply when using a locked destination, i.e. "/L" in
conjunction with "/S" and "/E".
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NB When the destination specified is a subdirectory on the
diskette, QUIKCOPY does take some precautions similar to
those applied with subdirectories.
3_._2_._8_ _C_o_p_y_ _B_a_t_c_h_ _o_f_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_s_
QUIKCOPY has the ability to perform the opposite process
of maximally filling diskettes. It can copy (or move)
the files from a number of source diskettes, to a single
destination.
By adding the "/B" parameter, QUIKCOPY will copy all the
files that match the source-specification from each
diskette. Once a diskette has been copied, QUIKCOPY will
prompt the user to insert the next diskette to copy
from. As with diskette filling, one may shell to DOS at
this stage (see Section 3.3).
If all the diskettes that were to be copied (or moved)
have been used, by pressing [Esc], [Ctrl-C] or
[Ctrl-Break], this process may be stopped (cancelled).
Note that this feature need not be used only with
diskettes that were previously maximally filled. Any
batch of diskettes may be used.
NB The source drive must be a diskette drive when using
this parameter. If not, QUIKCOPY will simply ignore this
parameter.
3_._2_._9_ _I_g_n_o_r_i_n_g_ _C_u_t_-_F_i_l_e_s_
At times, one may wish to ignore the fact that the
stub-file, cut-files and optional QC_PASTE.EXE file
"belong" to a previously split-up file; for whatever
reason, one may wish to copy the files themselves.
By adding the "/NJ" parameter, QUIKCOPY will ignore
these files' special status, and simply copy them.
Note that by default, QUIKCOPY will simply reconstruct
files, ignoring QC_PASTE.EXE if it exists.
3_._3_ _S_h_e_l_l_i_n_g_ _t_o_ _D_O_S_
As described in some of the previous sections, QUIKCOPY
provides the ability to shell to DOS. This feature
provides the user with the ability to perform
maintenance tasks, such as formatting diskettes required
for diskette filling, erasing files to free disk-space,
and many other tasks.
While in a DOS shell, QUIKCOPY may be re-executed to
perform special tasks, etc. QUIKCOPY does modify your
command-prompt, so you'll know that it is still lurking
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in the background.
QUIKCOPY tries to release as much memory as possible for
other utilities executed in the DOS shell. Swapping
technology is used to further increase the amount of
memory QUIKCOPY frees up for other software. In fact,
under favourable circumstances, QUIKCOPY will shrink
itself to as little as 688 bytes along with additional
bytes occupied by the environment. QUIKCOPY also
releases most of the XMS and/or EMS memory it previously
had for its use (if any).
NB Be sure not to run TSRs, and other programs that
similarly allocate memory, and do not release it after
returning to the command-prompt. If you do run such
programs, be sure that they return the system to the
state it was in when QUIKCOPY shelled to DOS, before
returning to QUIKCOPY. If QUIKCOPY cannot successfully
restore itself to its previous state, it will
unceremoniously terminate itself, without any warning.
Worse still, your system may crash under these
circumstances.
Remember to type in "EXIT" to return to QUIKCOPY, after
shelling to DOS.
3_._4_ _C_a_n_c_e_l_l_i_n_g_ _C_o_p_y_ _P_r_o_c_e_s_s_
At any stage during the copying process, QUIKCOPY may be
terminated by pressing [Esc], [Ctrl-C] or [Ctrl-Break].
Often, one may be prompted whether or not to continue
copying or moving other files. At times, QUIKCOPY will
simply terminate displaying a summary of its success.
It may be necessary to press either of these
key-combinations if QUIKCOPY is taking too long to copy
(or move) a particular (often damaged) file. The
"Abort, Ignore, Retry, Fail" message is not displayed
while QUIKCOPY is running. After pressing one of these
keys, a message indicating that a certain file was not
copied will be displayed, and will ask whether or not to
continue copying other files. Pressing [Y] will
continue; otherwise, pressing [Enter], [Esc], [N],
[Ctrl-C] or [Ctrl-Break] will stop the copying process.
Note that this message may also be displayed if an
error, such as the destination being full, occurs. A
similar response will be required.
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4_._ _D_I_S_K_E_T_T_E_ _C_O_P_Y_I_N_G_
Diskette copying mode is enabled by specifying the "/D"
parameter. QUIKCOPY has a number of diskette copying
features. This section and its sub-sections describe
these features.
QUIKCOPY is a single pass diskette copier. This
eliminates the need to continually swap diskettes,
especially in single diskette drive systems. If there is
insufficient available memory to store the contents of a
particular diskette, QUIKCOPY will create a temporary
file that will contain the remainder of the diskette's
image (see Section 2.1.1). If QUIKCOPY runs out of
memory, and cannot successfully utilize disk-space to
store the remainder of the diskette's image, it will
revert into a multi-pass diskette copier.
