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ALIAS ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ALIAS │ ALIAS or #[aliasname] │ ALIAS │ ------------------------------- │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ Function : Show all available ALIASes (ALIAS) or execute alias (#aliasname)│ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ Syntax : You can show all available aliases or you can execute an alias │ ALIAS │ (series of unprotected SHELL/SPAWN command). │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ Compat. : Enhancement │ ALIAS │ │ ALIAS │ Comments : ALIAS will execute all command in the order they are supplied │ ALIAS │ inside the alias-file. │ ALIAS └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ BOOT ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ BOOT │ BOOT │ BOOT │ ---- │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ Function : Warm boot the machine │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ Syntax : BOOT will reboot the machine after a countdown of 15 seconds. │ BOOT │ If the line is dropped or a key is pressed within these 15 │ BOOT │ seconds, the boot-sequence is aborted. │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ Compat. : Enhancement │ BOOT │ │ BOOT │ Comments : None │ BOOT │ │ BOOT └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ CHAT ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ CHAT │ CHAT [with-line] │ CHAT │ ---------------- │ CHAT │ │ CHAT │ Function : Send a message to a user on another line (Remote Access only) │ CHAT │ │ CHAT │ Syntax : Under Remote Access <tm> BBS you can send messages to, and │ CHAT │ receive messages from other users on other lines. Received │ CHAT │ messages are displayed as they are entered at another line. │ CHAT │ To send a message, you use the CHAT command. Enter CHAT with │ CHAT │ the line-number (obtained with USERON) and you are prompted │ CHAT │ for a message of max. 240 characters. This message is submitted │ CHAT │ to RA and is displayed to the user on the other line. │ CHAT │ │ CHAT │ Compat. : Enhancement (Remote Access BBS <tm> only) │ CHAT │ │ CHAT │ Comments : When the other line is inside a door/upload/download, the user │ CHAT │ will get the message after this action is finished. │ CHAT └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ CHDIR ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ CHDIR │ CD|CHDIR {drive:}{path} │ CHDIR │ ----------------------- │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ Function : Change to another directory │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ Syntax : Change to {path}. Optionally you can do a change to another │ CHDIR │ directory AND drive (like CDD) in one command. All you must do │ CHDIR │ is to add the drive letter also. │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ Compat. : Enhanced DOS CD/ChDIR (internal) command │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR │ Comments : None │ CHDIR │ │ CHDIR └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ COMPARE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ COMPARE │ COMPARE|FC {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] {drive2:}{path2}[filename2] │ COMPARE │ ------------------------------------------------------------------ │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ Function : Compare two files │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ Syntax : Compare [filename1]/[filename2]. Optionally you can specify a │ COMPARE │ full drive and path to the source and target files if one or │ COMPARE │ both are not in the current directory. │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ Compat. : Changed DOS FC/FILECOMP (external) command │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE │ Comments : None │ COMPARE │ │ COMPARE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ COPY ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ COPY │ COPY {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] {drive2:}{path2}[filename2] │ COPY │ ------------------------------------------------------------ │ COPY │ │ COPY │ Function : Copy a file to another file │ COPY │ │ COPY │ Syntax : Copy [filename1] to [filename2]. Optionally you can specify a │ COPY │ full drive and path to the source and target files if one or │ COPY │ both are not in the current directory. │ COPY │ │ COPY │ RDS contains an internal type of editor. When you use CON as │ COPY │ the source-file, RDS will echo the users input to the target │ COPY │ file. You must terminate with CTRL-Z. │ COPY │ │ COPY │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS RENAME (internal) command │ COPY │ │ COPY │ Comments : Devices like AUX, NUL, PRN, COMx and LPTx can not be used. │ COPY │ Redirection is NOT available. │ COPY └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ DATE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ DATE │ DATE │ DATE │ ---- │ DATE │ │ DATE │ Function : Display and optionally set the date │ DATE │ │ DATE │ Syntax : When DATE is entered, the current date is displayed. If you │ DATE │ just give ENTER, no change of date is done but you can also │ DATE │ enter a new date to change the current one. │ DATE │ │ DATE │ When the SYSOP has desided so, it will be unable to set the │ DATE │ date to another value ! │ DATE │ │ DATE │ │ DATE │ Compat. : Changed DOS DATE (internal) command │ DATE │ │ DATE │ Comments : None │ DATE │ │ DATE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ DIR ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ DIR │ DIR {drive1:}{path1}[mask] {/W] │ DIR │ -------------------------------------------------- │ DIR │ │ DIR │ Function : Display files in a directory │ DIR │ │ DIR │ Syntax : [mask] is the DOS file-mask you want to use for the display. │ DIR │ Optionally you can use a drive and a path if you want to dis- │ DIR │ play a directory, other than the current. │ DIR │ │ DIR │ You can use the .. and . in your path. │ DIR │ │ DIR │ When /W is added the files are displayed across the screen and │ DIR │ in condensed (no size/date) mode. │ DIR │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS DIR (internal) command │ DIR │ │ DIR │ Comments : DIR.[something] and DIR\[something] are allowed without a space │ DIR │ between DIR and the path. Redirection is NOT available. │ DIR └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ DOWNLOAD ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ DOWNLOAD │ DOWNLOAD │ DOWNLOAD │ -------- │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ Function : Download one or more files │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ Syntax : You will be given a menu to select the protocol and the file(s) │ DOWNLOAD │ you would like to download. │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ Compat. : Enhancement │ DOWNLOAD │ │ DOWNLOAD │ Comments : Termination is done by protocol, so check out the documentation │ DOWNLOAD │ of this program. │ DOWNLOAD └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ERASE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ERASE │ DEL:ERASE {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] │ ERASE │ ------------------------------------- │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ Function : Delete a file │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ Syntax : Delete [filename1]. Optionally you can specify a full drive and │ ERASE │ path to the source file, if the file is not in the current di- │ ERASE │ rectory. Masks are not allowed. Only a delete of a single file │ ERASE │ is possible. │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS DEL (internal) command │ ERASE │ │ ERASE │ Comments : None │ ERASE │ │ ERASE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ FILESED ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ FILESED │ FILESED │ FILESED │ ------- │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ Function : Edit the FILES.BBS files │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ Syntax : You will enter the FILES.BBS editor │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ N O T A V A I L A B L E I N T H I S V E R S I O N │ FILESED │ ----------------------------------------------------- │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ Compat. : Enhancement │ FILESED │ │ FILESED │ Comments : None │ FILESED │ │ FILESED └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HELP ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ HELP │ HELP {context} │ HELP │ -------------- │ HELP │ │ HELP │ Function : Display HELP on a topic │ HELP │ │ HELP │ Syntax : HELP alone will give you a short list of available commands. │ HELP │ HELP followed by a command, wil give you extra help on that │ HELP │ command. │ HELP │ │ HELP │ │ HELP │ │ HELP │ │ HELP │ │ HELP │ Compat. : Enhancement │ HELP │ │ HELP │ Comments : None │ HELP │ │ HELP └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ KILLFORCE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ KILLFORCE │ KILLFORCE [COM-port] │ KILLFORCE │ -------------------- │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ Function : Kill the user (or actions) on a specific COM-port │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ Syntax : Lower the DTR on COM[COM-port]. After lowering of the DTR, the │ KILLFORCE │ line should be forced down until a program is started that will │ KILLFORCE │ raise the DTR again (mailer, BBS) giving you time to do your │ KILLFORCE │ things. │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ Compat. : Enhancement │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE │ Comments : Can not be used on your own COM-port │ KILLFORCE │ │ KILLFORCE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ KILLNICE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ KILLNICE │ KILLNICE [line] │ KILLNICE │ --------------- │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE │ Function : Force a user offline in a nice way (Remote Access <tm> only) │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE │ Syntax : Under Remote Access, force the user on line [line] (obtained │ KILLNICE │ with USERON) down. The user gets a display and the BBS will │ KILLNICE │ terminate at the moment it can. │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE │ If hangup will take too long (can be monitored with USERON), │ KILLNICE │ you can always use KILLFORCE. │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE │ Compat. : Enhancement │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE │ Comments : None │ KILLNICE │ │ KILLNICE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MEMORY ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ MEMORY │ MEMORY|MEM │ MEMORY │ ---------- │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ Function : Display the memory usage. │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ Syntax : This command will give you a list of (available/used) conven- │ MEMORY │ tional, EMS, Extended and/or XMS memory. │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ Compat. : Enhancement │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY │ Comments : None │ MEMORY │ │ MEMORY └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MKDIR ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ MKDIR │ MD|MKDIR {drive:}{path} │ MKDIR │ ----------------------- │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ Function : Create a directory │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ Syntax : Create a directory {path}. Optionally you can create a directo- │ MKDIR │ ry on another drive if you supply {drive:} before the path. │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ Compat. : Enhanced DOS MD/MkDIR (internal) command │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR │ Comments : None │ MKDIR │ │ MKDIR └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MOVE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ MOVE │ MOVE {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] {drive2:}{path2}[filename2] {/D} │ MOVE │ ----------------------------------------------------------------- │ MOVE │ │ MOVE │ Function : Move a file to another file │ MOVE │ │ MOVE │ Syntax : Move [filename1] to [filename2]. Optionally you can specify a │ MOVE │ full drive and path to the source and target files if one or │ MOVE │ both are not in the current directory. │ MOVE │ │ MOVE │ If the target-file exists, you must include /D to overwrite the │ MOVE │ target-file. │ MOVE │ │ MOVE │ │ MOVE │ Compat. : Enhancement │ MOVE │ │ MOVE │ Comments : Devices like AUX, NUL, PRN, COMx and LPTx can not be used. │ MOVE │ Redirection is NOT available. │ MOVE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ RENAME ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ RENAME │ RENAME|REN {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] [filename2] │ RENAME │ -------------------------------------------------- │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ Function : Rename a file │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ Syntax : Rename [filename1] to [filename2]. Optionally you can specify a │ RENAME │ full drive and path to the source file, if the file is not in │ RENAME │ the current directory. │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS RENAME (internal) command │ RENAME │ │ RENAME │ Comments : None │ RENAME │ │ RENAME └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ RMDIR ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ RMDIR │ RD|RMDIR {drive:}{path} │ RMDIR │ ----------------------- │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ Function : Delete a directory │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ Syntax : Delete a directory {path}. Optionally you can delete a directo- │ RMDIR │ ry on another drive if you supply {drive:} before the path. │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ Compat. : Enhanced DOS RD/RmDIR (internal) command │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR │ Comments : None │ RMDIR │ │ RMDIR └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ RTYPE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ RTYPE │ RTYPE|RLIST {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] │ RTYPE │ --------------------------------------- │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE │ Function : Display a file (both binary and text) reversed. │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE │ Syntax : Display [filename1]. Display will go per page. Also a binary │ RTYPE │ file can be displayed. All non printable characters