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- DTSTAMP.DOC - Documentation for DTStamp version 1.03 27/07/1991
-
- Documentation and executable code Copyright (c) 1991 Michael E. Ralphson
-
-
- Disclaimer:
- ===========
-
- The Author retains copyright in that he alone has the right to make copies for
- profit. In all other respects users may treat this software as if it were in
- the Public Domain, as long as the package is distributed whole and unmodified.
-
- In my opinion this software is perfectly safe and is free of any serious bugs,
- however I have to make it clear that use of this software constitutes the
- user's full acknowledgement that the author takes no responsibility WHATSOEVER
- for the consequences of such use.
-
- Commercial users must register within 30 days if they wish to continue using
- this software. For non-commercial users registration is purely voluntary. See
- enclosed Register.Txt for more details.
-
-
- Introduction:
- =============
-
- DTStamp is a simple program that writes to the screen the current system date
- and time, followed by an optional command-line comment. The usefulness of the
- program is in creating log files.
-
- Usage:
- ======
-
- DTStamp <comment>
-
- DTStamp with no parameters will display a short summary of these instructions.
-
- If <comment> starts with a full stop '.' character, then no comment will be
- displayed. This is similar to the usage of the DOS Echo. command producing a
- blank line.
-
- Output from DTStamp is of course fully redirectable, in a batch file the
- following lines could be used:
-
- @Echo off
- DTStamp .>>Usage.Log
- DTStamp User entered Accounts software>>Usage.Log
- .
- .
- .
- DTStamp User exitted Accounts software>>Usage.Log
-
- The double greater-than symbols '>>' just mean: redirect the output from this
- program to a text file, adding to the end of the text file if it already
- exists.
-
- Do not forget that in batch files you can insert command-line parameters into
- the DTStamp comment with %1, %2, %3 etc and environment variables such as the
- path to your command-processor with %COMSPEC%
-
- Many systems have environment variables set up to indicate options, paths and
- parameters for specific programs.
-
-
- Version History:
- ================
-
- 1.03 - July 1991
-
-
- Thanks To:
- ==========
-
- Mark Cracknell (as usual!)