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- Dear PSL:
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- Enclosed for you to consider for distribution is my
- GO.EXE program. I realize that this program name has
- been used a few times before, but you can rename it
- to whatever you like. I have found it a big help when
- trying to move around on a big network server with a
- complex directory structure.
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- It is a substitute for the MS-DOS CD command that is
- aimed at those prone to typographical/thinkographical
- errors. If you give the DOS CD command a badly
- typed directory name, it makes you try again. Why
- should it expect you to do better the next time?
- This can lead to anxiety, computerphobia, and other
- syndromes so severe that they don't even have TV
- commercials yet. Fortunately, our laboratories have
- created a remedy before the disease has even been
- recognized. Our motto: "If you don't type too good,
- you shouldn't have to type too much." Unlike almost
- everyone else, we realize that the inherent accuracy
- of this truism is equally inherent in text mode, and
- we make it possible.
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- Seriously, this program is a big help when trying to
- move around on a big network server with a complex
- directory structure.
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- What does GO.EXE do?
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- a. FIrst, it doesn't make you find the backslash
- key. It will let you use the space bar or the
- slash key instead. That can save you a lot of
- time and wear on your tendons.
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- b. If you type a good directory e.g.
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- GO dirname
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- where dirname really exists, it will work just
- like CD.
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- c. If dirname doesn't exist, but it does if you
- simply add or delete a leading backslash, it
- will go to the directory thus named.
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- d. If strategy (c) doesn't work, it will try to
- figure out what the heck you meant. This is
- done with a high-powered string-matching
- algorithm that has been a closely kept secret
- since ancient times. If you wait, it will search
- the entire directory structure of the indicated
- disk, but you don't have to wait. Its uncanny
- powers of inference will usually zero in on
- where you want to be ASAP. It will show the
- best guess on the screen, and you just have to
- press enter to take what it shows. If you press
- the space bar or wait until the full search is
- finished, you get a menu of the best matches
- found from which to choose. If you press escape,
- the whole deal is off.
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- Two notes about the program. First, it is about 60kb
- in size, so it will take some time to load from the
- diskette. From a fast drive or server, it is slower
- than CD, but only a little. It is not advised that you
- include it in batch files, for if the directory spec is
- wrong, human intervention is required anyway. Second,
- its search strategy uses memory to keep lists of
- directories to search. so it might crash for lack of
- memory if the directory is large and available
- conventional memory is low. It won't search my drive
- when I try to run it in 215kb. It may fail with little
- grace in such cases.
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- You (PSL) may distribute this program for your usual
- shareware fees. There is no license fee for users of
- this version, and no registration or fee. This is
- offered in appreciation of your fine service.
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