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- /*
- * This program will not prompt you to insert the disks if it doesn't
- * need to, so have the correct disks in the correct drives before
- * hitting the `Go' gadget!
- *
- * This is dfc, a disk copying and formatting utility written by Radical
- * Eye Software. This program is in the public domain; anyone can do
- * anything they want with it. This software is made available on an as-is
- * basis; don't come to me if you destroy your entire fish disk library
- * with it! Of course, it was tested rather extensively before it was
- * released . . .
- *
- * This code was written with Manx 3.4b on February 8, 1988.
- *
- * dfc is meant to replace both format and diskcopy, and be smaller than
- * either. It is meant to work exactly the same as either, depending on
- * the command line arguments you give it. In addition, it has several
- * additional options, such as buffering of a disk for a quick additional
- * copy, the ability to toggle verify mode on and off, and the ability to
- * write to multiple disks at the same time. It also has a nice Intuition
- * interface. It will not replace the `DiskCopy' or `Format' options from
- * the workbench, however; these have to work with the Workbench startup
- * message, which this program does not.
- *
- * This program can be invoked with no command line options. In this case,
- * it defaults to a diskcopy from df0: to df1: with verify on and buffering
- * on. All keyword options can be preceded by a dash, for you Unix lovers
- * out there, and can be abbreviated to one character. The following
- * parameters are accepted:
- *
- * f[rom] disk Use `disk' as the source drive. The format for disk
- * is completely free; only the numerals in the argument
- * are looked at.
- * t[o] disks Use `disks' as the destination drives. Again, the
- * format is unspecified.
- * v[erify] Verify all writes (default).
- * nov[erify] Turn off the verify mode.
- * b[uffer] Use extra buffer memory. If your system has enough
- * memory, an entire disk will be cached in RAM.
- * Otherwise, almost all of the system memory will be
- * used.
- * nob[uffer] Do not buffer; use minimum memory. (Default.)
- * n[ame] diskname Format the destination disk with name `diskname'.
- * Otherwise a diskcopy is assumed.
- * d[...] A drive argument. Might not have a d; simple numbers
- * work as well. The first occurance of such an argument
- * sets the source and destination fields; a subsequent
- * occurance only sets the destination.
- *
- * Thus,
- * dfc df0: name "Foo bar baz"
- * formats drive df0: and names the resultant disk "Foo bar baz".
- * dfc df0: df1:
- * diskcopies from df0: to df1:.
- * dfc -nov 0 123
- * diskcopies from drive 0 to drives 1, 2, and 3, with verify turned off.
- * dfc from df0: to df0:,df1:,df2:,df3:
- * diskcopies from drive df0: to all four drives.
- * dfc name Foo
- * formats drive df1 with the name "Foo".
- *
- * Once the program opens its window up, you will have a bunch of gadgets.
- * The left-most column of gadgets is the source selection; here you can
- * choose either format, or one of the four drives. The next column is
- * the destination column; choose any combination of the four drives by
- * clicking on the gadgets. Lines will be drawn between these two columns
- * indicating the current selections. If a drive is not available, no line
- * will be drawn to it.
- *
- * The topmost gadget is the name gadget. This is used to set the name of
- * your disk while formatting.
- *
- * The `Go' gadget starts the program up; you had better have the disks in
- * the drives when you hit this gadget! The `Again' gadget makes another
- * copy of the last disk, if buffering is on and enough buffers were
- * allocated for an entire disk. This gadget requires all destination
- * disks to be in their drives already.
- *
- * The `Retry' gadget tells the system to retry after a disk error. The
- * `Quit' gadget tells the system to abort an operation; you can hit this
- * at an error, which aborts the current operation; you can hit this during
- * a copy or format operation, which does the same; or you can hit this
- * with the drives inactive, which exits the program.
- *
- * The `Verify' gadget turns the verify mode on and off. The `Buffer'
- * gadget turns buffering on and off.
- *
- * All of these gadgets have keyboard shortcuts which are simply the first
- * letter of the gadget name. The source gadgets can be selected with the
- * digits `0', `1', `2', or `3'; the destination gadgets with the shifted
- * versions of these keys (')', `!', `@', and `#'.) The carriage return
- * key is a synonym for `Go', for added diskcopy and format compatibility.
- *
- * Enjoy this program! Please send any bug reports to Tomas Rokicki,
- * Box 2081, Stanford, CA 94309.
- */
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