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- NAME.COM 1.01 - 14 July 1991
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- 1. What is NAME.COM?
- NAME.COM is a trival program that extracts the user name from your current
- login and places it in an enviornmental variable "NAME" in your master env-
- ironment. This program has been tested with MS DOS 3.1, 3.3, 4.01, and 5.0.
- It should work with any version of DOS that has a standard COMMAND.COM. It
- makes use of the undocumented INT 2E function call to locate the master env-
- ironment. As this program places the variable directly in the Master Env-
- ironment, the variable can be used from within the same batchfile that calls
- name.com. This is the difference between this version and the previous ver-
- sion. The program is semi intelegent, you do not need to set up a dummy
- variable with a set command to receive the value, and the variable name is
- the program name. If you rename name.com to user.com then user.com will in-
- sert the variable user in the master env. ie:
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- if you logon with: NET LOGIN \\SERVER RICK
- Run name.com, the master environment will contain: NAME=RICK.
- rename name.com user.com and run user.com the environment will contain:
- USER=RICK.
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- This means that the following lines added to any batch file will call a
- batchfile with the users name.
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- name
- call %name%
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- Name.com can be run as many times as you like, the master environment will
- only be updated when the value is changed and Name will not leave many
- copies in the same variable in the environment. Another advantage to name
- is that it does NOT pad the variable with spaces as NET STRING will.
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- 2. How do I install NAME.COM?
- Installation of NAME could not be easier, just copy NAME.com into a
- directory on your path.
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- 3. How do I use NAME.COM?
- Insert NAME in the batch file you use to boot the network, after the login
- commands. The environmental variable NAME will be available from then on.
- You can access this variable with the %NAME% line in any batch file.
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- Echo %NAME% will display the user name on the screen.
- Echo %NAME%>>log.dat will add a line to the file log.dat with the user name
- Call %NAME% will call a batch file using the user's name.
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- 4. Legalities
- NAME.COM is not freeware, nor is it in the public domain. It is a
- shareware program, and the entire program and documentation are
- Copyright (C) 1991, Rick R. Roth, Tucson, Az. You are encouraged
- to copy the package freely, including distribution by BBS, shareware
- library, or other means, provided that (1) the distribution shall
- consist of the original archive containing the program and this doc-
- umentation file, and (2) no fee of more than five US dollars ($5)
- shall be charged for the copy.
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- 5. Registration
- As I said this is a trivial program, registration is easy, if you like the
- program and use it send a post card stating so, if you like the program but
- would like to see some changes, send a post card with suggestions, if you
- don't like the program, don't use it!
-
- To register your copy of NAME.COM send a postcard to:
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- Rick R. Roth
- 4072 E. 22nd St.
- Suite 178
- Tucson, Az 85711
-
- THIS COPY IS LICENSED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE LICENSEE.
- This license is good for one network, and the software can be installed
- on all computers on this network.
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- 6. Liability
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- ║ LIMIT OF LIABILITY ║
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- ║ The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or ║
- ║ implied and assumes no liability for damages either from its ║
- ║ direct use or as a consequence of its use. Have you hugged ║
- ║ your backup today? ║
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- I have tested it on several computers and found that found that it works
- well on all of them. All computers have been running LANtastic(tm) NOS v3.03
- and above and all running MS DOS 3.3 and above.
-
- Please note that while the author is an employee of Artisoft, Inc., Artisoft
- is not responsible for the contents of this file; the functioning of
- NAME.COM (or any damages resulting from the use or misuse of the program);
- and further, Artisoft Technical Support and other employees of Artisoft,
- Inc. are
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- NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM!
-
- If you have problems or suggestions when using this program, direct them to
- me Rick R. Roth through one of the following channels:
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- US Mail: 4702 E 22nd St, Tucson, AZ 85711
- CompuServ: Artisoft forum, 75300,1377
- Arti-facts BBS: If you have a current account there.
-
-
- Do NOT call the author during business hours for support, this program was
- not written during business hours, it will not be supported during business
- hours.
-
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- LANtastic is a registered trade mark of Artisoft, INC.
-