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E Z D O S by Mike Baker Automated Business Solutions EzDOS field input keys; Key Action --------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ENTER accepts field contents, also reaching end of field is auto ENTER. moves one character to left. RT ARROW moves one character to right. ^HOME refreshes original field contents. ^END erases to end of field. HOME moves cusor to start of field. END moves cursor to end of field. INS sets insert mode on / off. DEL deletes character at cursor. BACKSPACE deletes character to left of cursor. see ^Pg Up and ^Pg Down below. EzDos command line commands; CD ┐ Change Directory (will create directory if it does not CHDIR ┘ exist) eg. CD ..\..\TEST COPY set copy marks eg. COPY *.INC CS ┐ Copy sub directory COPYSUB ┘ DEL set delete marks eg. DEL *.EXE DIR change directory mask eg. DIR *.DAT DOS shell to DOS EN ┐ encrypt selected files with a password. Files may be ENC ┘ encrypt more than once. eg. ENC *.C (see also UNENC) ERASE same as DEL MD ┐ make directory MKDIR ┘ '' MOVE set move marks eg. MOVE *.* MS ┐ Move sub directory MOVESUB ┘ RD ┐ Remove sub directory RMDIR ┘ RS ┐ Remove sub directory RMSUB ┘ TO ┐ Touch files. This command will set the files date and TOUCH ┘ time to current. eg. TO *.C UE ┐ unencrypts selected files that have been encrypted UNENC ┘ using the ENC command above. eg. UE *.C UM ┐ un-mark eg. UM *.DAT UNMARK ┘ From the command line, drives may be changed by typing in the letter of the drive with the colon. This must be done AFTER selecting the active path by using the F6 function key. This key toggles between the input path and the destination path. The active path will have a tick mark beside it and also the path name will be high-lighted. ex. A:, B:, ... Z: Any other command will execute that command from the DOS shell. eg. SORT <TEST.DAT >TEST.SRT /+10 this command will sort the file TEST.DAT starting in column 10 and create the new file TEST.SRT. After the child process has completed, you will be returned to EzDOS. Also, EZDOS may be driven from the DOS command line by supplying the correct parms. The format for the command line is: EZDOS command in-filespec [dest-path] [/A] [!file-pat !file-pat ...] │ │ │ │ └─ this is a file pattern │ │ │ │ exclusion. Any files that │ │ │ │ match these patterns will │ │ │ │ not be processed. The │ │ │ │ exclusion patterns may │ │ │ │ occur as many times as │ │ │ │ needed. │ │ │ └─ the (A)ssume option will not │ │ │ stop and ask questions. It │ │ │ will make assumptions about │ │ │ the task at hand. The only │ │ │ windows that will halt │ │ │ processing are the volume full │ │ │ window and the keyboard │ │ │ interrupt window. │ │ └─ defaults to current path if not supplied │ └─ may be any DOS pathing mechanism, but must include │ a filespec. └─ must be any of the commands described above. EZDOS CH in-filespec [+S +R +H +Y +A] [-S -R -H -Y -A] │ └─ same as └─ +x turns flag on │ above -x turns flag off └─ May be CHMOD S = novel Share flag or CH for R = Read only change file H = Hidden mode Y = sYstem A = Archive The command, in-filespec and dest-path parms are positional. The "/" and "!" parms may occur anywhere on the command line and in any order. Character casing in not significant. example; EZDOS CO ..\. copies all file from prior directory to current EZDOS CS ..\EZ copies entire directory structure to current directory making directory EZ under current. EZDOS RD CHECK removes entire directory structure CHECK. EZDOS MO . a:\save move all files in current directory to the A: drive, if directory SAVE does not exist, it will be created. EZDOS CO *.* A: !*.BAK !*.OBJ /A EZDOS CH . +r +s -h change file flags to read only and shareable, turn off hidden flag. (The "." as the filespec is the same as "*.*") Function Keys; F1 Displays this help file F2 Starts a file name scan feature. You may scan for a particular file name by hitting the F2 function key. Then while you type the file name, the file window will scroll up or down depending on the relation of the current file pointer and file name being typed. Directories may be scanned also by placing the current file pointer within the directory section. The scan feature works from the file window or from the command line. F3 Flip from LONG mode to DUAL mode and back. F4 Enter EZDOS menuing system. See below for more details. F5 Execute the marks selection. When this function key is hit, all of the files marked for delete, copy, and move will be processed. File deletions will take place before any copy or move process. Move will be processed before Copy. F6 Toggle active path. The active or displayed path may be changed by using this key. This way, two different directories may be scanned at one time. Use this key to set the active path before you change drives. F7 Toggle between command line and file window. Use this