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▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ Blaiz TM │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ Version 1.0 Release Date 15 June 90 │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ │ ▒▒ ▒▒ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Blaiz is not free software and is not dedicated to the Public Domain. Blaiz is: Copyright 1990 by Richard Grubic and OurSoft, all rights reserved. Blaiz is fully Copyrighted and protected under US Federal and International Copyright laws. See Copyright Notice and Evaluation License Agreement in License.doc. You may use Blaiz to evaluate it, for up to ten days without charge. You are encouraged to make copies for others to evaluate, so long as you do not charge for them, nor imply that the software is free, and so long as you copy unaltered, the entire packed file including the documentation, copyright notice, licenses and registration information. If after ten days you want to continue to use Blaiz (the software), you must pay the license fee to register. The registered license fee for Blaiz is $19.95 per user. See Registration Form in register.doc and the Registered License Agreement in license.doc. Blaiz is not a "demo" package. All of the material in the printed manual is included in the manual.doc, info.doc and license.doc files. The software is completely usable as is, so that you can properly evaluate it. Blaiz10.zip includes the following files: COPY .COM command file, safe substitute for DOS copy MOVE .EXE command file, safe file move DEL .COM command file, safe substitute for DOS del ED .BAT batch file, small quick batch file editor REN .BAT batch file, safe substitute for DOS rename Blaiz_C .EXE copyright notice for autoexec.bat SUMMARY .DOC overview of Blaiz MANUAL .DOC on-line manual INFO .DOC ordering information, policies, prices, terms, etc. LICENSE .DOC license agreements REGISTER.DOC registration form MSWord is a mark of Microsoft Corporation Codeview is a mark of Microsoft Corporation Turbo Debugger is a mark of Borland International, Inc. Turbo IDE is a mark of Borland International, Inc. Brief is a mark of Underwear, Inc. FinalWord is a mark of Mark of the Unicorn. For your convenience, approximate line numbers in MANUAL.DOC are shown in the Contents and Indexes for easy quick screen access with line oriented editors or display programs like LIST. The printed manual, which can be separately ordered, uses page numbers instead. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ C O N T E N T S █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ Subject MANUAL .DOC Line Introduction..................................................152 About OurSoft.................................................170 Why Register..................................................182 Minimum Requirements..........................................212 Installation..................................................224 How to Use....................................................242 Copy......................................................248 Move......................................................320 Del.......................................................398 REN.......................................................452 Blaiz_C...................................................482 Ed........................................................500 Other Products from OurSoft...................................560 StarCOM...................................................563 FWCONV....................................................599 Turbo Brief...............................................626 Blaiz Tutorial................................................668 Index.........................................................974 Subject INFO .DOC Line How to Contact OurSoft.........................................31 How to Order..................................................115 How to Register...............................................115 Support Services..............................................193 General...................................................199 Unbundled Support.........................................226 Procedures................................................292 Training..................................................352 Policies......................................................370 Source Code...............................................373 Software Developers.......................................397 Original Software.........................................415 Printed Manuals...........................................427 Enhancements..............................................445 Definition of Users.......................................457 Home Use..................................................487 Volume Discounts..........................................505 Purchase Orders...........................................565 Terms.....................................................577 Price Schedule................................................595 Index.........................................................649 Subject LICENSE .DOC Line Copyright Notice.............................................. 16 Agreements EVALUATION LICENSE AGREEMENT.............................. 