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- FILL.DOC: documentation for Fill v1.0
- (c) Jean Lalonde, Montreal, Canada
- February 23, 1987
-
- Hi!
-
- Did you ever encountered this situation: you want carry the
- files of a directory from one hard-disk to another. You have to
- copy the files of this directory to floppy disk. The directory
- contains several files, some big, other smaller, and...
-
- C>copy *.* a:
- FIRSTBIG.EXE
- OTHERBIG.EXE
- Insufficient disk space
- 1 File(s) copied
-
- You realize that you will have to copy your directory on more
- than one floppy. Then, you have two choices. First, copy each
- file seperately checking the space remaining on 'A:' and the
- files size. Second choice, you can use a back-up program. The
- backup program is a good solution but you will have to carry
- the restore program with you. With Fill, there is a third
- solution...
-
- C>fill *.* a:
-
- Fill will copy all your files, filling up each floppy disk. To
- do this, Fill will build a list of the files of the directory,
- sort this list by size order and then copy the biggest file to
- the floppy. Second, it will copy the biggest file that can be
- copied in the remaining space of the floppy and so on. When the
- first floppy will be filled up, Fill will prompt you for another
- disk until the directory is completely copied to floppies.
-
- This way, Fill optimize your floppy disk space and make the job
- easy. To restore the files on the destination hard-disk, all
- you will have to do is copying the files of each floppy with the
- simple command...
-
- A>copy *.* c:\directory
-
- Fill calculate the number of floppies needed before beginning
- the job. You will never have to stop because you do not have
- enough floppies. Fill will also allow you to list files (dir),
- delete or format the destination floppy without leaving the
- program.
-
- The only restriction is that the biggest file of your directory
- must fit on one floppy (362,496 bytes or 1.2 meg according to
- your configuration). If the biggest file do not fit on a floppy
- you will have to use the backup/restore solution.
-
- To allow formatting within Fill, the program FORMAT.COM (or
- FORMAT.EXE) must be in your PATH directory. If FORMAT is in the
- directory '\DOS', your AUTOEXEC.BAT file must specify:
-
- PATH=C:\DOS;...other directories...;
-
- The Fill's syntax is very similar to the copy's syntax:
-
- Fill \directory\files target [/s]
-
- '\directory' is the directory to copy
- 'files' to copy (wild cards allowed, default is '*.*')
- 'target' is the destination drive (must be 'A:' or 'B:')
- '/S' to include sub-directories
-
- The option '/S' allow you to repeat the process on every sub-
- directories under the specified directory without repeating the
- command line.
-
- I hope Fill will be usefull to you. You can send me comments or
- reports to:
-
- Jean Lalonde
- P.O. BOX 721
- Station "R"
- Montreal
- CANADA
- H2S-3M4
-
- You can join me online on Compuserve (ID: 76606,671) or on BIX
- Info Exchange (Bix name: jlalonde). Sub is written in MODULA-
- 2/86, Rel. 2.0 (A), PC/MS-DOS 8088/8086, LOGITECH, (C) Copyright
- 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. Sub uses standard PC/MS-DOS functions,
- version 3.0 or greater. The larger your RAM is, the faster Fill
- will copy your files. Although it will run correctly with only
- 100k of RAM free.
-
- You can use or redistribute this program freely as long as this
- documentation file and the copyright remain intact. Modula-2
- sources of this program are available. To receive those text
- files, please send me a $25 check.
-
- Enjoy Fill!
-
- Jean Lalonde
- February 23, 1987