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- DirUtil Deluxe V1.0
- Copyright (C) 1987, Deluxe ShareWare
- P.O. Box 2403
- Auburn, AL 36831
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- DirUtil Deluxe is a ShareWare directory utility editor. Copy and distribute
- DirUtil Deluxe freely to your friends and bulletin boards. Please do not
- alter the program or this file. If program is distributed, please include
- this file with the program. To become a registered user and receive
- information on new releases please send $11.50 to Deluxe ShareWare.
- Registered users may recieve a free disk of "The Best of PD Software" by
- including an additional $3.50 for postage and handling. Please specify if
- you would prefer Vol 1: Communications Software, Volume 2: Development
- Software or Vol 3: General Software.
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- If you experience any problems please report them to us. Suggestions for
- changes or enhancements will be greatly appreciated.
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- !!! NOTICE !!!
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- DirUtil Deluxe is ShareWare. It is not a free public domain program.
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- Feel free to give copies of DirUtil Deluxe to friends and bulletin boards.
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- It must not be used for commercial purposes. Deluxe ShareWare assumes
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- no repsonsibility for consequential damages arising from the use of this
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- Using DirUtil Deluxe
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- DirUtil Deluxe may be used without setup.
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- ARC, DE-ARC and ARC file content listing are available if the program ARC is
- present in the SYS:c directory. ARC.023 was used in testing this program.
- EDIT is available if the program ED is present in the SYS:c directory. This
- program need not be Amiga "ed", but any editor which accepts a quoted file
- name to be entered from CLI. Microsmith's TxEd will work nicely. The SHOW
- option is available if the program SHOW is found in the SYS:c directory. Any
- IFF or HAM picture display program may be used. DirUtil Deluxe was tested
- with the program SHOWIFF found on many bulletin boards. NEWCLI requires
- "newcli" and "run" to be present in the SYS:c directory.
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- DF0:, DF1:, DF2:, DH0:, RAM:, and VD0: refer to device names. Selecting one
- of these will display the device directory in the directory window at left.
- If the device selected is the current directory, the directory will be regen-
- erated, in case it has been altered by another task. Sub-directories are
- highlighted in the directory window. A sub-directory may be selected by
- using the GETDIR gadget. Only one sub-directory may be selected at a time.
- The current directory name is displayed in the window on the right marked
- "S"--for SOURCE. A directory name may be entered directly into the SOURCE
- window, by selecting that window and pressing return. This is the same as
- selecting a device or selecting a sub-directory and performing a GETDIR.
- The PARENT gadget returns to the previous directory--if the current directory
- is a root directory (such as DF1:), there is no effect. ROOT returns to the
- root directory of the current directory. A sub-directory may be deleted by
- selecting the directory in the directory window and pressing DELDIR. Note
- that only an empty directory may be deleted in this fashion.
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- File Processing:
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- A file may be selected for processing by clicking on its name in the directory
- window, or by selecting the ALL gadget on the second row. A selected file
- maybe un-selected by clicking on the name a second time or selecting CLEAR.
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- The following processes may be invoked upon a file:
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- COPY - copies the selected file(s) to the directory named in the DESTINATION
- window (marked "D").
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- DELETE - deletes the selected file(s).
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- RENAME - renames the selected file to the name specified in the DESTINATION
- window. If multiple files are selected, only the first will be renamed. The
- new name may be qualified by directory but must reside on the same disk or
- device.
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- MOVE - moves the selected file(s) to the directory specified in the DESTI-
- NATION window. The directory may reside on a different disk or device.
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- EDIT - invokes the system editor (Any program in the SYS:c directory named
- "ed"). Note: some editors will not recognized file names containing spaces.
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- EXEC - invokes the file as an object module. Output from the program will
- be displayed in the DirUtil Deluxe output window at the bottom of the screen.
- The return key will be simulated if the program expects input from CON:.
- Because of this feature some programs may "loop" expecting a particular input.
- Parms entered in the EXEC window (marked "E") are passed to the proogram.
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- TYPE - displays the contents of the file(s) to a full-screen window.
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- HTYPE - displays contents of files, with hexidecimal representation, to a
- full-screen window.
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- PRINT - prints the contents of the selected file(s).
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- BYTE - displays file size, in bytes, in the message window at the center of
- the screen. If more than one file is selected, the total combined size of
- all selected files will be displayed.
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- SHOW - displays ILBM (IFF picture) files or Hold-and-Modify (HAM picture)
- file(s). Invokes any program in the SYS:c directory named "show".
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- Archive Functions:
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- If the ARC utility is present in the SYS:c directory, the following archive
- functions are available:
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- ARC - adds the selected file(s) to the ARC file specified in the DESTINATION
- window. The .ARC suffix is not required on the ARC file name. If the ARC
- file specified does not exist, it will be created. If the selected file
- already exists in the archive file, it will be replaced.
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- DEARC - extracts all files from the selected .ARC file. The extracted files
- will be placed into the same directory as the archive file, replacing any
- like named files.
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- ARCLST - displays full-screen verbose listing of the contents of an archive
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- Miscellaneous Functions:
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- SWAP - swaps the content of the SOURCE window with the content of the
- DESTINATION window. The directory window will be updated accordingly.
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- S-->D - writes the content of the SOURCE window into the DESTINATION window.
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- MKDIR - creates the directory name found in the DESTINATION window. If a
- root directory is not specified, the directory will be created in the current
- directory.
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- SINFO - displays the available free space found for the disk or drive spe-
- cified in the SOURCE window. If a drive is not is specified the current
- directory is assumed. If the directory specified is a sub-directory, the
- space on the disk specified by the root directory is displayed.
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- DINFO - displays the availble free space for the DESTINATION window.
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- NEWCLI - opens a CLI window at the bottom of the screen.
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- Development history:
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- DirUtil was developed by Chris Nicotra. Screen design and program structure
- for DirUtil Deluxe was based upon DirUtil III.
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- Beta version 0.1 of this program was distributed in March 1987.
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- Version 1.0 (August 1987) includes the addition of the NEWCLI gadget. A
- format option was suggested, but it was felt the the NEWCLI offers even
- more flexibility than the FORMAT option.
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- Other changes:
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- CAPS on program generated drive/device specifications in the SOURCE and
- DESTINATION windows.
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- Exclusion of quotes when passing file name to EDIT--no longer works with
- names containing spaces, but is compatible with more editors.
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- This documentation, such as it is.
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- Replaced drive specification DH1: with VD0: to support virtual disks. Not
- many people have one hard drive, so why worry about the second hard drive?
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- Comments may also be made to:
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- Deluxe ShareWare c/o Sysop, Smorgasboard BBS, (205) 745-3989
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- Thanks for the support.
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