31 REGISTERED LICENSE AGREEMENT..............................142 SOURCE CODE ADDENDUM......................................373 SUPPORT AND TRAINING SERVICES AGREEMENT...................415 Index.........................................................493 Subject REGISTER.DOC Line Registration Form...............................................1 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ Blaiz │ ▒▒ ▒▒ │ │ ▒▒ ▒▒ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ Introduction █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ This software offering, Blaiz, was named after my 12 year old son, Blaiz Benjamin. His idea of fast computing is whatever gets him out doing what is important to him the soonest. In that spirit Blaiz helps us get our disk/file management done faster by being safer, more reliable and saving us keystrokes so you can get on with whatever is important to you sooner. A design objective of Blaiz was to provide the safety features without requiring the use of 'switches'. If a problem comes up with a particular command, Blaiz helps you correct it. This approach makes computing more carefree for you. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ About OurSoft █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ OurSoft was founded in 1987 by Richard Grubic. OurSoft's goal is to be your kind of software company. Your feedback in helping us better serve your needs is most welcome. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ Why Register █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ■ Registration is required for continued use past the ten day evaluation period. ■ Registration of the software gives you the satisfaction of knowing you did the right thing. You must register before you may order printed manuals, diskettes, or the Source Code. ■ To obtain OurSoft support for the software you must register both for support service and the software. ■ When you register to license the software you get direct notices of any major upgrades, enhancements or releases of the software. One of the Blaiz beta testers put it well when he said, "The safety features in Blaiz have really saved my bacon!" By itself, the editor accessed with Ed.Bat would be worth the $19.95 registration fee. And the 4 utilities Copy, Move, Del, and Ren are themselves well worth the registration fee for the extra margin of safety they'll give you. Together you get a real value. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ Minimum Requirements █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ IBM PC, XT, AT or compatible computer DOS 2.0 or later version single floppy disk 256 Kbytes main memory █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ Installation █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ Copy or unpack the Blaiz files *.com *.exe and *.bat to a subdirectory on the PATH you have set in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. See your DOS manual for how to use paths and how to create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The names especially Copy.com, Del.com and Ren.bat were picked to work with StarCOM, which let's you change the DOS internal commands. StarCOM may be ordered directly from OurSoft -- see Other Products from OurSoft. If you don't yet have StarCOM, change the names of Copy.com, Del.com and Ren.bat otherwise DOS will intercept and run the DOS internal command instead, when you try to execute copy, del or ren. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ How to Use █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ┌───────────┐ │ Copy │ └───────────┘ Syntax: Copy source [source2 source3 ... ] target The syntax is like the DOS command COPY with the added capability of optional multiple source files. Full pathnames are accepted for both source(s) and target. The default path is the current path. Normal DOS wildcards of * and ? are accepted in the filenames and extensions. See DOS manual for how to use wildcards. You may give just a pathname or omit the path for either source or target. In which case, a default wildcard filespec of *.* will be used. Copy with no inputs will display the syntax for copy and prompt you for source and target filespecs. With two or more inputs, the last input becomes the target, while the prior inputs are all sources. Because of this if you wish to copy several filespecs to the current directory, you must have *.* or your equivalent, as the last input. Otherwise your last source will be assumed as the target. This possible error is frequently but not always caught as a duplicate target. There are several safety features built into Copy. You will get warning messages for: ■ overwrite protection for same name files in target directory ■ target disk too small ■ source not found ■ target files with the same name With each message you are given the opportunity of aborting without copying, editing your last inputs, or for instance, in the case of overwrites, continuing. To aid you in respecifying sources and/or targets, a list of files that would have been affected, had processing not been preempted will be shown. Note that this interactive benefit from the command line, might cause a problem in an unattended batch file. An unexpected overwrite warning might halt your batch file. If while processing is underway you desire to stop the program for any reason, just press [Esc]. The program will stop prior to beginning the next file, but will finish any file it has already begun. If your source and/or target cannot be used, then your last filespec will be proposed so you can edit it. Left and Right arrow keys, [Home], [End], BackSpace, [Ins] and [Del] are all active. Insert/Overwrite mode is toggled with the [Ins] key. The 'tall' cursor indicates Insert mode is on. The normal cursor indicates the default or Overwrite mode is on. Up to 63 characters are allowed in the filespec. If you insert more than 63 characters, the rest will be truncated when you hit [Enter]. Until you hit [Enter] the extra characters are displayed in warning colors, and which may be recovered by deleting preceding characters. ┌───────────┐ │ Move │ └───────────┘ Syntax: Move source [source2 source3 ... ] target The syntax is like the DOS command COPY with the added capability of optional multiple source files. Full pathnames are accepted for both source(s) and target. The default path is the current path. Normal DOS wildcards of * and ? are accepted in the filenames and extensions. See DOS manual for how to use wildcards. You may give just a pathname or omit the path for either source or target. In which case, a default wildcard filespec of *.* will be used. Move with no inputs will display the syntax for move and prompt you for source and target filespecs. With two or more inputs, the last input becomes the target, while the prior inputs are all sources. Because of this if you wish to move several filespecs to the current directory, you must have *.* or your equivalent, as the last input. Otherwise your last source will be assumed as the target. This possible error is frequently but not always caught as a duplicate target. There are several safety features built into Move. You will get warning messages for: ■ overwrite protection for same name files in target directory ■ target disk too small ■ source not found ■ target files with the same name With each message you are given the opportunity of aborting without moving, editing your last inputs, or in the case of overwrites, continuing. To aid you in respecifying sources and/or targets, a list of files that would have been affected, had processing not been preempted will be shown. Note that this interactive benefit from the command line, might cause a problem in an unattended batch file. An unexpected overwrite warning might halt your batch file. If while processing is underway you desire to stop the program for any reason, just press [Esc]. The program will stop prior to beginning the next file, but will finish any file it has already begun. If your source and/or target cannot be used, then your last filespec will be proposed so you can edit it. Left and Right arrow keys, [Home], [End], BackSpace, [Ins] and [Del] are all active. Insert/Overwrite mode is toggled with the [Ins] key. The 'tall' cursor indicates Insert mode is on. The normal cursor indicates the default or Overwrite mode is on. Up to 63 characters are allowed in the filespec. If you insert more than 63 characters, the rest will be truncated when you hit [Enter]. Until you hit [Enter] the extra characters are displayed in warning colors, and which may be recovered by deleting preceding characters. For file moves within the same logical drive, the move is accomplished by moving only the directory entry, which makes it very fast indeed, compared to moves between drives. ┌───────────┐ │ Del │ └───────────┘ Syntax: Del target [target2 target3 ... ] The syntax is like the DOS command DEL with the added capability of optional multiple target files to be deleted. Full pathnames are accepted. The default path is the current path. Normal DOS wildcards of * and ? are accepted in the filenames and extensions. See DOS manual for how to use wildcards. You may give just a pathname or omit the path. In which case, a default wildcard filespec of *.* will be used. There are several safety features built into Del. You will get warning messages if the target file is not found. For every delete you are shown a list of the files to be deleted, which you must confirm before the deletion occurs. This will save you running dir before and after every del command. With each message you are given the opportunity of aborting without deleting, editing your last inputs, or continuing. Note that this interactive benefit from the command line, might cause a problem in an unattended batch file. An unexpected file-not- found warning might halt your batch file. If while processing is underway you desire to stop the program for any reason, just press [Esc]. The program will stop prior to beginning the next file, but will finish any file it has already begun. If your target cannot be used, then your last filespec will be proposed so you can edit it. Left and Right arrow keys, [Home], [End], BackSpace, [Ins] and [Del] are all active. Insert/Overwrite mode is toggled with the [Ins] key. The 'tall' cursor indicates Insert mode is on. The normal cursor indicates the default or Overwrite mode is on. Up to 63 characters are allowed in the filespec. If you insert more than 63 characters, the rest will be truncated when you hit [Enter]. Until you hit [Enter] the extra characters are displayed in warning colors, and which may be recovered by deleting preceding characters. ┌───────────┐ │ REN │ └───────────┘ Syntax: ren source target or move source [source2 source3 .... ] target REN calls move to effect a rename. On same disk moves, move is a true rename. See How to use Move above. REN can rename files both in the current directory as well as in directories other than the current directory. Whereas, the DOS ren can only rename in the current directory. The batch file REN.bat only accepts two(2) inputs. If