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- FILECTRL.COM
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-
- Michael J. Mefford July, 1991 (Utilities)
-
- Purpose: A full-directory file-viewing and removal utility capable of
- displaying WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Q&A Write, and WordStar documents as
- if they were in ASCII format. FILECTRL automatically supports normal 25-line,
- 43-line (EGA), 50-line (VGA) and UltraVision displays.
-
- Format: FILECTRL [filespec] [options]
-
- Remarks: Entered without any parameters, FILECTRL displays a filename list of
- the current directory in its left window and the first part of the text of the
- highlighted filename in its right window. The text is shown stripped of any
- header and formatting codes. Any drive and/or directory can be specified with
- filespec, and * and ? can be used to limit the file list. Pressing Esc exits
- the utility.
-
- The Tab key (a toggle) shifts between windows, as do the Left- and
- Right-Arrow keys. The display in the active window is shown in high-intnsity
- color, and scrolling within the active window uses the usual Up- and Down-
- Arrows, PgUp and PgDn, Home and End keys. From the file list window pressing
- a letter jumps the selection highlight to the first filename beginning with
- that letter and so continues with subsequent keypresses.
-
- F2 deletes a highlighted filename or empty subdirectory, and Ctrl-F2
- deletes a group of marked filenames. Files can be marked with the + key and
- unmarked with the -; the spacebar toggles the mark on and off. All deletions
- are prompted for confirmation prior to execution.
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- Pressing F5 successively (1) widens the file list to show full DOS
- directory information, (2) widens the text display to a full 80 columns, and
- (3) returns to the original display. Shift-F5 reverses the display sequence.
- Pressing Enter while a filename is highlighted toggles between the filelist
- display and the 80-column text display. Pressing Enter while a subdirectory
- (< >) or the parent (<..>) directory is highlighted loads the files from
- hat directory. F3 permits entering a new filespec.
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- By default FILECTRL sorts filenames in ascending alphabetical order.
- The F7, F8, F9, and F10 keys set the sort field to filename, extension, size,
- and date, respectively. Pressing F6 toggles between ascending and descending
- order.
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- FILECTRL also permits entering a number of options as command-line
- switches. These are summarized below.
-
- /M [+|-] + = Include only files modified since last
- backup
- - = Include only files NOT modified since
- last backup
- /H = Include Hidden files
- /R = Include Read-only files
- /P date = Only include files ON or Prior date
- /A date = Only include files ON or After date
- date format = mm/dd/yy
- /W WordStar files; remove high bit
- /N = Sort by Name
- /E = Sort by Extension
- /S = Sort by Size
- /D = Sort by Date
- /O = Sort by Original DOS DIR order
- default = Sort by Name
- /F Sort in descending order
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- For use with laptop computers it may be necessary to enter the DOS
- MODE BW80 command before executing FILECTRL. Instructions on modifying
- FILECTRL.COM with DEBUG to use alternative colors, to disable its border, and
- to change its default sorting options are contained in a sidebar to the
- original article.