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- | Colorado Utilities Duplicate File Manager (CUDUP) (tm)
- |
- | version 2.1
- |
- | by
- |
- | Fred C. Hill
- |
- | Micro System Solutions (tm)
- |
-
-
- Your first use of CUDUP constitutes agreement to the following license
- provisions. If you do not agree to them please do not use this program.
-
- CUDUP is a copyrighted program offered 'as is' for your personal use,
- testing and evaluation. A limited license is granted to use and to
- duplicate this program for your personal use. After a reasonable period
- of time (approx 2 weeks) you are expected to register with the author or
- discontinue your use of this program.
-
- Micro System Solutions authorizes you to make archive copies of this
- software for the sole purpose of back-up and protecting your investment
- from loss. The executable version along with this documentation, in an
- unmodified format, may be freely shared with anyone.
-
- This software may be used by one person on as many computer systems as
- that person uses.
-
- Micro System Solutions warrants any physical diskettes and documentation
- provided to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period
- of 30 days from the date of receipt. If you notify us of such a defect
- within the warranty period, Micro System Solutions will replace the
- defective diskette(s) or documentation at no cost.
-
- Ombudsman Policy
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
- with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with
- an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.
- Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
- or send a Compuserve message via Compuserve Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
-
- Trademarks
-
- CUDUP, CUDM, CUVL, & CULBL are trademarks of Micro System Solutions.
-
- Colorado Utilities is a trademark of Micro System Solutions.
-
- Turbo Professional is a trademark Turbo Power Software
-
- Turbo Pascal is a trademark of Borland International.
-
- MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
-
- IBM PC, XT, AT are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.
-
- ARC is a trademark of System Enhancement Associates (SEA)
-
-
- Additional Software
-
- CUDUP requires no additional software to execute. It will, however, only
- execute properly under MS/DOS version 3.0 and higher. (It has not been
- tested under MS/DOS 4.x) You may elect to add one or more compression/
- decompression programs from the following list:
-
- file
- ext pgm company version comments
-
- ARC PKPAK PKWare all
- ARC LARC K. Miki * using LHARC
- LZH LHARC H.Yoshizaki 1.13
- PAK PAK 1.6 * using ARC
- ZIP PKZIP PKWare 1.01
- ZOO ZOO
- ARC ARC SEA 6.0 * using PKPAK
- DWC DWC
- LBR LBR
- MD MD
-
- CUDUP manipulates the files on your disk through standard DOS calls.
- Neither the author nor Micro System Solutions accept any responsibility
- for damaged or lost files, data or media from use of this program.
-
- Hardware required
-
- CUDUP runs on any 100% IBM compatible microcomputer. It will use as much
- memory as you have available for the program and the required data storage.
- No disk files other than the program (.EXE) file are required. This
- documentation assumes you will be running CUDUP from a hard drive installed
- as drive C:, however CUDUP will run from any hard or floppy drive on your
- system.
-
- Although it has not been tested, CUDUP should run on a network drive as well.
- No file locks are done however and contention problems may arise during file
- deletions. Each user should have a registered copy of CUDUP or the
- organization should have a LAN site license.
- ORDER FORM
-
- Date:_____________
- FROM:
-
- Name:____________________________ Company:_________________________
-
- Address:_________________________ Title:___________________________
-
- City:______________________ State:________ Zip:___________
-
-
- Telephone:_____________________ Home( ) Office ( )
-
- Where did you first get/hear of our product? ________________________
-
- Colorado Utilities Duplicate File Manager (CUDUP) $17.00
- includes diskette with:
- 1. Latest executable version
- 2. Documentation on disk
- 3. Shipping and Handling
-
- Shipping and Handling add: $ 5.00
- For overseas shipment add: $ 3.00
-
- Colorado customers add 3% state sales
- tax and appropriate local tax: $ _______
-
- Order Total: $ _______
-
- Diskette format 5.25"______ or 3.5"_______ (check one)
-
- Send to:
- VISA or MASTERCARD ACCEPTED:
- Micro System Solutions
- (circle one)
- 5048 W. Maplewood Ave.