you desire to rename several file specs to a single file spec use move or rewrite the batch file first. For example, if you wanted to rename a*.doc, b*.txt and c*.msg all to *.old, use move instead of ren. ┌───────────┐ │ Blaiz_C │ └───────────┘ Syntax: Blaiz_C Blaiz_C takes no inputs. Blaiz_C prints the copyright notice. The first Blaiz program to run will print the copyright notice. To avoid the copyright notice when you first run copy, move or del, put Blaiz_C in your autoexec.bat. ┌───────────┐ │ Ed │ └───────────┘ Syntax: Ed target or Copy con target Ed.Bat calls "copy con target" which is a small quick editor that improves the DOS "copy con" function substantially. It is speed optimized for small batch files. Because of this, for small batch files it is faster than any editor I have tried. Part of it's speed comes from skipping many functions, particularly ones not needed in small files. Here is a list of functions it does have: F1 help screen up arrow move up one line down arrow move down one line right arrow more right one character left arrow move left one character Home leftmost character in line End rightmost character in line PgUp pageup PgDn pagedown Ctrl-PgUp top line Ctrl-PgDn bottom line Ctrl-Z save this file Esc abort Ctrl-Backspace delete line Ctrl-^ literal -- next character is not interpreted Alt ### insert ASCII character of decimal ### The last two functions allow all ASCII characters 0 - 255 including the null, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z, etc. characters often made illegal in many editors, even fairly powerful ones. It never adds characters to the end of files. (Some editors add CR/LF and/or even Ctrl-Z, but not Blaiz copy con.) Again it is designed for small batch files. Ed will accept several hundred lines but for medium and large files you will probably prefer a more powerful editor. Personally, I use Ed for small bat and dat files, but for larger files like the programs for Blaiz, I switch to Turbo Brief, an enhancement product for Brief which doubles the original Brief functions making the combination the most powerful editor today. Turbo Brief is also available from OurSoft. -- See Other Products from OurSoft. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ Other Products from OurSoft █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ┌──────────────┐ │ StarCOM TM │ └──────────────┘ StarCOM gives you the same visibility and control over the internal commands of DOS as you now have over a file directory. You can change, delete, duplicate or view internal DOS commands. There are two main reasons you should get StarCOM. First is the ability to "Bypass DOS". This would be useful in conjunction with Blaiz so that the improved Copy and Del commands can be used with their familiar names. This can also be used with any third party improvement to DOS. For example, if you have a favorite DIR program called FastDIR you might really like changing the internal command DIR to say CAT (for catalogue) so you could rename FastDir.exe to DIR.exe. Then when you typed DIR, FastDIR would run! The second main reason you should get StarCOM is for foreign language localizing. For example, if you speak Japanese you could change the internal commands to Japanese, eg. if you change DIR to HYO when you type HYO you'll get the familiar file list. This works for any language: French, Greek, Swedish, German, etc.. StarCOM is not a TSR, it rewrites command.com and so takes up no additional memory. It does not hook nor intercept interrupts which means universal program compatibility. It works equally from both command line or from a batch file. StarCOM registration is $59.95. As an Introductory Offer, if you register both Blaiz and StarCOM before July 18, 1990 you get $10 off. So, save $10 by ordering both right away. -- See Prices in INFO.DOC. ┌───────────┐ │ FWCONV │ └───────────┘ ■ Convert ASCII files to MSWord. ■ Convert FinalWord files to ASCII. ■ Convert FinalWord files to MSWord. The Conversion from ASCII to MSWord is a smart conversion that recognizes paragraphs and tables. The left margin is stripped. To convert from ANY word processor to MSWord, print your docs from any word processor in ASCII (or redirect print output to a file), and then convert with FWCONV. If you use MSWord you'll want FWCONV for those times when you save a file with 'Text-only-with-line-breaks' and then later desire to edit that file with MSWord. FWCONV will put it back into a form MSWord prefers, simplifying this greatly. FWCONV registration is $9.95. ┌──────────────────┐ │ Turbo Brief TM │ └──────────────────┘ Turbo Brief is an enhancement for Brief and so requires Brief to work. Turbo Brief doubles the number of functions of Brief making the combination the most powerful editor today. Some highlights are: ■ A pulldown menuing system. ■ Integrated Make collects errors from mixed languages and gives you point and shoot access. Skip directly to correct file and line no matter the source language. No one else has this. ■ Full screen pick list display of history for each and every command. ■ Full editing power for commands even brings Undo to the command line. Commands visible up to 72 characters wide. ■ Integrated access to Turbo Debugger or Codeview with one hot-key. ■ Hot-key to patching language help or integrated debugger in Borland's Turbo IDE. ■ Two key sets, one with original Brief keys and one that makes Brief act just like Turbo IDE. If you use Borland Turbo languages you'll love this. The Beta testers of Turbo Brief said they'd rather fight than switch back to Brief without Turbo Brief or back to Turbo IDE. Turbo Brief is not shareware but has a 60 day money back guarantee, and is sold directly for $199.50. