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- File : PUTFILE
- Date : 21-Feb-97
- Author : © A.Thoukydides, 1995, 1996, 1997
- Description : Description of the PC PUTFILE command that is part of the ARMEdit
- suite.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- The "PUTFILE" command is a replacement for the command of the same name that
- was supplied with Acorn's software PC emulator. It allows DOS files to be
- transferred to RISC OS. To use this command it is necessary to load the
- ARMEdit module before starting the PC front-end.
-
-
- USAGE
-
- The syntax is:
-
- PUTFILE [/?] [/M] [/P] [/S] [/W] <DOS path> [<RISC OS path>]
-
- where
-
- /? - Displays some help text.
- /M - Enable multitasking during copying.
- /P - Prompts before copying each file.
- /S - Copy subdirectories.
- /W - Disable use of the "Save as" window.
- <DOS path> - Wildcarded source DOS file specification to copy.
- <RISC OS path> - The destination RISC OS path.
-
- The source path may include standard DOS wildcards, i.e. "?" to match a
- single character or "*" for multiple characters. Files are matched using the
- same rules as used by other DOS commands.
-
- If no destination filename is specified then the source filename is used with
- various character transformations performed. Without the "/W" switch a RISC
- OS "Save as" window is used to select a suitable destination; this requires
- !ARMEdit to be running.
-
- The filetype is selected using the mappings set up using the DOSMap command.
- This is initially cached when the ARMEdit module starts, but may be reread
- at any time using the command ARMEdit_DOSMap.
-
-
- THINGS TO DO
-
- The following are changes that may be made to the PUTFILE 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.
- Filetype of destination file is based on file extension.
-
- 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.
- Added support for Acorn's software PC emulator.
-
- 1.03 (21-Feb-97) Speeded up transfer when multitasking.
- Added option to use a RISC OS "Save as" window.
- Included support for wildcards and recursion.