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The Move
File Management Utility
Copyright (c) 1989 by John F. Piotrowski.
All Rights Reserved.
Version 2.01 - November 15th, 1989
Documentation by John F. Piotrowski and William J. Sautter
The Move (tm) File Management Utility - Version 2.01
Copyright
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Copyright (c) 1989 by John F. Piotrowski. All rights reserved.
No part of this manual or software program may be reproduced, transmitted,
transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language
whether human, computer, machine or any other languages known or unknown,
in any form by any means, be it electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical,
chemical, manual or otherwise, without the express written consent of
John F. Piotrowski, unless otherwise provided for in the license agreement.
You are free to use the software described in this manual on a limited
basis in accordance with the terms of the license agreement setforth on the
following page. John F. Piotrowski may make improvements and / or changes
to this manual and / or the software mentioned herein at any time without
further obligation to any parties unless otherwise arranged.
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The Move (tm) File Management Utility - Version 2.01
License
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The Move (tm) is licensed to you as the end user of this software program.
This program may not be used commercially without the express written
consent of John F. Piotrowski. This agreement represents a SINGLE copy
license granted by John F. Piotrowski. Under this agreement you are
licensed to use The Move (tm) on only one (1) machine at any given time.
Multiple copy license agreements may be obtained through John F. Piotrowski.
The Move (tm) is copyrighted material and is NOT released as Public Domain.
Being that this program is released as Shareware, you may use The Move (tm)
on a trial basis to determine if it fits your needs. If after a reasonable
length of time you find The Move (tm) to be useful, you must register your
copy with John F. Piotrowski. If you do not register your copy, you must
discontinue use of this software program. Also, as is the case with
Shareware software, you may copy this program and give it to others to
evaluate. The Move (tm) must be distributed in absolutely unmodified form,
including all program, documentation, and any other supporting files. All
files included with this version of The Move (tm) are listed in chapter one
of this manual. The Move (tm) may not be offered through Public Domain,
Shareware, Freeware or other mass media distributions unless prior written
permission has been granted by John F. Piotrowski. Under no circumstances
may The Move (tm) be given away with any other software or hardware package,
or as a promotional offer, and no fee may be charged for any copy of
The Move (tm) for any reason. Operators of electronic bulletin board
systems (Sysops) may post The Move (tm) for downloading by their users
without written permission as long as the above conditions are met. A fee
may be charged for access to the BBS so long as no specific fee is charged
for the access to The Move (tm) files.
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The Move (tm) File Management Utility - Version 2.01
Disclaimer & Trademarks
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John F. Piotrowski makes no representations or warranties with respect to
the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, functionality, or data
integrity. Further, John F. Piotrowski reserves the right to make changes
from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any
person of such revisions or changes.
The Move (tm) is a trademark of John F. Piotrowski.
SPLIT.EXE is copyrighted by Mike Johnson.
PKZIP & PKUNZIP are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
Any additional products mentioned herein are trademarks and / or copyrighted
works of their respective manufacturers.
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The Move (tm) File Management Utility - Version 2.01
Registration
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By registering your copy of The Move (tm), you are entitled to use it on one
(1) computer system at any time. In addition, you should only have
The Move (tm) loaded on only one (1) computer system at any time. For use on
more than one (1) system you must obtain a Multi-Copy license through
John F. Piotrowski. The Single Copy registration fee is $20 and entitles you
to one (1) minor version update at no charge. A minor update consists of an
addition or change to The Move (tm) that is not a great enhancement. A minor
change can be identified through the version number on the software that you
are using. The Move (tm) uses a three (3) digit version number. This version
being 2.01 would be interpreted as follows:
│ ││
│ │└ Bug Fix Release Number
│ └─ Minor Version Number
└─── Major Version Number
Therefore, if you register this version, you will be entitled to receive at no
cost, version 2.10. All bug fix releases are free of charge. If you send $35
or more, you will receive the next major version update when available.
Verifiable BBS Sysops may register at a discounted rate. Contact John for more
information on discount registration. A registration form has been included
with The Move (tm) for easy registration.
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The Move (tm) File Management Utility - Version 2.01
Contents
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1 Introduction.............................................1
1.1 Program Description......................................1
1.2 System Requirements......................................1
1.3 The Move (tm) Files......................................1
2 Available Options........................................2
2.1 Description of Options...................................3
3 Command Line Syntax......................................7
3.1 Defaults.................................................7
3.2 Capabilities of The Move (tm)............................7
3.3 Self Joining Files.......................................8
4 Program History..........................................9
5 Acknowledgements........................................10
6 Last Minute Notes.......................................11
Appendices
A Registration
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Introduction
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1.1 Program Description
The Move (tm) is a file management utility for performing many of Dos's normal
file functions along with some others that Dos should have. The main reason
for the existence of this program was for moving files from one location to
another. However, as the program progressed a new set of functions found its