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F(ile) M(anager)/2 copyright (c) 1993 by M. Kimes (Bare Bones Software)
All Rights Reserved
This is FM/2's READ.ME, the file packaged in the outer layer of the
FM2_*.ZIP archive together with INSTALL.EXE. This file only addresses
installation of FM/2. FM2.DOC in the inner FM2EXE.ZIP contains
information on installation and starting and beginning to use FM/2.
Automated installation via INSTALL.EXE:
INSTALL.EXE is easy to use; fill in the entry fields with the
directories you want to use, then click Okay (or Cancel to abort). Once
INSTALL.EXE begins installing (after you click Okay), the dearchiver
UNZIP.EXE (not included with FM/2) will run a minute or so; be patient.
You'll then be asked if you'd like to create a program object on the
desktop for FM/2. After you answer that message box, INSTALL.EXE ends.
If you answered No, no further action is taken. If you answered Yes,
INSTALL.EXE creates a program object on the desktop, opens its Settings
notebook, and runs "FM2.EXE /?" to display command line help. Once
INSTALL.EXE ends, you can delete INSTALL.EXE and review a couple of
information files that INSTALL.EXE leaves in the default directory (a
good trial use for FM/2). INSTALL.EXE itself deletes FM2EXE.ZIP and
this file, READ.ME but leaves the original FM2_*.ZIP archive in case you
need to reinstall someday.
Manual installation:
If you intend to always run FM/2 from the same directory (as from a WPS
object with no working directory set), you can create that directory and
unpack the archive there. You're done. Note that this is how the
INSTALL.EXE program will install FM/2 if you click the "Current" button.
If you want FM/2 to be accessible from anywhere (as from a command
line), unzip the archive into a scratch directory. Copy FM2.EXE into a
directory listed in your Path (see SET PATH= in your CONFIG.SYS file)
where you can start it from anywhere. Copy FM2.HLP into a directory
listed in your Help path (see SET HELP= in your CONFIG.SYS). If you
want to be able to view the contents of archives, copy ARCHIVER.BB2 to a
directory in your Dpath (see SET DPATH= in your CONFIG.SYS). By default
FM/2 places FM2.INI in the current directory, so you'll want to locate
it elsewhere by one of two methods: set environment variable FM2INI to
point to the directory where you'd like the INI file kept (SET
FM2INI=d:\somedir, which INSTALL.EXE can do for you if you check the
"Append 'SET FM2INI=...' to CONFIG.SYS" checkbox) or run FM/2 once and
copy the FM2.INI file to some directory on your Path or DPath, and FM/2
will leave it there. You're done. Note that this is how the INSTALL.EXE
program will install FM/2 if you click the "Defaults" button, and is the
default for INSTALL.EXE.
The copy of FM2.INI in the archive contains some associations and
commands to get you started, if you'd rather not start from scratch. The
INSTALL.EXE program will install this INI for you if you check the
"Install a default INI" checkbox.
You can't install a new copy of FM/2 over an old copy if the old copy is
running because OS/2 won't let you. INSTALL.EXE warns you and aborts if
it finds a copy of FM2.EXE running.
Unregistered users will need to keep FM2.DOC where FM/2 can find it
(default directory, PATH or DPATH). INSTALL.EXE will take care of this
for you by placing FM2.DOC in the same directory as ARCHIVER.BB2, the
file that tells FM/2 about archivers.
For more information, unpack FM2.DOC from the FM2EXE.ZIP archive and
read it.