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- Patriquin's Hard Disk Utilities (5/89) REGISTRATION ($45.00)
- by Norm Patriquin
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- P A T R I Q U I N ' S U T I L I T Y D I S K
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- Created: 21MAY89
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- This disk contains utilities written by Norm Patriquin.
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- PALERT is a utility program to help you avoid unexpectedly running out
- of disk space. Many times application programs terminate abnormally
- or disallow you from completing a function because of insufficient
- disk space. Sometimes, this may cause you to lose valuable work time
- and sometimes causes data to be lost. PALERT watches your disk space
- and warns you when space is getting low.
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- PATTR sets DOS attributes for the files or filename wildcards you
- specify. Use it to set or reset archive status on files or to
- protect/unprotect files with the readonly attribute. PATTR's file
- selection parameters provide you with numerous options for specifying
- the files to be deleted. You may select by directory, file, date,
- attribute, size, and even starting and ending filename.
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- PMOVE/PCOPY -- Advanced replacement for DOS COPY
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- The DOS COPY command is one of its most used commands. Unfortunately,
- its abilities are very limited and are not sufficient for many disk
- maintenance chores performed by users. PCOPY is similar to the DOS
- COPY command in that it copies file data between disks and hard disk
- directories. In addition, PCOPY is greatly superior to DOS copy in
- that it provides intelligent file selection and processing options.
- PCOPY options allow you to use a single PCOPY command to perform a
- function that would require many DOS copy commands and much thought.
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- PMOVE is an option of the PCOPY command used to move files between
- disks and directories on disks. PMOVE combines the functions of DOS
- COPY and DELETE commands to make moving files very easy. In addition
- to just moving files, PMOVE also allows selection criteria to be
- specified to better qualify the files to be moved. PMOVE
- automatically determines the environment the move is requested for and
- then determines if the data must be moved or if the file can be moved
- by renaming. Moving with rename is allowed if the move is to another
- directory on the same disk device. If a rename move can be done, it
- is much faster than moving the data, it helps to keep from fragmenting
- disk free space, and allows very large files to be moved between
- directories when they could not normally be moved with DOS COPY
- because of insufficient space.
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- PDELETE is an advanced Delete command to be used in DOS operating
- systems. It may be used in place of the DOS Erase and Delete command
- or instead of it. Like other Patriquin utilities, PDELETE gives you
- more control of command processing and provides a much safer way to
- process files. PDELETE also provides several features not found with
- the standard DOS command. Unlike other delete utilities, PDELETE does
- support DOS paths and wildcards. It keeps you aware of what files are
- being processed and provides an emergency stop feature just in case
- you have started something you feel is wrong.
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- PPRINT is a general purpose print utility that can be used with HP
- laser or other printers. PPRINT will scan a directory and select
- files for printing. Print control parameters govern the print
- process. A special print feature for the HP laserjet printer allows
- printing two pages on both halves of a side of paper. This is
- especially nice for printing large documents as it saves paper and
- print time.
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- PPRINT is special and unique because it is customisable to any printer
- type. It also allows you to access printer features not normally
- available for printing normal text files.
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- The printer definition file is a standard text file that may be edited
- by most any word processor or editor. Several definition files are
- included in the archive.
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- PSEARCH -- Search for filenames on disk or text within files.
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- PSEARCH is a generalized search facility for all PC users. PSEARCH
- can search the current directory or all directories of an hard disk
- for files or text in files. It also can scan non-text files and show
- only the text (readable) data from the file. PSEARCH is not just
- another search type command. It works with normal DOS command
- parameters or with menus. This ensures that PSEARCH can be used by
- anyone that uses a PC.
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- PTOUCH Scans the files matching the input file specification and sets
- the date and time values as desired. Use it to reset incorrectly set
- dates in files.
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