- Card No.___________________________
- Littleton, CO 80123
- Expiration Date:____/____
-
- Authorized
- Signature:________________________________
-
- Orders may also be placed by sending an EasyPlex message on Compuserve
- to PPN 76060,102. Please include your Visa or Mastercard information and
- your name as it appears on the card, as well as a shipping address.
- Executing CUDUP
-
- Start CUDUP from the command line as follows:
-
- CUDUP [/25] [/43] [/50] [/M] [/E] [/X] [/?] [d..d]
-
- all parameters are optional and mutually exclusive.
-
- /25 /43 or /50 will initialize the program in either 25 line
- mode, or EGA 43 or VGA 50 line mode. If the correct
- monitor is not available the program will default to
- the startup mode. The system will return to the
- startup mode when you Quit to DOS. You may select
- either /43 or /50 if you have an EGA or VGA screen.
-
- /M - initializes the program using the monochrome (B&W) colorset.
-
- /E - disables compression library expansion. Only DOS files will be
- processes during this session. This flag will revert to
- the default expansion at the end of this session.
-
- /X - disables use of expanded memory when swapping memory to delete
- or list files contained in compression libraries.
-
- /? - displays a help line describing the comand line options.
-
- [d..d] - d..d are the optional disk drives to read from. The default
- drive will be used if d is not provided. Up to four drives
- may be included during one run. If there is insufficient
- memory to read all files on all included drives, CUDUP will
- stop reading and display those files it has found. CUDUP does
- not check for duplicates until all files have been read.
-
- CUDUP begins execution in the Main Menu. From this menu you may change the
- operating environment such as screen colors, the scope of the duplicate file
- test, and the files used in the match. You then have the option of
- 'Run'ning CUDUP to examine the disk files you have selected. When you are
- finished with the list and hit the Esc key you will return to the Main Menu.
- You must select the Quit option to exit to DOS.
-
- CUDUP reads all included disks.... storing selected DOS files.... reading
- any of the implemented compression library files.... and storing the
- selected internal filenames into a large memory array. When (and if) the
- available memory becomes full CUDUP will continue reading directories but
- will not add additional files into the array.
-
- When CUDUP finishes reading all filenames to be included, the array is
- sorted and non-duplicates are discarded. The remaining files (duplicates)
- are displayed.
-
- Browsing through the list of files is done using the cursor control keys.
- The program will terminate and return to the menu when the Esc key is hit
- while in the file list window.
- Deleting Files
-
- To delete any of the duplicate files, you first position the cursor
- (highlighted line) on the line containing the file to you want deleted. Hold
- down the Ctrl key and hit 'D'. Upper or lower case is accepted.
- You will be asked to confirm the deletion by answering 'Y' to the question
- 'delete file?'. Any answer other than 'Y' will abort the delete and continue
- with the file list.
-
- If the file to be deleted is a standard DOS file it will be deleted
- immediately. (Remember that a compression library is a standard DOS file
- and there may be duplicates on your disk. If you delete it you will also
- delete the files contained within it.)
-
- If the file is contained within one of the compression protocol library files
- the appropriate program ('PKPAK', 'PKZIP', LHARC, etc.) will be called to
- perform the actual deletion. No checks are made to insure the deletion took
- place as requested.
-
- If you delete the compressed library file the contents of that library will
- remain on the duplicate list. Any attempt to delete those files will probably
- result in an error. (No checks are currently made to insure the file is still
- present.)
-
- The current version performs all requested deletions as the request is made.
- Future versions will provide an option to store all external calls to the
- compression/decompression programs until you request an exit to DOS.
-
- Listing Files
-
- To list any of the duplicate files, you first position the cursor
- (highlighted line) on the line containing the file to you want listed. Hold
- down the Ctrl key and hit 'L'. Upper or lower case is accepted.
- If the file to be listed is a standard DOS file it will be processed by a
- built-in text file processor. If the file is compressed the appropriate
- program ('PKPAK', 'PKZIP', LHARC, etc.) will be called to perform the actual
- listing. No checks are made to insure the file is a listable file.