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ Blaiz Tutorial █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ If you haven't already, install Blaiz. See Installation. Make two temporary directories \Btmp1 and \Btmp2. See your DOS manual on how to make directories and change directories. Select a subdirectory with 6-12 files in it and change to that subdirectory. Then copy all the files to Btmp1: copy *.* \btmp1 (If you are not using StarCOM to bypass the DOS internal command COPY then use the name to which you renamed copy.com instead of copy. See Other Products from OurSoft.) Repeat the command and note that Blaiz warns you of the potential overwrite of the files already copied to \btmp1. Blaiz also lists the files potentially being overwritten to help you decide on a correction. You should see the message at the bottom: Overwrite the existing files? (Y/N/Esc) Y The Y indicates the default. Accept the default by hitting Enter or Y. While the files are being overwritten hit Esc. You will see the copying stop after completing the current file. Ctrl-C has the same effect. Repeat the same copy command. This time when you are asked if you want to overwrite hit N (for no). You are presented with the latest Source and Target filespecs for you to edit. Hit Enter once to accept the Source filespec. Hit End to see how the cursor slides to the end of the line. Hit Home to see how the cursor slides to the beginning of the line. Hit Ins to see the cursor grow from overwrite mode to insert mode. Type a: and watch it insert. Hit the BS ( -- ) key once to delete the : and then hit the left arrow key to put the cursor on the a Hit Del to delete the a. Hit Ins to go back to overwrite mode. Arrow right five (5) times so that cursor is on the 1 and then type 2 over the 1 to change the target to \btmp2\*.*. Hit Enter to accept the target. After you copied those files to \btmp2, insert a full floppy disk in drive a:. Test the floppy you chose with the DOS CHKDSK command to confirm that the floppy is nearly full already. chkdsk a: If it is not nearly full, then copy some additional files there from another directory. (not the current directory nor \btmp1 nor \btmp2.) Once full, change directory to \btmp1. Now attempt to copy to the full floppy: copy *.* a: You'll get the message for not enough room to succeed: Insufficient disk space on Drive A You are asked if you want to ABORT? (Y/N) Y Accept Y for yes as proposed for the default by hitting Y to abort. Repeat the same command (use F3). This time answer "ABORT (Y/N) Y" by typing N for no don't abort so we can edit or change media. You'll be shown the source and target for updating. Instead, change to a blank formatted floppy in drive a:. Strike Enter twice to accept the source and target and watch it copy. After working through this tutorial you might try this again with the DOS copy command. After attempting copying to an almost full floppy with DOS you'll find by browsing the file that although the copy happened with no error messages, the last file copied was truncated in the middle. While still in the \btmp1 subdirectory, attempt: copy *.* btmp2 Omitting the \ is a common error for me -- watch how Blaiz can really help with this. You are warned of duplicate target files. That is two or more files being copied to the same file name. The reason in this case is that there is no \btmp1\btmp2 directory, so btmp2. is assumed to be a file name. You are asked if you would like to Abort. Change the default to N for no do not abort. You are presented with the latest source and target filespecs. Hit Enter to accept the source. Hit Ins to change to Insert mode. Type the \ to insert it. And strike Enter to accept the corrected target. You'll now get the overwrite warning. Abort with Ctrl-C. Assuming your temporary directory has files with several extensions try a multiple source copy for example: copy *.exe *.com *.bat \btmp2 This would copy all the exe, com, and bat files to \btmp2 but omit to copy any doc, txt, wks, or any other extensions. Accept the default when warned of overwrite by hitting Enter. Watch only the executable and batch files be copied. Now test another safety feature by attempting to copy to a non- existent drive. If your system has a drive K: try another you don't have. copy *.* K: You get a warning that the target path doesn't exist and you are offered the latest target for editing. Hit Esc to abort. When comparing Blaiz to any other DOS replacement utilities, attempt the above tests on the competition. You'll want to make sure you're protected against accidental overwrites, target drive full, duplicate target files, and mistyped nonexistent drives. If not, you are risking the integrity of your files. While you are checking the competition see if they accept and treat all DOS wildcard specs the same as DOS. Blaiz will, so you don't have to learn a bunch of exceptions. Moving on to Del, assuming you have exe, com and bat files in your directory, attempt del *.com *.exe *.bat btmp2 (If you are not using StarCOM to bypass the DOS internal command DEL then use the name to which you renamed del.com instead of del. See Other Products from OurSoft.) You'll get a warning message indicating that the file