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- MOVEFILE VERSION 1.0
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- A move utility for disk subdirectories
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- Copyright PSUEDONYM tm SOFTWARE 1980 As an unpublished proprietary work
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- All rights reserved
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- MOVEFILE, a product of PSUEDONYM SOFTWARE is currently distributed as
- User Supported Software. With a few restrictions, this allows
- MOVEFILE, although copyrighted, to be freely copied and distributed.
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- First, this product must be copied and distributed as a complete
- package. This includes both the MOVEFILE program (MF.COM) and this
- documentation file (MOVEFILE.DOC).
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- Second, MOVEFILE is copyrighted and may not be distributed if altered
- or modified in any way.
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- Third, no fee is to be charged for copying or distributing MOVEFILE
- without the written permission of PSUEDONYM SOFTWARE.
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- In short, MOVEFILE may be copied and distributed to anyone who wishes
- it as long as it is a complete unmodified package including the program
- and documentation and no fee is charged. In turn, PSUEDONYM SOFTWARE is
- requesting a small contribution. $10.00 is suggested but please
- contribute whatever you feel MOVEFILE is worth. Your contributions will
- help offset development costs and thus assure future updates and
- products. Also, registered users of MOVEFILE will be placed on a
- mailing list for future notification. Even if you don't feel that
- MOVEFILE merits a contribution, please continue to copy and share this
- program with others.
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- Disclaimer:
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- MOVEFILE is being distributed without warranty on an "as is" basis.
- Neither PSUEDONYM SOFTWARE nor any of its authors shall be held liable
- for any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by this program.
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- Using MOVEFILE:
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- MOVEFILE.COM was written to allow moving files between subdirectories.
- It will not move files between disks. Use the DOS COPY and DELETE
- commands to perform that type of operation. Unlike many other move
- utilities available, MOVEFILE will work with standard DOS wild card
- characters. This feature allows moving multiple files with a single
- command. Fils that have been moved are not modified in any way. In
- fact, they are not actually moved in the normal sense of the word.
- Only the pointer to the file's subdirectory is changed. Consequently,
- a large number of files may be moved very rapidly without requiring
- additional disk space.
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- MOVEFILE requires DOS 2.0 or higher.
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- SYNTAX: MOVEFILE [d:][\source\path\]filespec.ext \target\path
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- Wild card character usage is similar to that used with COPY.
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- If the drive specifier is omitted, the current default drive is assumed.
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- If the source subdirectory is omitted:
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- 1. The current subdirectory is assumed, provided that the drive
- specifier was also omitted.
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- 2. Otherwise, the root directory on the source drive is assumed.
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- If the target subdirectory is omitted, the root directory is assumed.
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- Examples:
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- Assuming that the current drive is C: and the current subdirectory is
- \DOS
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- MF *.* \progs All files in the current directory
- (ie. DOS will be moved to PROGS.
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- MF c:\dos\*.* \progs Same as above.
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- MF \progs\*.asm \asm All files matching ????????.asm will
- be moved from PROGS to ASM.
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- MF *.* All files in the DOS directory will be
- moved to the root directory.
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- MF *.* \ Same as above.
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- MF \dos\*.* \ Same as above.
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- MF c:\dos\*.* \ Same as above.
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- MF c:*.* \ This would move all files in the root
- directory of C: to the root directory of C:
- If it were allowed, it would accomplish
- nothing. So this command is illegal.
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- MF a:dbase*.* \test All files matching dbase???.??? in the root
- directory of A: will be moved to A:\TEST.
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- MF a:\test\*.* All files in the TEST subdirectory of A:
- will be moved to the root directory of A:
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- PSUEDONYM tm SOFTWARE
- 161 S. Sunnyslope Ave.
- Pasadena, Ca 91107
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