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^b ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░ █ ░ █ ▀▀▀█ █▀▀▀ ▀▀▀█▀▀▀▀▀ ░ █ ░ █ ▒ █ ▒ █ ▓ █ ▓ █▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ^h TERMINATE COMMANDER ^n Copyright 1992, 97 by Strathrory System Limited SerWiz Comm, Worldwide distributor of Terminate All Rights Reserved By Bo Bendtsen The file manager is a complete tool for managing all your DOS command needs. It has the same sort of features as programs like Norton Commander 3.0, QDOS, PCTOOLS, etc. With this you can manage all your needs and a little extra too. ^hChanging directory^n To change directory, press ^hCursor Right^n. To change to the parent directory press ^hCursor Left^n. ^hFavourite paths^n Press shift and a window with the last 10 paths used can be selected quickly again. Press 0-9 to select the path you want and you will be placed in the directory. You can also press 0-9 to recall a path without pressing shift. ^hDrive colours^n The colours are referred to as: Normal, High and Bold. (Default Terminate colours: Normal=Gray, High=Cyan, Bold=Yellow). ^m╒╡^t Terminate Commander ^m╞═══════════════════════════════════╡^t File manager ^m╞╕ ^m│ ^bCtrl+drv to change:^n ^hA ^hB ^bC ^nD E^b·^hF^b·^nG H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ^m│ │ ^nMas^bk^n: ^h*.* ^bP^nath: ^hC:\ ^m│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘^n The top is used to display which drives are available in your system. colours mean: Drive not present = Normal Drive present = ^hHigh^n Current drive = ^bBold^n ^b· ·^n Around a letter will show which path is available when pressing the TAB key. Small letters will always be CD-ROM drives (only when MSCDEX loaded). For a FAST change to another available drive, just hold down Ctrl and press the letter of the desired drive. Then the current directory on that drive will become current. Note that you can turn off drives to test in the configuration (general options 1) if some drives are too slow to test, like a CD-ROM or a tape streamer used as a special drive. A and B will always be highlighted even though they may not be available. ^hK^n Mask Mask is the wildcard mask when reading the files in the current directory. If you use *.EXE or *.GIF only those files will be used. You can also use jokers (?) which only replace 1 character in the mask. ^hP^n Enter/create path When pressing P you can enter the complete path manually. If you want to create a sub directory you can also use the command. Just enter the new path and you will be asked to confirm creation. (Like: MD MKDIR). The small window below will tell you the size and how much free space is on the current disk. If the drive is a CD-ROM then it will say so and Free space will always be 0, since it isn't possible to write to a CD-ROM (at least not yet). Selected/Bytes/transfer time shows the status of files tagged and how long it would take to transfer them via modem, calculated on the CPS (characters per second) - which you can change when pressing T. Normally the maximum bps rate divided by 10 will give you this approximately. ^m┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ^nDisk size ^h244.834.304 ^m│ │ ^nDisk free ^h18.702.336 ^m│ │ ^nSelected ^h0 ^m│ │ ^nBytes ^h0 ^m│ │ ^nTransfer time => ^h0.00.00 ^m│ └───────────────────────────┘^n Below is an example window with directories and files. Any directories will be highlighted and will have <DIR> as size. It will show all information needed about the files in the current path, but you can also choose to have 2 windows at the same time. Press ^hW^n to toggle windows, then you will not get so much information but you will be able to see and use 2 paths at the same time. Attributes are defined as follows: R = Read Only Nobody can write/delete the file/directory H = Hidden File/Directory is hidden when using the DIR command S = System File/directory is used by DOS or other operating system A = Archive This attribute is normally used to determine if the file should be backed up, but it can be used for other things also. Place the menubar on an entry and press A to change both the attributes on files and directories. The time shown after the attribute information is how long in minutes and seconds it would take to transfer the file with the current CPS. ^m┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ^m│ ^nName Date Time Size Attr -=> ^m│ ^m├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤^bC^m├┤ ^m│ ^hDOS 17-Mar-93 19:57 <DIR> ---- 0:00 ^m│ ^m│ ^hTERMINAT 17-Mar-93 19:57 <DIR> ---- 0:00 ^m│ ^m│ ^nAUTOEXEC.BAT 3-Apr-93 17:02 1229 ---A 0:00·^m│ ^m│ ^nCOMMAND.COM 9-Apr-91 5:00 47845 ---A 0:24·^m│ ^m│ ^nCONFIG.SYS 1-Apr-93 17:36 939 ---A 0:00 ^m│ ^m│ ^nCOUNTRY.SYS 7-Feb-91 5:48 16992 ---A 0:08 ^m│ ^m│ ^nIO.SYS 9-Apr-91 5:00 33430 RHSA 0:17 ^m│ ^m│^r MSDOS.SYS 9-Apr-91 5:00 37394 RHSA 0:19 ^m│ ^m╘════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n ^m┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ^b<>.