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- BIGBRO version 1/0 by E de Neve
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- Big Brother is a TSR utility using less than 5 Kbyte of the PC's
- memory to store a spy procedure and a small buffer. It is able to register
- the filenames used by several MS-DOS functions whenever your PC is about to
- read or write a file, or execute a program.
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- Save disk space by pruning working copies of your software down to their
- bare essentials. And with software that doesn't run properly you'll be able to
- see for what (missing?) files it was looking, and where/when it was searching.
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- Big Brother can also help you untangle the messy relations between all
- those batch/command/execute/overlay/install/configure/library/device/etc.
- files that constitute the 'user friendly' software packages these days.
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- Usage: display help screen : BIGBRO
- installation : BIGBRO INSTALL
- controlling : BIGBRO [OPTION]
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- Options: ALERT - Activate the memory resident SPY procedure.
- SLEEP - Disable it.
- REPORT - Generate a report of files & entry times.
- FLUSH - Empty the internal filename buffer.
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- The filename buffer holds a maximum of 112 entries; when
- full, Big Brother will automatically enter SLEEP mode until
- you do a FLUSH and then reactivate it with ALERT.
- To generate a report FILE, type BIGBRO REPORT > [ReportfileName]
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- The REPORT option displays data about every file operation Big Brother
- registrated while in ACTIVE mode. The four different columns contain:
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- (Path-)Name: The filenames; preceded by a drive ID and complete
- directory path name ONLY if :
- a) it was not on the DEFAULT drive & directory.
- b) it was opened with a PATH/COMSPEC environment string.
- c) called by the EXECUTE function.
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- Function: Three different DOS function calls are linked to
- the memory resident SPY procedure :
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- 1) Execute - always a .COM or .EXE program EXECUTED,
- either by you, a batch (.bat) file or an active program.
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- 2) Open - any file OPENED for reading, or a
- batch file opened for executing.
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- 3) Create - any file CREATED; a new file,
- or an old one being written over.
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- Result: Only if an ERROR occurred, an E will appear; it
- usually indicates a 'FILE NOT FOUND' error.
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- Time on Entry: The exact starting time of the DOS function.
- Big Brother always reports the current time just below
- its logo for comparison with these entry times.
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- * Big Brother Version 1.0 - september 5th, 1990 *