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- **** COMMENTED DIRECTORY ****
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- Version 2.0
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- by Dennis L. Raney
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- (C) Copyright PC Applications 1985, 1986
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- COPY NOTICE
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- This is a user-supported program and is protected by the federal
- copyright laws. It is intended for personal use only. Commercial
- users are requested to send a very nominal donation. It is not to be
- distributed with any other product or service. No charge may be made
- for its distribution, including any "Disk fee". Nor may it be
- distributed in any modified form.
- You are encouraged to to distribute this program, whether you use
- it or not. Support the freeware concept.
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- REGISTRATION
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- This program is provided on an "as is" basis. No further support
- will be provided for version two point zero (2.0). If you like the
- program, and would like an opportunity to acquire a more enhanced
- version, along with support, you will need to register as a user. To
- register costs nothing. As a registered user, you will receive
- notices of enhancements, and be allowed to receive them for a very
- nominal fee, normally at cost. There will be no further releases of
- newer versions to the public domain, only to registered users. New
- versions will only be released when there has been a substantial
- number of enhancements made to the program. So fill out the
- registration at the end of this document, and send it in. It will
- cost you only a stamp to register, and then it is up to you as to
- whether you wish the up graded version.
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- INTRODUCTION,
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- In a computer system of any size, it is often very easy to forget
- what the many programs, documents, and various files are. With only
- eight characters available for file names, it is often hard to create
- names that are meaningful, especially when viewed months later. CDir
- was created to alleviate this problem. With CDir you can create a
- file of comments for every program, document, spreadsheet, etc. that
- you may have on your disks, whether you are using floppies or a hard
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- You could create a text file of comments on your own. In fact you
- may have already done such. If so, you know that recalling a comment
- from such a file can be tedious at best. With CDir you will be able
- to create a comment for all of your files, up to 65 characters long,
- that can be easily recalled with a simple command. There are some
- disk library programs, but these are quite often large programs, and
- require a large amount of disk memory. With CDir, you only need about
- 3k of storage for the program, and up to 57k for each comment file.
- You may have one master comment file. You may have one for each
- directory or floppy disk.
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- You may find other uses for CDir. For my own use, I sometimes
- create comments to show the proper syntax of various DOS commands,
- program switches, etc. The main purpose is to have the information
- about a file available when and where you need it the most, right
- where you are working.
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- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS,
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- These are the minimum requirements of CDir:
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- * IBM-PC/XT or close compatible.
- * MS-DOS 2.0 or higher version.
- * Minimum of 128k total memory (64k free).
- * Monochrome or Color card.
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- USING CDIR,
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- On floppy based systems place a copy of CDIR.COM on your DOS
- disk. If you are using a RAM disk you can place a copy there when you
- boot your system. On a hard disk system, place a copy in your DOS
- directory, or wherever, as long as DOS can locate it in the current
- path.
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- For CDir to be usable you must have a comment file in the root
- directory of the default disk (CDIR.CMT). If this file is not present
- you must create it using the /A switch or with a text processor. If
- you use a text processor such as WordStar (tm), use the non-document
- mode. The comment file must follow a strict format.
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- The format is as follows:
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- CDIR.COM;Displays a commented directory to the user.
- CDIR.CMT ;Comment file for CDIR.COM program.
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- The filename must be in upper case letters, followed by an
- optional space and a semicolon, then your comment. If the comment is
- longer than 65 characters it will wrap around and throw the display
- off. Future versions will correct this, and allow for a much larger
- comment. The filenames may be kept in alphabetical order, but it
- makes no difference to CDir. The easiest way to create and add to
- your comment file is using CDir with the /A switch, (Append comment).
- All CDir comment files are easily edited, using any good word
- processor. As it stands right now with version 2.0, you must use a
- word processor to edit comments, or delete comments from the comment
- file. Once again, future versions will include these features. This
- is a usable version, but newer versions will include these features
- and more as they are suggested.
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- SYNTAX OF CDIR,
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- The basic syntax of CDir is as follows:
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- CDIR [d:] [pathname] [filespec] [/x]
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- [ ] is an optional parameter.
- < > is a necessary parameter.
- [d:] is any allowable drive letter.
- [pathname] is any allowable path name.
- [filespec] is an legal filename. Wild cards may be used, ? and *.
- [/x] is a switch to select several options. (/A, /D, /H, /P, /S).
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- CDIR SWITCHES,
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- You have several option switches available with CDir, an
- explanation of them follows.
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- Switch Explanation
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- /A Appends file comments to the current comment file. If the
- comment file does not exist CDir creates one. If a
- comment file exists it renames it with a .BAK extension, and
- creates a new comment file. CDir will display a filename &
- a comment if one exists. If no comment exists, then CDir
- will prompt you for one. If you wish to enter a comment,
- type it in and press return. If you wish to not enter a
- comment simply press the return key. When all files
- matching the <filespec> have been displayed CDir will write
- the new file to the disk, and display the amount of memory
- left in the comment buffer. (Limit 57k bytes in size).
- This is enough memory to hold about 1,400 average comments.
- Enough to handle a large hard disk system, about 20 meg.
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- /D Display subdirectory names also. Normally CDir displays only
- Archive, Archived, and Read only files. If you wish to add
- comments for subdirectories use the /D switch along with
- the /A switch.
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- /H Display hidden files. Used to display hidden disk files.
- Use with the /A switch to create comments for Hidden files.
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- /S Display system files. Use with the /A switch to create
- comments for system files.
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- /P Pause display when screen is full. Use this switch when you
- you have a long directory listing.
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- These switches may be used in any order or combination. The out
- put may also be redirected using the DOS redirection commands to send
- the output to another device, such as the printer, or a disk file, etc.
- For more information on DOS redirection, see your DOS manual.
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- NOTE: CDir may be used in the default drive and directory without
- any pathname or file specifier.
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- EXAMPLE: CDIR or CDIR /D etc.
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- This will display all files in the current directory. To display
- files in another directory, other than the one you're in, you must
- provide a file mask also. Such as, CDIR \BASICA\*.BAS, using any
- allowable wild cards.
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- You may also use a file name, such as, CDIR \ASM\CDIR.COM. This
- will display only the selected file. You may use this to add comments
- or display comments for one file.
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- It is recommended that you thoroughly test this program, to ensure
- that it will suit your needs. Whether you decide to use it or not, you
- are encouraged to share it with others.
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- CDir was written entirely in assembly language using MicroSoft's (tm)
- Macro Assembler 1.27. The source code may be purchased by contacting
- the author at the following address.
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- Dennis L. Raney
- %PC Applications
- 2612 Castle Dr.
- Blue Springs, Mo. 64015
- Phone# (816)229-8699
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- 2612 Castle Drive
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