QUIKCOPY will not attempt to write to write-protected
diskettes. Precautions are taken to ensure that a
diskette is not write-protected.
When in diskette copying mode, QUIKCOPY has two
different approaches to copying diskettes, viz. through
BIOS and by directly accessing the diskette drives. The
pros and cons of these methods are discussed in
Section 4.1.
QUIKCOPY can utilize and create diskette image files.
These are essentially files that contain an exact copy
of the entire contents of a diskette. This is especially
useful when wishing to transfer a diskette across
electronic communications media, e.g. a modem and
telecommunication lines, to someone situated a great
distance away. Sending a diskette via mail, may take
much longer than using a simple telephone call.
QUIKCOPY is capable of copying just about any diskette.
Non-standard formats such as 1.72M 3.5" diskettes, 800K
low-density diskettes, as well as many other formats
created by programs such as MAXI Form and FDFormat are
supported. QUIKCOPY can also copy 1.44M 3.5" diskettes
onto 1.2M 5.25" diskettes, formatting them to 1.44M.
QUIKCOPY does perform precautionary checks to ensure
that a particular format is "safe" for a particular
diskette drive; for example, one cannot possibly expect
to create a 1.44M diskette in a 360K drive.
4_._1_ _B_I_O_S_ _v_s_ _D_i_r_e_c_t_ _A_c_c_e_s_s_ _C_o_p_y_i_n_g_
The two methods of diskette copying at QUIKCOPY's
disposal both have their advantages and disadvantages.
Essentially, what is involved is a trade-off between
speed and compatibility.
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Going through BIOS, QUIKCOPY is (virtually) guaranteed
to be able to work with a particular system. It does,
however, mean that QUIKCOPY is no longer in control of
how it accesses the diskettes.
Accessing the diskette drives directly, QUIKCOPY is able
to gain speed from eliminating much of the redundant
diskette-access performed by BIOS and its various
functions. However, incompatibilities inherent in
particular systems may creep in, and as a result, going
directly to the hardware will be a futile attempt.
Although the performance of the diskette copying process
has been improved in BIOS mode, more gains in speed are
to be obtained by going directly to the hardware.
NB It is recommended that one first test whether or not
one's system is compatible with QUIKCOPY's direct access
method of diskette copying. Most systems will be
compatible, but one cannot blindly expect to be a
"member of the masses".
By default, QUIKCOPY adopts its direct access mode of
copying. Some systems will fail to work in this mode.
Common examples, are systems that do not have their
diskette controllers installed with the hardware ports
set at 03FXh. Also, it is assumed that the diskette
controller uses DMA channel #2. QUIKCOPY should not have
any problems with different interrupts being used by
various diskette controllers.
NB On systems that cannot be used with the direct access
approach, the "/BIOS" parameter should be added to the
command-line.
4_._2_ _C_o_p_y_ _M_u_l_t_i_p_l_e_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_s_
By default, QUIKCOPY allows the user to copy multiple
diskettes. After copying a diskette, QUIKCOPY will ask
the user whether or not to copy another diskette.
The "/M+" parameter enables multiple diskette copying.
If one wishes to only copy a single diskette, the "/M-"
parameter may be specified. QUIKCOPY will terminate
after copying a single diskette.
When copying to a diskette image file, QUIKCOPY assumes
the "/M-" state; QUIKCOPY will only copy the diskette
once.
NB Note that only one of these parameters ("/M+" and "/M-")
may be specified at one time.
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4_._3_ _B_a_t_c_h_ _C_o_p_y_i_n_g_ _o_f_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_
QUIKCOPY has the ability to copy a single diskette to
more than one other diskette, without having to reread
the source diskette.
By adding the "/B" parameter, one enables batch-copying.
QUIKCOPY will copy a diskette to completion, and ask
whether or not to copy the same source diskette to
another diskette.
Note that even if multiple diskette copying is disabled,
one may still perform batch copying; but only of a
single source diskette.
NB If there is insufficient memory and disk-space to store
the image of a diskette, batch-copying will require that
the source diskette be read multiple times.
4_._4_ _F_o_r_c_e_ _D_e_s_t_i_n_a_t_i_o_n_ _F_o_r_m_a_t_t_i_n_g_
QUIKCOPY will, by default, inspect the diskette to
determine whether or not a diskette format is required.
This process is fallable, especially if a diskette was
only partially formatted previously.
Also, one may wish to format a diskette to ensure that
it is correctly formatted. One may force QUIKCOPY to
format destination diskettes, by adding the "/F"
parameter.
