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- How to use GENFBIN.EXE Version 2.00 Feb 1992
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-
- SETCAT.EXE & GENFBIN.EXE are the intellectual property of Peter Tuffs, they
- are placed in the public domain on the understanding that they will not be
- sold, or in any way be used for profit. They may not be disassembled or
- reverse engineered.
-
- GENFBIN.EXE allows files to be copied from large volumes such as CD-ROMs
- without the need to know the path. It is fast, searching & locating files
- in a fraction of a second from thousands. It is user configurable & can be
- used for any number of volumes.
-
- Help on program usage is obtained by entering the program name on the command
- line :-
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- ║ General File Copier Version 2.00 ║
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- ║ (c) Peter Tuffs February 1992 ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Genfbin Help requested ║
- ║ Usage :- ║
- ║ genfbin xxy:filename[.zzz] [dest] ║
- ║ xx is the disk volume requested ║
- ║ y is the drive letter ║
- ║ filename is the file's name ║
- ║ .zzz is the file's extension, if omitted then ║
- ║ .zip is assumed ║
- ║ dest is the destination drive & directory ║
- ║ default for dest is g:\ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ For example - genfbin 02h:cshow ║
- ║ will copy cshow.zip from the ║
- ║ Microhaus Vol 1 to drive g:\ ║
- ║ ║
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-
-
- The correct operation of GENFBIN.EXE relies on the presence of two support
- files for each drive. These are in effect the drive file indexes.
-
- The first file is named CATP.xx where xx is the same as in the parameter.
- CATP is a file with all the filenames.
- CATF.xx is a list of all directories with the title of the drive as the first
- line and a blank for the second line.
-
- CATP and CATF are formed by the program SETCAT.EXE.
-
- To produce a catalogue of say your c: :-
-
- 1. run SETCAT
- 2. Use set cat= to create environment variable
- 3. Update your AUTOEXEC.BAT for set cat=
-
- Note. If the environment variable CAT is not set, GENFBIN.EXE assumes
- the catalogues are on the current default drive.
-
- Note also that when running GENFBIN.EXE a file name without extension is
- assumed to be .zip, if the file has no extension as in "PETER"
- then use "PETER.".
- Note also wildcards are not allowed, only the destination drive & directory
- can be specified.
- Note also SORTF225.COM is used by SETCAT.EXE, it is included for your use.
-
- Peter Tuffs 7-2-92
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