key when you wish to mark files, or change file information. F8 View file and directory tree. This key may be used from the file window or the command line. If F8 is hit when the file pointer is on a directory, that directories tree structure will be displayed. If the pointer is on a file, that files contents will be displayed and browsed. The browse window uses the up, down, left, and right arrows, page-up, page-down, TAB and shift TAB keys to position the page. F9 Display directory tree. The active path tree structure will be displayed. F10 Change current drive for active path. F6 Sort on keys. You may sort the file display window by file name, file extension, file size, or file date/time. F7 Command line un-mark. Place the current file pointer on the file to be un-marked by using the Scan feature or the Up and Down arrow keys. Files may also be un-marked by using F7 and then using the space over the mark. F8 Command line mark for delete. F9 Command line mark for copy. F10 Command line mark for move. ^Pg Up From the file window area goes to the top file or directory entry for the active path. ^Pg Down From the file window area goes to the bottom file or directory entry for the active path. ^Pg Up From the command line will scroll up through the previously typed commands. ^Pg Down From the command line will scroll down through the previously typed commands. EzDOS menuing system EzDOS allows you to set up menus for just about any command you desire. Up to 40 menus as many levels deep as is desired may be built using the EZDOS.INI file. The following format should be used to build your menus. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ menu line format; ║ ║ menu = d,x,x,description up to 40 characters ║ ║ │ │ └─ menu number to goto when selected (use (0) if no more) ║ ║ │ └─ menu number for this block ║ ║ └─ menu record type constant (menu descriptor) ║ ║ ║ ║ menu = h,help description up to 75 characters ║ ║ └─ menu record type constant (help descriptor) ║ ║ ║ ║ menu = c,command line ║ ║ └─ menu record type constant (command descriptor) ║ ║ ║ ║ menu = $(END) constant to signal end of menu descriptions ║ ║ ║ ║ The h and c record types may occur up to 20 times per menu selection. ║ ║ ║ ║ the $(END) constant MUST be the last line of the menu definitions ║ ║ block. ║ ║ ║ ║ Several special commands may be placed individually or together on ║ ║ the command line. They must be spelled exactly as they are presented ║ ║ here and they must be in upper case. ║ ║ ║ ║ $(PROMPT) - Pops open a window displaying the command line with ║ ║ the cursor positioned where the $ is located. The ║ ║ $(PROMPT) is blanked out. ║ ║ $(FILE) - The $(FILE) key word is replaced with the file name ║ ║ located at the file pointer position of the active ║ ║ path. ║ ║ $(FSPEC) - This key word is replaced with the full path and file ║ ║ name of the file located at the file pointer of the ║ ║ active path. ║ ║ $(CLOSE) - The $(CLOSE) keyword will keep the menu system closed ║ ║ after all of the processes have been completed. ║ ║ The default of (no close) will place you back on ║ ║ the menu window where you left. ║ ║ $(PAUSE) - Placed between commands, forces a pause before going ║ ║ to the command. This is good if doing a directory ║ ║ type command and you need to look at the output ║ ║ before going on to the next command. ║ ║ $(NOPAUSE) - Placed as the last command in a sequence, tells EZDOS ║ ║ not to pause before re-displaying the EZDOS screens.║ ║ $(PATH1) - This key word is replaced with the input path spec. ║ ║ Any parms placed after this key word will be pushed ║ ║ down to make room for the path. ║ ║ $(PATH2) - This is the same as $(INPATH) except it uses the ║ ║ destination path name. ║ ║ $(ACTPATH) - This is the same as $(INPATH) except it uses either ║ ║ the input path OR the destination path which ever ║ ║ is active. ║ ║ DOS - This is a special command that may be used to execute ║ ║ a shell to the DOS - OS/2 command line. ║ ║ ║ ║ Most of these commands may be placed on the same line; example; ║ ║ menu = d,3,0,PKXARC extract from archive ║ ║ menu = c,cd $(INPATH) ║ ║ menu = c,pkxarc -x $(PROMPT) $(PATH2) ║ ║ menu = d,3,0,PKXARC view file contents from archive ║ ║ menu = c,pkxarc -c $(FSPEC) $(PROMPT) >tmp.$$$ ║ ║ menu = c,list tmp.$$$ ║ ║ menu = c,del tmp.$$$ ║ ║ menu = c,$(NOPAUSE) ║ ║ ║ ║ For more examples on how the menu commands are used, see the EZDOS.INI║ ║ file that is included with the EZDOS package. ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Additional notes; EzDOS is also set up to run on the NOVELL operating system networks. Thus the share flag attribute setting. EZDOS is licensed at $49.95 per copy for a single user. Site licenses are also available for corporate use. For more information about this and other products, contact: Mike Baker Automated Business Solutions 6548 Brookside Cr. Columbia, S.C. 29206