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µDCL - DCL Emulator V0.1 (10-JAN-1992)
By Michel Valentin
* What is µDCL ?
µDCL is a small DCL-like command interpreter.
You may use it as a command shell if you need some features
lacking in MSDOS (like COPY /SINCE or DEL /CONF).
You may also use it if you want to build procedure files in
a more powerful language than batch.
I wrote µDCL just for the fun during my holydays and anyone who
likes it is free to use or distribute it (provided that no fee
will be charged).
I have been treating it more like a curiosity than a serious tools
although I did my best to make it workable but if anyone wants to
use it on a more regular basis, i will do the effort to enhance
and debug it properly.
Anyway, enjoy µDCL like I enjoyed making it !
* INSTALLING µDCL
To install µDCL perform the following command at the DOS prompt:
XCOPY S: T:\DCL /S
where S: is the source disk
T:\DCL is the target disk and directory
You can choose any directory name, but a subdirectory named
HELP will be created. (It is necessary to run the HELP command).
* RUNNING µDCL
Type DCL at the dos prompt to get the µDCL command prompt or
type DCL dcl-command to invoke µDCL to execute the specified
command and exit.
Ex: DCL @ABC.DCL will run the procedure file named ABC.DCL,
and return back to MSDOS.
Note that DCL.EXE need not to be in the DOS path.
To exit µDCL, type the LOGOUT command.
To get help, type the HELP command.
At startup, µDCL will search it's home directory (the directory
where DCL.EXE is located) for a file named LOGIN.DCL (or any
other file extension defined in the DCL.INI file) and will
run it before running any other command.
At logout it will do the same with a file named LOGOUT.DCL.
* FILES
The following files are present on the µDCL diskette :
o README.1ST - This file.
o DCL.EXE - The main program
o DCL.INI - The configuration file.
o *.DCL - Various samples and test procedure
files.
o HELP\HYPERTXT.EXE The HELP hypertext engine.
o HELP\*.HTX - The HELP files.
* COMMENTS
Please send your comments, suggestions, bug reports ... to:
FidoNet - Michel Valentin 2:295/46.4663
Compuserv - C/O Jean-Marc Meessen 100016,661