btmp2 doesn't exist. You are asked if you want to edit or skip this filespec. Hit Enter to accept the default Y for yes you want to edit the filespec. Hit Ins to change to insert mode. And type \ then Enter to accept the revised filespec. You are then shown a list of all the files which will be deleted and asked to confirm them for deletion. This is where your bacon can really be saved if you've made a typo or forgotten some files you didn't expect, which also happen to match your wildcard filespec. At the very least, Blaiz will save you from typing dir before and after each deletion. Type N to decline the deletion. You'll be presented each of the filespecs for editing or skipping, one at a time. When *.com comes up type S (or N) to skip the com files in \btmp1. When *.exe and \btmp2 come up, Hit Enter twice, first to say yes Edit or Confirm and then to Confirm. When *.bat comes up Hit Enter once to Edit. Hit End then BS to delete the t, and then type ? so that bak files will be deleted as well as bat files. Hit Enter to confirm the changes. After you have confirmed every filespec, you are again shown a list of the files to be deleted, for your confirmation. Confirm with Enter. Delete the rest of the files in \btmp1, the current directory: del *.* Hit Enter again to confirm the list you see. And now to try out move, first copy the files from the original directory to \btmp1. Assuming you are still in \btmp1 and the original directory was orig: copy orig Then move them to \btmp2 move *.* \btmp2 You'll note an incredible speedup between the copy and the move. All move does on same drive moves is move the directory entry to the new directory. Move is pretty much exactly like copy, it has all the same safety precautions as copy. Go ahead and test it, substituting move for copy in the first portion of this tutorial. Because move deletes the source file, if those safety protections were not there, you would lose your files. This is why you can't just make a move.bat file composed of DOS copy followed by DOS del. The first time you tried to move to a full disk you'd lose your files with such a bat file. Blaiz has the safety built in so you can reliably move files. Clean out and remove the \btmp1 and \btmp2 directories. Now try the Blaiz editor built into copy. First modify ED.BAT: copy con \yourdir\ed.bat where yourdir is the actual path to ED.BAT. ED.BAT should come up inside of the Blaiz editor. Hit F1 to see the help screen. When done reading help, hit any key to get back to editing ED.BAT. On the top line you'll see displayed L followed by the line number, C followed by the column number and then I showing you that insert mode is on. Last on the same line is the filespec you are editing. Hit Ins twice to see the I change to O for overwrite mode and back to I. Position the cursor on the first letter c of copy. Type the full exact path for wherever you loaded copy.com. If you aren't using StarCOM to bypass the DOS internal command copy and have renamed copy.com, change copy to your new name for copy.com. See Other Products from OurSoft. These changes will make Ed.bat access the Blaiz editor faster by skipping the path search. Hit Ctrl-Z to save the revised Ed.bat. The editor exits. Run a dir on \yourdir\ed*.*. Note that no bak file was created. (Backup files were omitted because I found them mostly unnecessary for the small batch files for which this was designed.) Now try out the Blaiz editor, type: ed new.doc You'll be back in the editor with a blank file. Type anything here like Four score and seven years ago our forefathers .... Hit Ctrl-Z and the new.doc is saved. Now you're ready to enjoy Blaiz. TIP: If you have a batch file that always calls extra DOS prompts at the end, it is probably because the editor in which you made the batch file, is adding characters at the end. Call that batch file up in ED and position the cursor on the line below the last line of text. Hit Ctrl-BS until the cursor jumps up to the last line of text. Then you'll know all the extra characters have been removed. Alternatively, position the cursor at the end of the file by hitting Ctrl-PgDn. Then if the cursor is below the last line of text hit Ctrl-BS until the cursor jumps up to the last line of text. Hit Ctrl-Z to save the revised batch file. Try the batch file again. This usually removes the extra DOS prompt for me. █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ I N D E X █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ Blaiz_C.......................................................482 Contents...................................................... 74 Copy..........................................................248 Defaults............................................260, 332, 410 Del...........................................................398 Ed............................................................500 FWCONV........................................................599 Installation..................................................224 Move..........................................................320 Other Products from OurSoft...................................560 Registration Required....................................................188 REN...........................................................452 StarCOM.......................................................563 Turbo Brief...................................................626 Tutorial,Blaiz................................................668