will be │ RTYPE │ substituded with a special character. The display will go from │ RTYPE │ the end of the file to the top. │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE │ User can abort the list at the end of every page. │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE │ Compat. : Enhancement │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE │ Comments : This command is usefull with long log-files. │ RTYPE │ │ RTYPE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TIME ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ TIME │ TIME │ TIME │ ---- │ TIME │ │ TIME │ Function : Display and optionally set the time │ TIME │ │ TIME │ Syntax : When TIME is entered, the current time is displayed. If you │ TIME │ just give ENTER, no change of time is done but you can also │ TIME │ enter a new time to change the current one. │ TIME │ │ TIME │ When the SYSOP has desided so, it will be unable to set the │ TIME │ time to another value ! │ TIME │ │ TIME │ │ TIME │ Compat. : Changed DOS TIME (internal) command │ TIME │ │ TIME │ Comments : None │ TIME │ │ TIME └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TIMELEFT ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ TIMELEFT │ TIMELEFT │ TIMELEFT │ -------- │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ Function : Display the remaining time for this session │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ Syntax : When TIMELEFT is entered, you will get a message with the num- │ TIMELEFT │ ber of minutes left in the BBS. This amount is in fact around │ TIMELEFT │ 2 minutes longer, but RDS will terminate 1 minutes before your │ TIMELEFT │ time is over. │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ Compat. : Enhancement │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT │ Comments : None │ TIMELEFT │ │ TIMELEFT └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TREE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ TREE │ TREE {drive:}{\path} │ TREE │ -------------------- │ TREE │ │ TREE │ Function : Display a directory tree │ TREE │ │ TREE │ Syntax : Display the directory tree of the current drive or optionally │ TREE │ from the supplied drive and/or path; │ TREE │ │ TREE │ │ TREE │ │ TREE │ │ TREE │ │ TREE │ │ TREE │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS TREE (external) command │ TREE │ │ TREE │ Comments : None │ TREE │ │ TREE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ FREE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ FREE │ FREE {drive:} │ FREE │ ------------- │ FREE │ │ FREE │ Function : Display the free space on the given drive │ FREE │ │ FREE │ Syntax : Display the free space (graphical and text) of the supplied │ FREE │ drive. │ FREE │ │ FREE │ │ FREE │ │ FREE │ │ FREE │ │ FREE │ │ FREE │ Compat. : Compatible with 4DOS FREE command │ FREE │ │ FREE │ Comments : None │ FREE │ │ FREE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ LABEL ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ LABEL │ LABEL {drive:} │ LABEL │ -------------- │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ Function : Change the LABEL of a given disk(ette) │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ Syntax : Change the LABEL (no add-label or remove-label) of the given │ LABEL │ drive. │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ Compat. : Partially compatible with DOS LABEL (external) command. │ LABEL │ │ LABEL │ Comments : Removal and add of labels on given drives is impossible. There │ LABEL │ must already be a label. │ LABEL └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TYPE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ TYPE │ TYPE|LIST {drive1:}{path1}[filename1] │ TYPE │ ------------------------------------- │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ Function : Display a file (both binary and text) │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ Syntax : Display [filename1]. Display will go per page. Also a binary │ TYPE │ file can be displayed. All non printable characters will be │ TYPE │ substituded with a special character. │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ User can abort the list at the end of every page. │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS TYPE (internal) command │ TYPE │ │ TYPE │ Comments : None │ TYPE │ │ TYPE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ UPLOAD ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ UPLOAD │ UPLOAD │ UPLOAD │ ------ │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ Function : Upload a file │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ Syntax : When UPLOAD is entered, RDS will display a menu to select a │ UPLOAD │ protocol and filename. │ UPLOAD │ The upload will come into the current directory. │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ Compat. : Enhancement │ UPLOAD │ │ UPLOAD │ Comments : Termination of the upload is done by protocol, so check out │ UPLOAD │ the documentation on this program. │ UPLOAD └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ USERED ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ USERED │ USERED │ USERED │ ------ │ USERED │ │ USERED │ Function : Edit the user-base (Remote Access only) │ USERED │ │ USERED │ Syntax : You will enter the userbase editor. │ USERED │ │ USERED │ │ USERED │ │ USERED │ │ USERED │ N O T A V A I L A B L E I N T H I S V E R S I O N │ USERED │ ----------------------------------------------------- │ USERED │ │ USERED │ Compat. : Enhancement │ USERED │ │ USERED │ Comments : None │ USERED │ │ USERED └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ USERON ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ USERON │ USERON │ USERON │ ------ │ USERON │ │ USERON │ Function : Display online users (Remote Access <tm> only) │ USERON │ │ USERON │ Syntax : Under Remote Access <tm> BBS, display all online users. With │ USERON │ RA 1.xx and up, also display the current status (not available │ USERON │ under RA 0.xx. │ USERON │ │ USERON │ │ USERON │ │ USERON │ │ USERON │ │ USERON │ Compat. : Enhancement (Remote Access BBS <tm> only) │ USERON │ │ USERON │ Comments : None │ USERON │ │ USERON └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ VERSION ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ VERSION │ VERSION|VER │ VERSION │ ----------- │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ Function : Display DOS (4Dos <tm>) version │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ Syntax : This command will display the current DOS and optionally 4Dos │ VERSION │ versions. │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ Compat. : Compatible with DOS VER (internal) command │ VERSION │ │ VERSION │ Comments : None │ VERSION │ │ VERSION └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ VIEWARC ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ VIEWARC │ VIEWARC {drive:}{path}[filename] │ VIEWARC │ -------------------------------- │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ Function : Verbose view of an archive directory │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ Syntax : This command will give you a verbose view of the files inside │ VIEWARC │ the archive (or SFX/EXE/COM) [filename]. Optionally you can │ VIEWARC │ supply a drive and path if the file is not on the current │ VIEWARC │ drive and/or in the current directory. │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ Compat. : Enhancement │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC │ Comments : None │ VIEWARC │ │ VIEWARC └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ SHELL ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ SHELL │ SHELL {drive:}{path}[program] {commands} │ SHELL │ ---------------------------------------- │ SHELL │ │ SHELL │ Function : Execute a program thru DOS │ SHELL │ │ SHELL │ Syntax : This command will call [program] (optionally in {drive:}{path}) │ SHELL │ with a commandline as supplied in {commands}. │ SHELL │ The program CAN NOT use user-input and must be able to return │ SHELL │ to DOS without user intervention. If this is not the case (as │ SHELL │ with PKZIP/PKUNZIP with an invalid command-line), RDS will seem │ SHELL │ to hang !!!!!!!!!!!!! An example: │ SHELL │ SHELL XU WATCHCD:1:OFF │ SHELL │ │ SHELL │ Compat. : Enhancement │ SHELL │ │ SHELL │ Comments : RDS will (as a safety) stow 15 returns in the keyboard buffer │ SHELL │ before calling the program (remote usage). │ SHELL └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ SPAWN ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ SPAWN │ SPAWN {drive:}{path}[program] {commands} │ SPAWN │ ---------------------------------------- │ SPAWN │ │ SPAWN │ Function : Execute a program directly │ SPAWN │ │ SPAWN │ Syntax : This command will call [program] (optionally in {drive:}{path}) │ SPAWN │ with a commandline as supplied in {commands}. │ SPAWN │ The program CAN NOT use user-input and must be able to return │ SPAWN │ to DOS without user intervention. If this is not the case (as │ SPAWN │ with PKZIP/PKUNZIP with an invalid command-line), RDS will seem │ SPAWN │ to hang !!!!!!!!!!!!! An example: │ SPAWN │ SPAWN XU.EXE WATCHCD:1:OFF │ SPAWN │ │ SPAWN │ Compat. : Enhancement │ SPAWN │ │ SPAWN │ Comments : RDS will (as a safety) stow 15 returns in the keyboard buffer │ SPAWN │ before calling the program (remote usage). │ SPAWN └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ WHERE ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ WHERE │ WHERE [filemask] │ WHERE │ -------------------------------- │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ Function : Find files which match [filemask] on current drive │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ Syntax : This command will search