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- Catalogue by David A Jamieson. October 1988.
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- Files on this disk : CAT.EXE
- CAT.DOC
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- This document is split up into the following areas :
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- - Loading the program.
- - The screen layout.
- - Getting Help.
- - Moving the cursor.
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- Loading the program
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- To load the program type CAT <Cr.> at the DOS command line.
-
- NB
- Monochrome Monitor users must load the program by typing
- CAT -M <Cr.> at the DOS command line.
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- CAT is a user-friendly DOS which will allow many typical DOS
- command to be executed simply at the touch of a button, or two.
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- The Screen Layout
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- When the program is loaded it will display a listing of the
- current DOS directory which is slightly more informative than
- the usual.
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- Each file which is listed contains the filename, the date and
- time the file was created, the file length, and the file
- attributes. File attributes tell DOS what type of file it is;
- whether it is a Systems files, a hidden file, a directory etc.
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- The top line of the screen displays the current Date and Time.
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- The bottom two lines show the size of the disk, the amount of
- disk space free, the number of files in the current directory and
- the number of sub-directories within this directory.
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- There is also an information line, about 3/4 of the way down the
- screen which expands of the filename which is at the cursor
- position. This line tells you the name of the file, its type
- (e.g. Batch, Command, Executable, Document etc.), and its
- attributes in full (e.g. Hidden, System).
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- Getting Help
- ------------
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- When the program has loaded, you have two possible ways of
- receiving help. Pressing the [F1] key will give a list of all the
- keys used and a quick explanation of their functions. Pressing
- F8 (function key 8) and then a key will describe the use of the
- chosen key in much more detail. (e.g. F8 Alt D will give you
- more information on how to use the Alt D facility).
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- Moving the Cursor
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- To move the cursor from file to file use the Up and Down arrow
- keys. To move it up and down a page use PgUp and PgDn.
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- Positioning the cursor over a filename and pressing <Return>
- results in one of three actions.
- 1 Change into the directory, if the file is a directory.
- 2 Load the file if it is of extension EXE, COM or BAT.
- 3 Display an error if it is not a directory or can not be
- loaded.