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WhatIs - The FileIdentifier Version 1.01 18 June 1992
M A N U A L
Copyright (c) 1992, Computer Bakery, All rights reserved.
Published by Computer Bakery, PO Box 5, Flaxley SA 5153
Australia. Phone (08) 388 8439, International +618 388 8439
Contents
WhatIs Licence Agreement
TradeMarks
Introduction
System Requirements
History
Uses
Warning
Installing WhatIs
Installing WhatIs on a Floppy Disk
Automatic Installation on a Hard Disk
Installing by Hand
Installed Files
Using WhatIs
Getting Help (-h)
Misnamed files (-m)
Using file Extensions to make identifications (-e)
Using 4DOS/NDOS Descript.ion files (-d)
Restricting Width of output (-w)
Identifying Text files (-t)
Registering Whatis (-r)
Saving options (-s)
Using WhatIs under Microsoft Windows
Registration
Free Upgrade for Reporting Unrecognised File Types
Recognised Files
Plain Text Files
Other Files
Common Problems
WhatIs Licence Agreement
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This license agreement governs your use of WhatIs. If you have any
questions about it please contact Computer Bakery.
The WhatIs programme and its associated documentation are (c) Copyright
1992, Computer Bakery, and are protected by Australian and international
copyright law. In the rest of this agreement the WhatIs programme and
its associated documentation are referred to simply as "WhatIs". You
are granted a license to use your copy of WhatIs only under the terms
and conditions specified in this licence agreement.
WhatIs is distributed in two forms. A "registered" copy of WhatIs
includes a registration number and the words "Registered to" in the help
message. A "shareware" copy of WhatIs includes the words "Unregistered
Copy" in the help message.
You may use a shareware copy of WhatIs for no charge for a trial period
of up to one month. If you want to continue to use WhatIs after that
period you must obtain a registered copy by paying a registration fee.
If you choose not to pay the registration fee you must stop using
WhatIs. However you may keep copies and pass them on to others.
Registered copies of WhatIs are only available to those who have payed
the registration fee. You may only use a registered copy of WhatIs on
the number of computers specified in your registration certificate. You
must treat each of your registered copies just like a book. That means,
for example, that each copy may be used by any number of people and may
be freely moved from one computer location to another so long as there
is NO POSSIBILITY of that copy being used at one location while it's
being used at another.
You may copy any version of WhatIs for normal backup purposes, and you
may give copies of the shareware version to other individuals, which
they may also use and copy subject to the terms of this agreement. If
you copy the shareware version of WhatIs you must include all of the
files distributed with it, including this one. You may not give copies
of the registered version to any other person for any purpose, and you
may not make copies of the printed WhatIs manual without written
permission from Computer Bakery.
You may NOT distribute WhatIs other than through individual copies of
the shareware version passed to friends and associates for their
individual use. Specifically, you may not place WhatIs in any user
group or commercial library, or distribute it with any other product,
such as but not limited to on the Hard Drive of a new computer, without
express written permission from Computer Bakery, and you may not
distribute for a fee, or in any way sell copies of Whatis. If you
violate this provision you will be liable for licence fees for each
copy you so distribute. However if you are a shareware disk vendor
approved by the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP), or a non-
profit, tax-exempt user group, you may place a shareware copy of WhatIs
in your library without prior written permission, provided you notify
Computer Bakery within 15 days of doing so; and for shareware disk
vendors, provided your application has been fully approved in writing by
the ASP, and is not simply submitted or awaiting review.
Your license and right to use this product is automatically terminated
by any breach by you of this agreement.
While we have attempted to ensure that WhatIs makes reliable
identifications you are hereby warned that it is not always accurate.
The only true test of a the identity of a file is does it work with the
software it is designed to work with. You assume full responsibility
for the selection and use of WhatIs to achieve your intended results.
The Computer Bakery warrants that this programme will perform the
functionality described in the accompanying manual. Computer Bakery
warrants any manual and/or disks on which the programme is supplied
which you obtained directly from Computer Bakery to be free from defects
in material or workmanship under normal use for 60 days from the date of
purchase. Defective media or documentation will be replace free
provided that the defective item is returned to Computer Bakery with the
receipt.
In no event with Computer Bakery be liable for direct, indirect,
incidental or consequential damages that occur through the use or
inability to use this product.
TradeMarks
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4DOS is a trademark of J.P. Software.
Adobe and PostScript are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc.
BGI, Turbo C, Turbo C++, and Borland C++ are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Borland International, Inc.
Compaq is a registered trademark of Compaq Computer Corporation.
CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe, Inc.
dBASE is a trademark of Ashton-Tate.
Digital Research, DR DOS, GEM, GEM Draw, GEM Graph, GEM Desktop, GEM
Paint are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digital Research, Inc.
Epson is a registered trademark of Epson Corporation.
Freelance, Lotus, and 1-2-3 are trademarks and Lotus 1-2-3 is a
registered trademark of Lotus Development Corporation.
Hercules is a trademark of Hercules Computer Technology Inc.
HP is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
IBM, IBM PC, IBM PC/XT, PC AT, IBM DOS, Personal System/2 and
Displaywrite are registered trademarks and PS/2 and AT are trademarks
of International Business Machines Corporation.
Microsoft, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word for Windows,
Microsoft Windows, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and MS, MS
Paint, and MS Works are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
MultiMate Advantage is a trademark of MultiMate International
Corporation, an Ashton-Tate Company.
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation.
Olivetti is a registered trademark of Ing. C. Olivetti
PC Paintbrush is a trademark of Z-Soft Corporation.
PC Tools is a trademark of Central Point Software Inc.
PKZip is a registered trademark of PKWare Inc.
Q&A and JustWrite are registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation.
TI is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments, Inc.
WordPerfect, PlanPerfect, and DataPerfect are registered trademarks and
WordPerfect Library and WordPerfect Office are trademarks of WordPerfect
Corporation.
WordStar is a trademark of MicroPro International Corporation.
Ventura Publisher is a registered trademark of Ventura Software, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and
are hereby acknowledged.
Introduction
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WhatIs - The FileIdentifier - is a simple utility which will help you to
identify what a file (or group of files) is (or are). It will usually
be able to