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- FCD.COM - Fast Change Directory ver 2.0 by Ron L. Smith
-
- Fast Change Directory (FCD), when first run, will create a file called
- DIRINFO.FCD in the root directory of the default/selected drive. This file
- is necessary for FCD to work. Later, if you change the names of, remove, or
- create new directories, you will need to rescan the drive so FCD will know
- that the changes have taken place.
-
- Examples:
-
- FCD /R Rescan the current drives directories.
- FCD C: /R Rescan drive C:'s directories, change to drive C:.
- FCD C:DO /R Rescan drive C:, change to drive C: and change
- to the next directory that contains DO in it's name.
- FCD OUT Change to the next directory that contains OUT in it's
- name on the default drive.
-
- NOTES:
-
- 1) The first time you run FCD for any give drive, you do not have to use the
- /R parameter, FCD will automatically see that it needs to create the
- directory info file (\DIRINFO.FCD).
-
- 2) This program works for sub-strings of directories, not just the beginning
- of the name. E.G., on drive C:, you have a directory called PASCAL. You
- can use:
- FCD P
- FCD PAS
- FCD SCA
- FCD AL
-
- or whatever you want, as long as it can find it as a sub-string of the
- directory in question. Note, however, that in some cases, it may find
- a directory that you did not intend to change to. For instance:
-
- Drive C:, you have the following directories:
-
- \DOS
- \UTILITY
- \TURBOC
- \TURBOC\SOURCE
- \TURBOC\LIB
- \TURBOC\INCLUDE
- \TURBOC\OUTPUT
-
- If you say FCD OU because you want to change to the \TURBOC\OUTPUT
- directory, it will not do it. It will change to \TURBOC\SOURCE since
- that one fits the search string (OU in SOURCE) and comes before OUTPUT
- in the list. However, if you simply repeat the same command again, it
- will find the NEXT occurance of your parameter, so in the example, it
- would then go to the OUTPUT directory. Also note that FCD reads in
- succession, so you could have:
-
- \TC\SOURCE1
- \TC\SOURCE2
- \TC\SOURCE3
- \TC\SOURCE4
-
- Now, when you execute FCD, it will change to SOURCE1, and if executed
- again from there, to SOURCE2, then to SOURCE3, etc., until it wraps
- back around to SOURCE1 again.
-
- 3) If you find this program of use, call this BBS and let me know!!
-
- Spycom BBS
- Clovis, NM
- Running WWIV BBS
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- (505)-784-3157
- 24 Hours per Day
-
- Leave mail for Q, #11. I will be interested in your opinions.
-