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- MANAGE DOC FILES IN A SEPARATE DIRECTORY
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- This is a technique for managing DOC files. These clutter up directories,
- especially Utility directories, slowing down PATH searches and making the
- directories too long to read on one screen in many cases.
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- The DOC files can be moved off to a separate directory, such as:
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- C:\DOC
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- ...but then they are less accessable.
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- The batch files DOC.BAT and DOCDIR.BAT, with BR.COM make them quickly
- accessable. If these 3 files are in your Utility or other PATHed directory,
- they will look for a DOC directory on the current (logged) drive.
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- If you have more than one hard drive, feel free to modify these .BAT files to
- use your own .DOC drive and subdirectory name, and your own BROWSE (or LIST)
- program (I renamed BROWSE 'BR', that's what you see in the sample .BAT files).
- - have fun! - paul noeldner & marty shannon
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- The BAT files use the BROWSE utility to browse the DOC directory on the
- currently logged drive. After viewing, use ESC to exit.
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- To browse the DOC directory: DOCDIR
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- To browse a member for 'goober': DOC goober
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- Postscript - the same technique could be used for HELP on any subject.
- Create a BAT file named HELP.BAT, and maybe one named HELPDIR.BAT,
- then have a specified subdirectory full of your .HLP (or .DOC for that
- matter) files. Help is then a command away on any subject you want.
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- I still think a hotkey approach would be nicer - a memory resident program
- to go do the browse in the \DOC subdirectory, for the word under the cursor.
- Any hotdogs (or hotdocs) out there want to tackle it?
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