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- CO
- Command
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- Michael J. Mefford 1987/No. 21 (Utilities)
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- Purpose: Copies, moves, or deletes files individually or in tagged
- groups from directory listings sorted by name, extension, size, or date.
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- Format: CO [d:][\directory][/E][/S][/D][/T][/O]
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- Remarks: Entered without any of its optional parameters and switches,
- CO presents an alphabetized listing of the current directory with a menu of
- Function Key commands on the right. The file attributes (Archieve, Hidden,
- Read-Only, and System) are shown by the appropriate letters to the right of
- each listed file. The Up- and Down-Arrow keys move the file-selection
- highlight bar one line at a time. Ctrl-PgUp (^PgUp) and ^PgDn move to the
- top and bottom of the current display page (21 files), while PgUp and PgDn
- allow you to scoll through the entire directory listing. The Home and End
- keys go to the beginning and end of the listing, respectively. Pressing a
- letter moves the highlight bar to the first (then subsequent) filename(s)
- beginning with that letter. Multiple files are tagged for group copying,
- moving, or deleting by pressing the gray plus (+) key; the gray minus (-) key
- unmarks a mistagged file.
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- The optional /E, /S, /D, /T, and /O command-line switches sort the
- initial directory listing by Extension, Size, DaTe (/D and /T operate
- identically), or by Original DOS order. Once on screen, function keys F7
- (Name), F8 (Extension), F9 (Size), and F10 (Date) can be used for subsequent
- sorts. F1 initiates the Copy process for the highlighted (or marked)
- file(s). F6 toggles the Copy Verify option (comparable to DOS /V). F2 and
- F3 are used for Move and Delete. You are prompted for the appropriate
- destination for Copy and Move: different drives and paths are supported, as
- is the use of the DOS ? and * wildcards. Renaming while copying is
- permitted.
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- When a marked (tagged) file is successfully copied, its marker arrow
- is replaced by an asterisk. If a floppy disk becomes filled, CO
- automatically attempts to find other marked files that will fit, backup but
- will then halt with some file(s) remaining to be copied. Replace the full
- diskette with another, hit F1 again, re-enter the correct destination drive,
- and the remaining marked files will be copied.
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- To divide the contents of a directory into two parts, mark and copy
- the first set of files, as above, so that all have the "copied" asterisk.
- Then press F5 to mark the previously-untagged files and repeat the copying
- process for the second group.
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- Note: CO functions can alternately be performed by Ctrl-letter commands: ^C
- (Copy), ^D (Delete), ^M (Move), ^V (Verify), ^N (Name), ^E (Extension), ^S
- (Size), and ^T (Date).
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- Format: CO [d:][\directory][/E][/S][/D][/T][/O]