\ ^nDirectory commands ^m│ │ ^b+-* ^nAll ^bSpace ^n(Un)Tag ^m│ │ ^bTAB ^nChange to window ^b2 ^m│ │ ^bT ^nCPS estimate ^h1920 ^m│ │ ^bS^nort ^bNam^n/Ext/Date/Siz/No ^m│ │ ^bC^nopy Dir si^bz^ne ^m│ │ ^bM^nove ^bV^niew ^m│ │ ^bR^nename ^bE^ndit ^m│ │ ^bD^nelete ^bF^nile Find ^m│ │ ^bA^nttributes ^bW^nindows ^m│ │ ^bJ^nump to DOS D^bi^nsk info ^m│ │ ^nCompare men^bu^n E^bx^ntensions ^m│ │ ^nCo^bn^nfiguration ^nD^bO^nS command ^m│ └───────────────────────────┘^n ^hMovements^n Use cursor-up/down keys to move up and down the files/directories. Terminate also uses QUICK-keys, which means you can press ALT-A..ALT-Z To move the menubar to the next file starting with that letter. ^hLeft cursor^n (^h<^n An arrow pointing to the left) Will change to the parent directory. If you are in C:\DOS and press left cursor you will be in C:\, nothing will happen if you are already in the ROOT directory. This is much faster than other systems which first want you to move up to a parent or .. dir and press return. ^hRight cursor^n (^h>^n An arrow pointing to the right) If you are positioned on a directory and press right arrow you will change to that directory. The reason why ^hRETURN^n is not used is because when you upload, RETURN will start the transfer. Please get used to using the arrows, then you will notice how MUCH faster it is to navigate your hard disk. ^h.^n Reread If you press the period, all drives will be re-tested to see if they are available, including drives which were excluded at configuration. ^h\^n Change to root A backslash will change to the ^hROOT^n directory on the current drive ^h+^n Tag all Will tag all files ^h-^n Untag all Will untag all files ^h*^n Invert all Invert tags. All tagged files will be untagged and all untagged will be tagged. ^hSPACE^n Tag Tag/untag file under menubar. If you tag a GIF file then the picture information for the file you just tagged will be shown at the bottom line of the current file window. ^hTAB^n Change window The filemanager can use 2 different paths, and you can switch between the paths by pressing TAB. ^hT^n Enter CPS Enter CPS (characters per second) to base calculations on with total selected files and for each file. The normal CPS is a little less than your baudrate divided by 10. (19200 = 1920, 14400 = 1440, 2400 = 240). ^hS^n Sort files Allows you to select how you want the files sorted in the current file window. ^bNam ^nFilename ^bExt ^nExtension, then filename ^bDate ^nNewest files at top ^bSiz ^nBiggest files at top ^bNo ^nNo sort ^hC^n Copy file(s) (Print textfiles) Copy file at menubar - if any files are tagged they will be copied to another directory. If no files are tagged and the menubar is on a file then you could copy the file to another filename, just like a rename but you will also have the original file. If you are on a network, copying a large file or many files could slow the server down so you can press ^hW^n while copying to enable the wait function after copying a file. Then Terminate will wait filesize / 100000 seconds between each file (min-max 1-12 sec.). If you need to print the file just enter ^bPRN^n as destination name or LPT2,LPT3 depending on which port your printer is located. ^hM^n Move file(s) Move file or files to another file directory, works just like COPY, but then deletes the file afterwards. ^hR^n Rename file Rename a file or a directory ^hD^n (^hDEL^n) Delete file(s) Delete a file or a directory. You can also press the key called ^bDEL/DELETE^n. If you try to delete a directory and it is not empty, you will be asked to confirm deletion of the entire directory and all sub-entries, normally called a KILLTREE function. ^hA^n Change attributes/time/date Change attributes (see above) of a directory or a file or time/date on