- Files such as .EXE or .COM or binary data files may be listed but would not
- have any meaning.
-
- Environmental changes
-
- CUDUP allows you to change the environment under which you operate. You make
- changes from the Main Menu or when you enter the environment menu by hitting
- the F10 key when in the file list. At the present time you may do any of the
- following:
-
- Colors & Monochrome (B&W)
-
- o You will select the part of the environment you want to
- change colors on, the menu, list window, error messages,
- regular messages, file compression window or the main
- status screen.
-
- - Each of the parts of the selected window or menu is then
- available for selection. The frame, body, selected item,
- etc depending on what is to be changed. When you
- select the part a color window pop's up and allows you
- to use the arrow keys to select the color combination
- you like. Hit enter when on the color to effect the
- change.
-
- - If you selected Monochrome from the menu or by the use of the
- '/M' option on the command line, then the default colors will
- be set automatically.
-
- Screen Lines
-
- o Using this option you can select either 25 line mode
- (standard), 43 line EGA mode or 50 line VGA mode. Of
- course you must have the correct monitor for this option
- to work. It is ignored if the correct monitor is not in
- place.
- Environmental changes (continued)
-
- Files
-
- o Select which of the compression protocols you wish to make active
- for the current and/or subsequent sessions. The following list of
- programs are, at the present time, the only ones the program
- expects to support. This could change if additional protocols
- surface. CUDUP will support as many protocol upgrades as is
- possible. Any of the following protocols not currently supported
- can not be selected from the list.
-
- ARC version 6.0
- DWC version unknown
- PAK currently version 1.6 ( plan to cover version 2.x)
- LARC currently implemented using LHARC
- LBR version unknown
- LZH version 1.13 (expect new version any time)
- MD version unknown
- PKPAK not supported by PkWare. (implemented in CUDUP)
- PKZIP version 1.10
- ZOO version unknown
-
- When you 'turn on' an entry in the file table by hitting <Enter> you
- must fill in 6 entry fields. These are:
-
- Description: 12 characters describing the protocol exp. ZIP ver 1.01
-
- Dlt File: The name of the compression program used to perform
- internal file deletions. This file must be in the
- current DOS path. exp. PKZIP.EXE
-
- Ext: File extention to look for when using this protocol.
- Do not include the period. exp. ZIP
-
- Delete option:up to 6 characters. This is the command line option used
- when performing the delete function using the
- compression protocol. exp. -d
-
- Lst File: The name of the compression program used to perform
- internal file listings. This file must be in the
- current DOS path. exp. PKUNZIP.EXE
-
- List option: up to 6 characters. This is the command line option
- used when performing the list function using the
- compression protocol. exp. -cm
-
- When you 'turn off' an entry in the file table by hitting <Enter> the
- current fields will remain in effect but will be 'turned off' for at
- least this session.
- Environmental changes (continued)
-
- Scope
-
- oScope is the degree to which CUDUP will check for duplicates.
- Normally CUDUP will only check filenames. There are times when
- this is not sufficient to find all "real" duplicates on the disk
- being examined. Selecting Scope will allow you to add two
- additional tests to the duplicate check. These are the file
- size and the file creation date/time. When you include either of
- these tests you are restricting the scope of files selected for
- display.
-
- Match
-
- oMatch also restricts the duplicate tests made on the files on the
- disk being tested. Select this menu option and when prompted you
- enter a wild card file mask for the group of files you want tested.
- The wild card mask is identical to the mask used on the DOS command
- line. for example *.DOC will only examine files with an extension
- of DOC.
-
- Delete confirm
- oThere may be times when you wish to disable the delete confirmation
- request. Pressing enter while on this menu selection will turn
- Delete confirmation on and off.
-
- Save
-
- oSelecting this option will allow you to save any of your changes to
- the executable file. (CUDUP.EXE) For that reason you must not
- write protect the disk or set the executable to read-only unless you
- do not intend to use this feature.
-
- Future Revisions
-
- CUDUP is by no means complete. Updates will be placed in Shareware
- distribution channels as quickly as they become available and tested.
-
-
- Thank you for trying CUDUP - Please register
-