4_._5_ _V_e_r_i_f_y_i_n_g_ _D_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _D_a_t_a_
QUIKCOPY provides four levels of data verification that
may be performed when writing to a destination diskette.
These are:
* Always verify. After both formatting and writing to
the diskette, QUIKCOPY will verify that the data on
the diskette is in a stable state.
* Verify after formatting. This is the default
setting. QUIKCOPY will verify that formats are
successful, but will not verify that writes to the
diskette succeed.
* Verify after writing. QUIKCOPY will verify data
after writing to the diskette, but not after
formatting.
* Never verify. No verification, at all, will be
performed.
By adding the "/VA" parameter, QUIKCOPY will always
verify. Specifying the "/VF" parameter indicates that it
should verify only after formatting. "/VW" indicates
that verification should only be performed after
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writing. The "/VN" parameter may be used to disable all
verification.
It is up to the user's discretion which level of data
security should be adopted. A speed vs security tradeoff
is involved. Maximum security is obtained using the
"/VA" parameter, however diskette copying will be a
lengthy process. Fastest copying is obtained using the
"/VN" parameter, however minimal security (if any) is
obtained. It is up to the user to strike a balance.
NB Note that only one of these verify parameter may be
specified at one time.
4_._6_ _U_s_e_ _o_f_ _D_i_s_k_ _M_e_m_o_r_y_ _D_u_r_i_n_g_ _C_o_p_y_i_n_g_
As indicated in the introduction of Section 4, QUIKCOPY
will make use of available disk-space if there is
insufficient memory to store the image of a diskette
being copied. At times, however, one may not wish to use
this disk-space; e.g. perhaps there is insufficient
disk-space, you have a diskette only system, or the
hard-drive is too slow.
By adding the "/N" parameter to the command-line, one
can effectively disable QUIKCOPY's use of disk-space as
virtual memory.
Note that if copying to or from a diskette image file,
QUIKCOPY will automatically disable its usage of
disk-space.
4_._7_ _I_g_n_o_r_e_ _C_o_p_y_ _E_r_r_o_r_s_
By default, QUIKCOPY will read the contents of a
diskette, retrying on failures until it succeeds. Often,
QUIKCOPY is able to recover the contents of the bad
sectors on these diskettes. However, some diskettes may
be so badly damaged that it cannot possibly recover the
data. One may specify that QUIKCOPY ignore errors after
a number of failures.
By adding the "/I" or "/I:num" parameters, one may
specify that QUIKCOPY ignore such errors after a certain
number of failures. With the "/I" option, QUIKCOPY will
ignore an error if it fails to succeed after 9=3*3
retries. With the "/I:num" option, QUIKCOPY will ignore
an error if it fails after 3*num retries. Here, "num" is
in the range 1 to 100.
NB Note that only one of these parameters may be specified
at one time.
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4_._8_ _C_a_n_c_e_l_l_i_n_g_ _C_o_p_y_ _P_r_o_c_e_s_s_
At any stage during the copying process, QUIKCOPY may be
terminated by pressing [Esc], [Ctrl-C] or [Ctrl-Break].
Often, one may be prompted whether or not to continue
copying other diskettes.
It may be necessary to press either of these
key-combinations if QUIKCOPY is taking too long to copy
a particular (often damaged) diskette. The
"Abort, Ignore, Retry, Fail" message is not displayed
while QUIKCOPY is running. After pressing one of these
keys, a message indicating that a certain diskette was
not copied will be displayed, and will ask whether or
not to continue copying with other diskettes. Pressing
[Y] will continue; otherwise, pressing [Enter], [Esc],
[N], [Ctrl-C] or [Ctrl-Break] will stop the copying
process.
Note that this message may also be displayed if an
error, such as the destination diskette being
write-protected, occurs. A similar response will be
required.
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5_._ _T_R_U_L_Y_ _W_I_L_D_ _W_I_L_D_-_C_A_R_D_S_
As of v3.40, QUIKCOPY supports an extensively improved
set of wild-cards. The new wild-cards are backward
compatible with those supported by DOS, and are a
superset of that included in 4DOS and NDOS. Many of the
improvements of this wild-card system are
straight-forward, however there are equally as many
features of this system are quite complicated. This
section will try to describe this system, and try to
eliminate any misunderstandings as to how to use them.
The best way to describe and explain the use of this
wild-card system, is by way of example. Users already
familiar with the wild-cards of 4DOS and NDOS will find
the transition process a breeze. Others users will
quickly learn how to use them with experience and the
help of the examples included here. This section
essentially teaches by example.
Note that any combination of what is discussed in the
following four sub-sections may be used.