files ^hJ^n DOS-Shell DOS-shell, calls COMMAND.COM (COMSPEC) and lets you execute whatever you like. You can setup how to swap memory out first in the configuration. ^hU^n Compare paths Compares the 2 paths and tags files either IN or NOT IN the other window. ^hN^n Send filename When you are online and want to upload some files, you will sometimes be asked to enter the filenames first. This function will send the filename on the current line and a space (in case of several files). ^hZ^n Tree-size Will calculate the size of the current and all sub-directories. ^hV^n View file View the file under the menubar. Calls the external lister program. ^hE^n Edit file Edit the file under the menubar. Call the external editor. ^hF^n Find file(s) Finds a file. You can enter a wildcard (*,?) filename. The current drive will first be searched, then all available drives. You can press space to skip the current search drive. Return to select file, or abort with ESC. When a file is found, the manager will change to the directory where the file is, tag the file and place the menubar on the file. ^hW^n Window display style Toggle between 1 window or 2 windows display ^hI^n Disk information Shows information on all available drives and if any drives are SUBST or remapped by a network. (Resolved path). You will be asked for a minimum free disk space warning value and an update timer, so you can update every x seconds. If you are on a network you can use it to monitor drives - so if the free space remaining on any drive is below the warn value, the size will flash and a beep will sound. ^hX^n Edit extensions Works almost like Norton Commander. Please look in the file TERMINAT.EXT for more information on how to set this up. Lots of extensions are defined as a default. Let's say you press return on a file called HELLO.TXT. Then the external editor will be called and you can edit the file. You can identify all the files where an extension has been found by the ^b·^n at the same line as the filename. ^m│ ^nAUTOEXEC.BAT 3-Apr-93 17:02 1229 ---A 0:00·^m│^n \______found ^hO^n DOS-command Here you can enter any command you like. When you then press return the command will be executed. You can enter a !M to swap out memory if this was not already selected in the configuration. But also a !F or !D which will be replaced with the name under the menubar and the current directory. ^hB^n Both paths Make this window the same path as the other window. The bottom line is all your external utilities which you can setup in the configuration. Look there for help on how to set these up. The programs are called when you press F1..F10 (also F11,F12). If you are located in a mail directory (outbound) with mail files then the address of the file will be calculated and shown in the bottom line of the current file window. F1·Pack F2·Memo F3·Frmt F4·Vir F5·GSet F6·Echo F7·VPic F8·40-L F9·Prn F0·NCD Setup the utilities that can be called with Ctrl or Shift F1..F12 from terminal mode or in the filemanager. The first word is what will appear on the status line when holding down Ctrl and Shift. The parameters will be replaced with the correct value or turn on the option. ^h!P^n Replace with current comport. ^h!C^n Replace with current comport-1. COM1=0 COM2=0 ^h!0^n Replace with current download path. ^h!E^n Call program directly without using COMMAND.COM. ^h!M^n Swap out memory if program needs a lot of resources. ^h!W^n Wait for return to be pressed before returning to Terminate. ^h!B^n Replace with current baudrate. ^h!L^n Replace with current linkrate (14400) ^h!F^n Name under cursor in filemanager. ^h!CD^n Change to path where program is located before starting program. ^h!25,!30,!43,!50^n Change screen size to 25 lines, 30 lines, 43 lines or 50 lines. Only possible on some systems. ^h!@^n When running external utilities that handles a lot of filenames on the command line you can use the listfile feature. It will save all the filenames in a listfile and use instead. Example: Pkzip SAVE @!@listfile.txt !m Will pack all tagged files in both the filemanager windows into SAVE.ZIP ^h!Q^n Asks user to input string and replace string with !Q. Powerful when used with the !@ command. Example: Pkzip !Q @!@listfile.txt !m First asks you to input a string which is replaced with !Q. Then pack all tagged files in both the filemanager windows into the filename you entered.