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- Introduction
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- DISKREFS for the Norton Utilities 3.0 through 4.5 contains:
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- 1. A brief description of each utility.
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- 2. Complete syntax.
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- 3. Explanation of program parameters
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- 4. Usage notes.
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- 5. Examples included for the more complex utilities.
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- 6. Common recovery scenarios and suggests utilities you can use for
- each are listed in <NURECOV>.
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- 7. <NUFREQ> lists the BEEP utility frequency codes for four octaves of
- the musical scale.
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- 8. <NUCOLOR> contains the color codes you can use when you execute
- certain utility programs.
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- Some utilities are not available in all versions. In addition, many utility
- parameters differ from one version to another. The version numbers precede
- the syntax lines that are valid for those versions. If no syntax line is
- shown for a particular version number, it means this utility is not available
- in that version.
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- Peter Norton Computing, Inc., often adds new commands and parameters when it
- releases a maintenance disk for a version. Therefore, your copy of a version
- might not support all the commands or parameters shown in this DISKREF.
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- In all versions you can get short, descriptive, on-line help for any command
- by entering the command name followed by a space and then a single question
- mark character, (?). Within interactive menus, you can get context-sensitive
- help for any command by pressing the F1 key.
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- Syntax Conventions
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- Convention Meaning
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- UPPERCASE Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserved words
- that you must enter exactly as shown. You can enter
- Norton Utility commands in either uppercase or lowercase.
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- (words or numerals) Words or numerals enclosed in parenthesis, "()",
- represent variables that you must supply.
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- Brackets [ ] Brackets enclose optional items, which are separated by a
- pipe symbol (|) if more than one item is listed. Choose
- either one or none of the options. Do not enter the
- brackets or the pipe.
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- Braces { } Braces enclose one or more items, which are separated by
- a pipe symbol (|) if more than one item is listed. You
- must choose one item from the list. Do not enter the
- braces or the pipe.
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- Ellipsis ... An ellipsis (three periods in a row) indicates that you
- can repeat an item one or more times. When a comma is
- shown with an ellipsis, enter a comma between repetitions
- of the item.
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- You must enter all other symbols (such as parentheses and colons) exactly as
- they appear on the syntax line. Note that in this DISKREF, (filespec) refers
- to the last qualifier in a pathname, including the file extension. You can
- use the * and ? wildcard characters except where it has been noted. The
- (path) parameter refers to the list of directory and subdirectory names that
- qualify the location of (filespec).
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- Examples:
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- (drive:) C:
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- (path) C:\UTILITY
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- (filespec) C;\UTILITY\MYDATA.DAT NOTE: The filespec consists of
- two parts, the filename
- consisting of up to 8
- letters or numerals. a
- period (.), and an
- extension consisting of up
- to 3 letters or numerals.
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- It's pretty important for you to understand the conventions used and the
- examples given. That's the key to entering command line parameters
- correctly.
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- Now, since you are probably chomping at the bit to go on, press the ENTER key
- <FILES>.
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