5_._1_ _T_r_u_l_y_ _W_i_l_d_ _W_i_l_d_-_C_a_r_d_s_ _E_x_p_l_a_i_n_e_d_
EXAMPLE 1:
Suppose you wish to copy all files containing "S"
somewhere in the name-part of the filename, simply use:
*S*.*
as a source parameter. Files such as "S.TXT", "RJS.EXE"
and "MYSALES.WKS" will all be accepted.
EXAMPLE 2:
Suppose you wish to copy all files that have the phrase
"COPY" somewhere in the name-part of the filename. In
this case you would use:
*COPY*.*
as a source parameter.
EXAMPLE 3:
Suppose you wish to copy all files starting with either
"A", "B", "C" or "D". In this case you could use:
[A-D]*.*
as a source parameter. This is equivalent to using:
A*.*;B*.*;C*.*;D*.*
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as the source parameter. (These multiple source
parameters are discussed in Section 5.3.)
EXAMPLE 4:
If you wish to copy all files starting with "A", "E",
"I", "O" or "U", then use:
[AEIOU]*.*
as a source parameter. Again, this is equivalent to
saying:
A*.*;E*.*;I*.*;O*.*;U*.*
EXAMPLE 5:
Combinations of the above are also allowed. Suppose you
wish to copy all files that have "R", "J" or "S"
somewhere in the extension-part of the filename. Simply
use:
*.*[RJS]*
as a source parameter. This is equivalent to:
*.*R*;*.*J*;*.*S*
EXAMPLE 6:
As well as being able to specify certain characters that
must appear somewhere in a filename, you may also
specify certain characters that do not appear somewhere
in a filename, by using the "!" character (exclamation
mark) in front of them.
Suppose you wish to copy all files that do not start
with "A" or "B", then you would use:
[!A-B]*.*
or
[!AB]*.*
as a source parameter. Notice that these two parameters
are equivalent. Probably, the latter (shorter)
parameter would be preferred.
EXAMPLE 7:
Suppose you wished to copy all files whose name-parts
were three characters long, and start with "AB". One
may think of using
AB?.*
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yet this will copy files of the type "AB.*" as well.
Instead, one should use:
AB[?].*
as a source parameter.
5_._2_ _E_x_c_l_u_d_i_n_g_ _F_i_l_e_s_
As of v3.40, QUIKCOPY allows one to exclude certain
files, while copying. The sequence [!"...."] should be
used. Again, examples follow:
EXAMPLE 1:
Suppose you wish to copy all files, except "*.BAK"
files. You would use:
[!"*.BAK"]
as a source parameter.
EXAMPLE 2:
Suppose you wish to copy all files that do not start
with "R", "J" or "S", then you would use:
[!"[RJS]*.*"]
as a source parameter.
EXAMPLE 3:
One should be careful how you specify files that should
be excluded. Often what seems intuitively correct at
first will not work.
Suppose you wish to copy all files that do not contain
an "S", anywhere, in the name-part of the filename. One
might think that
*[!S]*.*
will "do the trick", however one will copy files
containing one or more "S"'s in the name-part of the
filename. In fact, the only files that will be excluded
are files of the form "SSSSSSSS.*". Instead, one should
use:
[!"*S*.*"]
as a source parameter. What at first may have seemed to
be intuitively correct, is in fact not. The former means
that any file which does not contain an "S" in one of
the name-part positions in the filename may be copied,
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whilst the latter means that only files that don't
contain a single "S" in the name-part will be copied.
EXAMPLE 4:
It is important to note that these wild-cards and
file-exclusions apply only to the filename part of a
path. Thus, one should not include wild-cards and/or
file-exclusions within the directory-part of a path.
This has particular implications with file-exclusions.
Suppose you are copying all your source-code for
programs you have written over the years onto diskette.
However, you have long since realized that BASIC is not
such a useful programming language, and would rather not
copy those source-files. You have your files
interspersed within many subdirectories in the
"C:\MYSOURCE" subdirectory. You only ever used BASIC
when writing the "MYAPP" application, which has its
source-code in the "C:\MYSOURCE\MYAPP" subdirectory.
This subdirectory does, however, contain some assembler
code that you may find useful with future programs you
write in Pascal or C++. So, it seems a good choice would
be to specify
C:\MYSOURCE\*.*;[!"C:\MYSOURCE\MYAPP\*.BAS"]
as the source parameter. However, there are no files
that have backslashes ("\") in their names, so the *.BAS
files will end up being copied. Instead, you should use:
C:\MYSOURCE\*.*;C:\MYSOURCE\MYAPP\[!"*.BAS"]
as the source parameter.
5_._3_ _M_u_l_t_i_p_l_e_ _S_o_u_r_c_e_ _F_i_l_e_s_
With the release of v3.40 of QUIKCOPY, you may now
specify multiple source parameters. By simply separating
each source "mask" with a semi-colon (";"), you can have
multiple source files.
