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- File : GETFILE
- Date : 21-Feb-97
- Author : © A.Thoukydides, 1995, 1996, 1997
- Description : Description of the PC GETFILE command that is part of the ARMEdit
- suite.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- The "GETFILE" command is a replacement for the command of the same name that
- was supplied with Acorn's software PC emulator. It allows RISC OS files to be
- transferred to DOS. To use this command it is necessary to load the ARMEdit
- module before starting the PC front-end.
-
-
- USAGE
-
- The syntax is:
-
- GETFILE [/?] [/M] [/P] [/S] <RISC OS file> [<DOS file>]
-
- where
-
- /? - Displays some help text.
- /M - Enable multitasking during copying.
- /P - Prompts before copying each file.
- /S - Copy subdirectories.
- <RISC OS file> - Wildcarded source RISC OS file specification to copy.
- <DOS file> - The destination DOS path.
-
- The source path may include standard RISC OS wildcards, i.e. "#" to match a
- single character or "*" for multiple characters. Files are matched using the
- same rules as used by RISC OS commands.
-
- If no destination filename is specified then the source filename is used with
- various character transformations performed.
-
-
- THINGS TO DO
-
- The following are changes that may be made to the GETFILE command sometime in
- the future.
-
- None at the moment!
-
-
- VERSION HISTORY
-
- 0.00 (12-Nov-95) Original development version.
-
- 0.01 (14-Nov-95) Added version number and copyright message.
-
- 0.02 (17-Nov-95) Uses correct HPC service identifier.
- Changed to a .COM file to make it smaller.
- Made error checking more comprehensive and added help text.
-
- 0.04 (16-Dec-95) Uses real HPC.
-
- 0.05 (17-Dec-95) Improved filename translation.
-
- 1.00 (12-Jan-96) First official release version.
-
- 1.01 (11-Mar-96) Version number updated to match the module.
-
- 1.02 (06-Aug-96) Date and time stamps are preserved on copied files.
- Support for Acorn's software PC emulator included.
-
- 1.03 (21-Feb-97) Speeded up transfer when multitasking.
- Included support for wildcards and recursion.