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- Documentation for OS/2 2.0 Command Line Utilities Page 1
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- Command Line Utilities (OS Usage) -- 04th July 1993
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- Package Version 1.04 (Beta)
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- Package Copyright (c) 1993 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
- Licensed under General Public Licence version 1.00
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- Jonathan de Boyne Pollard, c/o 1 Queen's Close
- KENILWORTH CV8 1JR, United Kingdom
- Telephone +44 926 484514 (1000-1800 GMT)
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- This file is plain ANSI text with embedded tabs and form-feeds. It may be
- viewed with an ANSI file viewer. This is preferable to printing it out,
- because saving paper saves the environment.
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- To view : LIST OPSYS.DOC (Vernon Buerg's file viewer)
- To print : PRINT OPSYS.DOC (MDOS and OS/2 print utility)
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- This file contains documentation for the command line utilities written
- for OS/2 version 2.0 by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard. The DOS session
- versions of the utilities have been tested under OS/2 2.0 VDM sessions,
- MDOS 6.0 and DR-DOS 6.0.
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- Copyright (c) 1993 JdeBP
- Documentation for OS/2 2.0 Command Line Utilities Page 2
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- Use under OS/2 2.0 Native mode
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- In OS/2 native mode, ensure that the DPATH environment variable includes
- the \OS2\SYSTEM directory (or other directory where OSO0001.MSG is
- located), otherwise the NLS error messages will not be found. OS/2 system
- installation will have done this for you.
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- All utililties are compiled as AVIO programs, enabling them to be run in
- a windowed OS/2 session on the desktop.
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- Use in OS/2 2.0 VDM sessions
- ────────────────────────────
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- Similarly, for VDM sessions, OS/2 will have created an APPEND path to
- the \OS2\SYSTEM directory, allowing the NLS error messages to be found
- from a DOS program.
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- All utilities that read files will open them with deny write access, to
- allow other workstations on networks, and processes in other sessions to
- read the files concurrently, but preventing them from changing the
- contents.
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- Use in OS/2 2.0 VMB sessions (DR-DOS 6.0 and MDOS 6.0)
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- Since neither of these operating systems support NLS error message
- databases, the default built-in error messages will be displayed. To
- obtain the NLS messages you must up the APPEND command to include the
- directory containing OSO0001.MSG (usually %_boot:\OS2\SYSTEM).
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- If you do this, you must be aware of the side effects of the APPEND
- command upon other programs that you run, it may be more trouble than it
- is worth. Consult the documentation for the APPEND command (available
- online in DR-DOS with HELP APPEND) and the documentation for the
- programs that you run.
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- Most networking software will require SHARE to be loaded, although
- Novell Netware is an exception.
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- Use under other DOSes
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- The utilities will refuse to run on versions of DOS prior to version
- 3.30, because they require certain networking and file control
- facilities first introduced with that version of DOS.
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