EXAMPLE 1:
Suppose you wish to copy all "*.EXE", "*.BAT" and
"*.COM" files. The follow source parameter would do the
trick:
*.EXE;*.BAT;*.COM
NB Note that no spaces are allowed between masks making up
the source parameter.
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EXAMPLE 2:
One may take advantage of being able to specify multiple
source files, and apply it copying files from multiple
disk-drives.
Suppose you wish to copy of "*.DOC" files from drives
"C:" and "D:" to current subdirectory on drive "E:".
The command-line for QUIKCOPY would look something like
the following:
QUIKCOPY C:*.DOC;D:*.DOC E: /S/L
5_._4_ _E_x_t_e_n_d_e_d_ _P_a_r_e_n_t_ _S_u_b_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y_ _N_a_m_e_s_
As well as having more powerful wild-cards, QUIKCOPY
also has extended parent-subdirectory specifications.
The extended parent-subdirectory names are the same as
those provided by 4DOS and NDOS.
Essentially, what is involved is adding an extra period
(".") for each "ancestral" subdirectory. The following
table outlines how it works:
┌────────────────────────┬────────┬───────────┐
│ Subdirectory │Extended│ DOS │
├────────────────────────┼────────┼───────────┤
│Current │ . │. │
│Parent │ .. │.. │
│Grand-parent │ ... │..\.. │
│Great-grand-parent │ .... │..\..\.. │
│Great-great-grand-parent│ ..... │..\..\..\..│
└────────────────────────┴────────┴───────────┘
The above table only includes a few parent-subdirectory
levels. Naturally, one may extend them even further. The
left-hand column, labelled "Extended", contains the
extended parent-subdirectory names, while the right-hand
column, labelled "DOS", contains the equivalent
conventional parent-subdirectory names supported by DOS.
NB QUIKCOPY still supports the conventional parent-
subdirectory naming, provided by vanilla DOS.
If one specifies too many parent-subdirectories,
QUIKCOPY will use the root directory of a particular
drive.
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6_._ _Q_U_I_K_C_O_P_Y_ _P_A_R_A_M_E_T_E_R_ _L_I_S_T_I_N_G_
This section contains a listing of the various
parameters available in QUIKCOPY, listed in alphabetical
order. Short descriptions of each parameter are given.
For more detailed discussions on these parameters, refer
to sections 3 and 4.
/_A_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY copy (or move) all files and
subdirectories, including those with their hidden and
system attributes set.
/_B_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY may copy a single diskette to a
batch of destination diskettes.
/_B_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY may copy (or move) files from a
batch of multiple diskettes.
/_B_I_O_S_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY perform diskette copying by going
through BIOS, and not by directly accessing the
diskette-drives. See Section 4.1 for a discussion on
when this parameter should be used.
/_C_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_ _-_ _d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _f_i_l_l_i_n_g_)_
Indicates that during maximal diskette filling, files
too large to fit on a diskette should be split across
multiple diskettes.
/_D_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Invoke the diskette copying mode of QUIKCOPY.
/_D_E_L_A_Y_ _a_n_d_ _/_D_E_L_A_Y_:_m_s_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Slow down file copying (or moving). (See Section 3.2.6.)
/_E_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Copy (or move) all subdirectories, including empty
subdirectories.
/_F_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY always format destination
diskettes before writing to them.
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/_F_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Indicate that QUIKCOPY should maximally fill a number of
diskettes with the contents of one or more
subdirectories.
/_H_E_L_P_ _ _a_n_d_ _/_?_
When either of these parameter are specified, QUIKCOPY
will display a short summary of all the parameters and
briefly describe their functions. Note that only one of
these parameters should be used at one time, and that no
other parameters are allowed when asking for help.
/_I_ _a_n_d_ _/_I_:_n_u_m_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that when copying diskettes, QUIKCOPY should
ignore errors after a number of failures. (See Section
4.7.)
/_I_P_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_ _-_ _d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _f_i_l_l_i_n_g_ _-_ _s_p_l_i_t_t_i_n_g_ _f_i_l_e_s_)_
Tell QUIKCOPY to copy the QC_PASTE.EXE utility onto
diskettes when splitting large files across multiple
diskettes.
/_L_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_ _-_ _s_u_b_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_i_e_s_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY is to lock the destination
subdirectory, and copy the files to that subdirectory.
/_M_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Indicate that instead of copying files, QUIKCOPY should
rather move them from source to destination.
/_M_+_ _a_n_d_ _/_M_-_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify whether or not QUIKCOPY is to copy multiple
diskettes. (See Section 4.2.)