for all files that match [filemask] │ WHERE │ on the current drive ONLY. │ WHERE │ Name and directory is displayed when a match is found. │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ Compat. : Enhancement │ WHERE │ │ WHERE │ Comments : None │ WHERE │ │ WHERE └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ BEEP ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ BEEP │ BEEP │ BEEP │ ---- │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ Function : Let the local bell ring a few times │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ Syntax : Use this option to allert the Sysop. If she/he is available │ BEEP │ it could be possible that she/he wants to talk to you. │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ Compat. : Enhancement │ BEEP │ │ BEEP │ Comments : None │ BEEP │ │ BEEP └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ LOG ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ LOG │ LOG [text] │ LOG │ ---------- │ LOG │ │ LOG │ Function : Write a message in the RDS-log │ LOG │ │ LOG │ Syntax : Use this option to write a message to the Sysop in the log that │ LOG │ is kept by RDS. You can enter up to 248 bytes of message to be │ LOG │ written as one line in the log-file. │ LOG │ │ LOG │ │ LOG │ │ LOG │ │ LOG │ │ LOG │ Compat. : Enhancement │ LOG │ │ LOG │ Comments : If the Sysop has set the log-functions to OFF, you message will │ LOG │ be send to the Twilight Zone. │ LOG └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ EXPAND ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ EXPAND │ EXPAND [command] [parameters] │ EXPAND │ ----------------------------- │ EXPAND │ │ EXPAND │ Function : Use wildcards on some commands │ EXPAND │ │ EXPAND │ Syntax : It is not possible to enter wildcards on commands like COPY and │ EXPAND │ such. EXPAND can change this. EXPAND expands the wildcards on │ EXPAND │ some commands to real filenames. RDS will stack commands for │ EXPAND │ each of the filenames and execute this stack. EXPAND is valid │ EXPAND │ on DEL/ERASE, TYPE/LIST, RTYPE/RLIST, VIEWARC, DOWNLOAD, COPY │ EXPAND │ and MOVE. For the last two commands, you can ONLY supply a │ EXPAND │ directory (plus drive) as destination. You can not use COPY and │ EXPAND │ MOVE along with EXPAND to rename along the way. │ EXPAND │ Compat. : Enhancement │ EXPAND │ │ EXPAND │ Comments : EXPAND will stack all commands. At execution of any of the com- │ EXPAND │ mands, RDS will check if the request is valid. │ EXPAND └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MACRO ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ MACRO │ MACRO [filename] or <[filename] │ MACRO │ ------------------------------- │ MACRO │ │ MACRO │ Function : Let RDS execute a macro with commands │ MACRO │ │ MACRO │ Syntax : You can create or upload a file with valid RDS commands. The │ MACRO │ MACRO (or <) command can be used to execute these commands as │ MACRO │ were they a batch-file. It is possible to nest macro's and al- │ MACRO │ so EXPAND can be used inside a macro. │ MACRO │ The macro can not be expanded to more lines than are available │ MACRO │ in the MACRO/EXPAND buffer. │ MACRO │ │ MACRO │ │ MACRO │ Compat. : Enhancement │ MACRO │ │ MACRO │ Comments : MACRO will stack all commands. At execution of any of the com- │ MACRO │ mands, RDS will check if the request is valid. │ MACRO └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MODEMSEND ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ MODEMSEND │ MODEMSEND [COM-port] │ MODEMSEND │ -------------------- │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ Function : Let RDS send text to a modem on COM-port [COMport] │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ Syntax : RDS can send modem-commands to a certain modem. RDS uses the │ MODEMSEND │ ASYNCH routines to send these characters. You will enter a │ MODEMSEND │ full terminal where you can quit from by entering RDS#QUIT ! │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ Compat. : Enhancement │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND │ Comments : Can not be executed for the modem you are running on ! │ MODEMSEND │ │ MODEMSEND └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MODEMSTAT ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ MODEMSTAT │ MODEMSTAT [COMport] │ MODEMSTAT │ ------------------- │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ Function : Let RDS return the status of a modem on [COMport] │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ Syntax : RDS can return the status of a certain modem. The values of │ MODEMSTAT │ DTR, CTS, DSR, RTS, CD, RING are returned. │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ Compat. : Enhancement │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT │ Comments : None │ MODEMSTAT │ │ MODEMSTAT └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