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R E C A L L
-File Selection Aid -
By Patri-Soft
Norm Patriquin
Daniel Collier
(tm) ┌─────────┐
┌─────┴───┐ │ MEMBER
───│ │ │────────────────
│ ┌──────┴──┐ │ Association of
│ │ ├──┘ Shareware
└──┤ ■ │ Professionals
──────│ ║ │───────────────────
└────╨────┘
(714) 352-2820 (Voice)
(714) 352-2825 (Data)
User's Guide
edited by
David Birley
April 10, 1991
Copyright 1987, 1991 by Patri-Soft
RECALL Version 2.5 April 1991 Copyright 1991 by Patri-Soft Page 2
Table of Contents
DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
LICENSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
VERSION HISTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
WHAT IS RECALL?? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GETTING STARTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
COMMAND FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Menu Options: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Filter Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Use last current directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Name and path of application to invoke . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Optional parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Directory to change to before execution . . . . . . . . . . 10
Name of batch file to write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SPAWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SUB-TASK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
GENERATE BATCH FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving the defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MACROS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Defining a macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Path and Application Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Directory to change to before execution. . . . . . . . . 11
Command to build . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
F4 and F5 EXCLUDING FILES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SEARCHING FOR TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LOCATE A FILE BY NAME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
AGAIN (REPEAT LOCATE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
NAME SEARCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FIND A FILE BY NAME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SORT FILENAME DISPLAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CHANGE DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
RECALL Version 2.5 April 1991 Copyright 1991 by Patri-Soft Page 3
DELETE A FILE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ENTER KEY INVOKES DEFAULT APPLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F10 TO INVOKE WITHOUT A FILENAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F2 AND / FILTER OUT FILE NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F1 HELP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F3 SHELL TO DOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F4 ADD FILES TO EXCLUDE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
F5 EXCLUDE FILES FOR THIS SESSION ONLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
F6 DISPLAY FILES WITH MATCHING EXTENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
F7 MOVE TO PARENT DIRECTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
F8 MOVE TO ROOT DIRECTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
VIEWING A FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ESC TO QUIT RECALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RUNNING RECALL FROM A BATCH FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
REGISTERING RECALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Register RECALL 2.5 Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Reporting Problems with RECALL 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RECALL Version 2.5 April 1991 Copyright 1991 by Patri-Soft Page 4
The program author and sole proprietor of Patri-Soft, Norman
Patriquin,is an active member of the Association of Shareware
Profes- sionals (ASP). The ASP wants to make sure that the
Shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
Shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help
you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not
provide technical support for members' products. Please write to
the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a
Compuserve message via MAIL to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
DISCLAIMER
Patri-Soft hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this product,
whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Patri-Soft cannot and will not be liable for any special,
incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss
of data or any other reason, even if Patri-Soft or an authorized
Patri-Soft agent has been advised of the possibility of such
damages. In no event shall the liability for any damages ever
exceed the price paid for the license to use software, regardless of
the form and/or extent of the claim. The user of this program bears
all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
LICENSE
RECALL is a Shareware product. As such, it is made available to the
general computing public for evaluation. Users are licensed to
operate RECALL on their personal computers for the purpose of test
and evalua- tion on a trial basis for a limited trial period. It is
not possible to reasonably define any definitive limits of a fair
and equitable time period for evaluation, therefore it is left to
the user's judgment and sense of fair play as to the time required
to make a decision as to its usefulness. If the user decides the
program is not of sufficient merit to warrant purchase through
registration with Patri-Soft, the program should be removed from
their personal computer. Otherwise, if the program is deemed useful
and is in regular use on the user's personal computer system,
registration with Patri-Soft is required.
Registered users are those users that elect to pay for RECALL and
register by payment with Patri-Soft. By virtue of registration and
payment for the program, registered users are granted a license to
continue to utilize the program on their personal computer for as
long as they choose. This license authorizes the user to use the
program on any personal computer system he or she may own so long as
the program is operated on only one computer system at a time.
Site licenses for use of RECALL on multiple computers are available
upon request at a reduced fee that is based upon the number of