/_N_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Indicate that QUIKCOPY may not utilize disk-space as
virtual memory when copying diskettes.
/_N_J_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Indicate that QUIKCOPY should ignore the special status
of QC_PASTE.EXE, stub-files and cut-files (see Section
3.2.7), and simply copy (or move) them.
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/_O_,_ _/_O_Y_ _a_n_d_ _/_-_Y_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Ensure that QUIKCOPY perform overwrite checking of files
on the destination. Default answer to prompts will be
"yes".
/_O_N_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Ensure that QUIKCOPY perform overwrite checking of files
on the destination. Default answer to prompts will be
"no".
/_O_N_A_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify that QUIKCOPY never overwrite files that already
exist on the destination.
/_O_Y_A_ _a_n_d_ _/_Y_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Indicate that QUIKCOPY should always overwrite files
that already exist on the destination.
/_P_,_ _/_P_Y_ _a_n_d_ _/_P_N_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Prompt user for permission to copy (or move) each file
that matches the source specification. (See Section
3.2.4.)
/_S_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Copy (or move) subdirectories, but exclude
subdirectories that are empty.
/_V_F_,_ _/_V_W_,_ _/_V_A_ _a_n_d_ _/_V_N_ _ _(_d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_)_
Specify level of diskette verification required. (See
Section 4.5.)
/_W_ _ _(_f_i_l_e_ _c_o_p_y_i_n_g_ _-_ _d_i_s_k_e_t_t_e_ _f_i_l_l_i_n_g_)_
Indicate that QUIKCOPY should wipe the contents of each
and every diskette used when maximally filling
diskettes, bnefore writing to them.
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7_._ _T_I_P_S_ _A_N_D_ _T_R_O_U_B_L_E_ _S_H_O_O_T_I_N_G_
This section will discuss a few tips that are
advantageous to adopt when using QUIKCOPY, in that they
will improve copying performance or make the process of
copying more fluent. Also, various problems that may
arise are also discussed, and possible solutions are
given.
This section will be presented as a number of questions
and answers. The question part will ask how to overcome a
problem or how to perform a particular task, and the
answer part will give a possible solution. Many of these
questions are commonly posed by current users of
QUIKCOPY.
Q: How do I copy to/from a diskette image file?
A: Simply specify the filename as the source or
destination option.
Q: Can QUIKCOPY copy non-standard diskette formats? If
so, since when?
A: Yes. Since v3.00.
Q: Do I need FDREAD, SMAX or similar programs when
copying non-standard diskettes?
A: No. QUIKCOPY will copy these diskettes without the
need for special TSRs or device-drivers.
Q: How do I invoke QUIKCOPY's diskette copying
facilities?
A: Simply add the "/D" parameter to the command-line.
Q: Do I need to enter "QUIKCOPY A: A: /D" when copying
diskettes in drive A only, as with DOS's DISKCOPY?
A: No, if you only specify a source parameter, then
QUIKCOPY will assume that the destination is the same
drive as the source drive. This, of course, does not
hold for diskette image files.
Q: Is there any specific order in which I should specify
command-line parameters?
A: No, any order may be used. Just ensure that a source
parameter is given. Also, if a destination parameter
is specified, ensure that it is listed after the
source parameter.
Q: Can QUIKCOPY copy 1.44M diskettes onto 1.2M
diskettes? If so, since when?
A: Yes. Since v3.00.
Q: I ran QUIKCOPY the other day, and it said that it was
possibly infected by a virus, and that I should
contact you. What is wrong? What should I do?
A: Firstly, something or someone has tried to change
QUIKCOPY. Do not execute this copy of QUIKCOPY.
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Ascertain whether or not QUIKCOPY is indeed infected.
Clean-up your system, removing the virus. Then,
re-install an uninfected (or unchanged) version of
QUIKCOPY.
Note that many anti-virus software programs do not
restore a previously infected version of QUIKCOPY to
its original state. That is why you need to
re-install QUIKCOPY.
Q: I ran QUIKCOPY, and it terminated with the following
message:
ERROR - Could not install file manager!
What is the problem?
A: Section 2.1.1 has an extensive discussion on this
problem. Refer to this section on how to circumvent
this problem.
Q: I ran QUIKCOPY, and it terminated with the following
message:
ERROR - Problem with system timer.
What is the problem?
A: When it first starts executing, QUIKCOPY calibrates
itself to the speed of your system. This calibration
depends upon the system timer. If a faulty or
incompatible system timer is present in the system,
then QUIKCOPY will not work with your computer. This
error should never occur. However, if it does occur,
retry running QUIKCOPY, to see if it was only a
temporary error.
Q: The documentation mentions that the performance of
the maximal diskette filling process may be improved.
How do I go about doing this?
A: It is highly recommended that you run a disk-caching
program on your system. Not only will QUIKCOPY's
performance be improved, but that of your entire
system in general. Choice of a disk-cache is rather
personal. However, a good choice would be a
disk-cache that has "write-back" or "write-delay"
facilities. Most good modern disk-caches have this
ability. Enabling this feature of your disk-cache
will greatly improve disk-performance. This is where
the benefits for QUIKCOPY arise.
When filling diskettes (especially), the presence of
a disk-cache that does write-caching greatly improves
QUIKCOPY's performance, especially if filling
diskettes with the contents of multiple
subdirectories. QUIKCOPY performs disk-cache
flushing, so no data-loss will arise (unless of
course external phenomena, such as power-outs,
occur).
File-moving will also be somewhat faster if a
disk-cache capable of caching disk-writes is present
in the system, especially if moving files on the same
drive.
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Q: Do you have any special recommendations that would
further improve the diskette filling process?
A: Yes, one. It may prove useful, if you plan to fill
diskettes of varying sizes, that you order these
diskettes in decreasing order of capacity. Thus, a
smaller number of diskettes will be required, and
also, less files will (possibly) need to be split
across multiple diskettes.
Q: In the documentation, it is mentioned that QUIKCOPY
could be used as a backup and restore system. How
would I go about doing this?
A: Simply create two batch files, say BACKUP.BAT and
RESTORE.BAT, that can perform this process. The
former would utilize QUIKCOPY's diskette filling
capabilities (including large-file splitting) along
with subdirectory inclusion to backup the data to
multiple diskettes. The latter could simply utilize
QUIKCOPY's multiple diskette batch copying capability
to restore the data.
See the files BACKUP.BAT and RESTORE.BAT included
with this program. These are examples of how one
could perform this process.
Q: Do you have any plans for a menu-driven version of
QUIKCOPY?
A: Yes. It will be called QUIKCOPY Professional (QCPRO).
It should be released sometime this year (1994). It
will be commercial though. At the same time when
QCPRO becomes available, QUIKCOPY v4.00 will be
released. This will still be released as shareware.
QUIKCOPY will be a heavily watered-down version of
QCPRO. Many of QCPRO's features will either be
disabled in the shareware edition of QUIKCOPY, or
simply not be included. QCPRO will be available for
both the DOS and Windows platforms.
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8_._ _A_C_K_N_O_W_L_E_D_G_E_M_E_N_T_S_
This documentation refers to other software and
hardware. The author and RJS Software acknowledge the
copyright of the respective authors and companies that
hold the copyrights for this other software/hardware.
The following is a list of various software/hardware
mentioned in this documentation along with the
authors/companies that hold the copyrights.
Note that the author and RJS Software acknowledge the
copyrights of any software/hardware not included below.
Note also that the information in this list may not be
100% correct.
* The word "DOS", used in this documentation, refers
to Microsoft's MS-DOS or IBM's PC DOS.
* MS-DOS, SMARTDRIVE and Microsoft Windows are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
* DR DOS is Digital Research's operating system, now
owned by Novell.
* The terms PC, XT, AT, PC DOS and IBM are trademarks
or registered trademarks of International Business
Machines.
* 4DOS is a command processor replacement for DOS. It
is copyright JP Software Incorporated.
* NDOS refers to Norton DOS, supplied with Norton
Utilities (under license from JP Software), and
distributed by Symantec.
* PC-CACHE is a disk-cache included with PC
Utilities, copyright Central Point Software.
* HYPERDISK is a disk-cache, copyright by HyperWare.
* DESQview is copyright Quarterdeck Office Systems.
* Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation.
* MAXI Form and SMAX are copyright Herne Data
Systems.
* FDFormat and FDREAD are copyright Christoph
Hochstätter.
* LZEXE is copyright Fabrice Bellard.
* PKLITE is a trademark of PKWARE Incorporated.
Finally, QUIKCOPY, QUIKCOPY Professional, QCPRO, RJS
Software and the RJS Software logo are trademarks of RJS
Software.
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9_._ _R_E_G_I_S_T_R_A_T_I_O_N_ _A_N_D_ _C_O_R_R_E_S_P_O_N_D_E_N_C_E_
This section contains information about registering
QUIKCOPY, your rights as a user of this software, how to
contact the author or RJS Software, as well as other
important information regarding QUIKCOPY.
9_._1_ _Q_U_I_K_C_O_P_Y_ _i_s_ _S_h_a_r_e_w_a_r_e_
QUIKCOPY is NOT a free program. It is being released as
shareware. This means that you are allowed to try out
QUIKCOPY and its various features for a limited amount
of time, in which you may evaluate the suitability of
this software to your use.
QUIKCOPY has not been disabled in any way in the
shareware version. It just contains a message that
reflects that it is not free, and must be registered.
One is granted a 14 day period in which to evaluate the
suitability of QUIKCOPY to one's needs. If you use
QUIKCOPY for a period longer than this evaluation
period, it is assumed that QUIKCOPY is of use to you,
and that you will register it.
One may register QUIKCOPY by sending a fee of R25 to the
address below, if you are a resident of South Africa, or
one of its neighbouring states. Users outside of South
Africa, may register QUIKCOPY by sending $20 US to the
address given in Section 9.3. (A registration form is
included with this program.) All postage and packaging
is included in this fee.
Registration may be paid in the form of postal order,
cheque or by credit card. If paying by credit card,
registration by FAX is allowed. Please print out and
fill in registration form, which is contained in the
file QUIKCOPY.ORD.
Registered users will receive the latest version of
QUIKCOPY, without the unregistered message. After
registering, one may upgrade to the next five versions
of QUIKCOPY for free, and there-after one is entitled to
an upgrade price of R10 or $10 US for the next three
versions. Registered users will also receive a unique
serial-number that they must quote on all correspondence
after they have received their registered version of
QUIKCOPY.
9_._2_ _D_I_S_C_L_A_I_M_E_R_
QUIKCOPY is provided as is. It has been tested
extensively, and has proven to fulfill the task it has
been designed to do. The author or RJS Software do not
accept any responsibility for damage that may be
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incurred out of the use of, abuse of, or the inability
to use the features provided by this program.
This program may not be modified, reverse-engineered,
hacked (!!!), etc. in any way whatsoever. It may not be
sold for profit by any party, without prior written
permission from the author, Roland Skinner, and RJS
Software.
The unregistered version may not be distributed without
this documentation (QUIKCOPY.DOC), the order-form
(QUIKCOPY.ORD), the history-list (HISTORY.LST), the
thank-you list (THANKYOU.LST), or any other file
originally included with this software.
This program does perform an integrity check on
execution. "Modified" versions could have disastrous
effects on a system - BE WARNED! Do not attempt to
compress this file, in executable form, using programs
such as LZEXE or PKLITE - QUIKCOPY will refuse to work.
People using QUIKCOPY have a 14 day evaluation period in
which to use the unregistered version. People using
QUIKCOPY in a commercial environment must register
QUIKCOPY in order to use it. (Cheaper rates are
available for registering multiple copies of QUIKCOPY;
contact the author or RJS Software for more
information.)
By having read this, one agrees to abide by the above.
By using this software one acknowledges having read this
section, and agree to the clauses above.
9_._3_ _C_o_n_t_a_c_t_i_n_g_ _R_J_S_ _S_o_f_t_w_a_r_e_ _o_r_ _t_h_e_ _A_u_t_h_o_r_
Any correspondence may be forwarded to the address
below.
Send your recommendations, bug-reports, requests,
registrations, or any other correspondence to Roland
Skinner, or RJS Software, at:
P.O. Box 14134
Bredell
1623
Republic of South Africa
The above address is not a residential address; only a
box number.
FAX support is provided by calling the following number:
+27-11-792-4874 (International)
(011) 792-4874 (within South Africa)
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Anybody who is the first to recommend a feature that is
later added to QUIKCOPY, or is the first to report an
error in the working of QUIKCOPY, will have his/her name
added to the THANK YOU list accompanying this
documentation.
Users requesting faster replies, etc. may send an Email
message to Roland Skinner in one of the echomail
conferences in South Africa. I recommend either
"RsaSOFT" or "TP_Shareware". In the world-wide Ilink
network, I may be contacted in the Ilink SHAREWARE
conference.
I may also be contacted privately through FIDONET
netmail or through Internet Email. Preferably, try to
reach me via Internet.
I may be contacted at the following Email addresses
(listed in order of preference). Also, the echomail
conferences are included here. The FAX number is also
repeated here.
Email:
Internet: roland.skinner@leclub.proxima.alt.za
roland@concave.cs.wits.ac.za
roland.skinner@p1.f12.n7107.z5.fidonet.org
FIDONET: Roland Skinner @ 5:7107/12.1
Echomail:
RsaNET: RsaSOFT conference (Roland Skinner)
TopNet: TP_Shareware conference (Roland Skinner)
Ilink: SHAREWARE conference (Roland Skinner)
FAX:
+27-(0)11-792-4874
I trust that you'll find QUIKCOPY to be a useful
utility. Hopefully, you too, as many other users already
have will benefit from the various features QUIKCOPY
provides.
Yours faithfully,
Roland Skinner
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