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CM_FILER 5.22 NoVaSoft Registration (docs)
UTIL FEB92 DISK FILE MANAGER MARTIN ASP
FILES cm_filer.sdn
CM_FILER provides a quick, simple, "one-touch"
operating environment for your IBM-compatible 80x86-based
computer running under DOS Version 2 or later. While its name
implies it is a file manager, it is much, MUCH more. Once you
have used CM_FILER for a few sessions, you will not want to
struggle with the DOS COMMAND.COM command processor or your
other file managers ever again! CM_FILER was painstakingly
written in Assembly language over a three-year period,
carefully factoring the suggestions of a dozen of the world's
pickiest electrical, mechanical and nuclear engineers with
whom I work. It is compact and lightning fast.
CM_FILER is capable of doing everything your DOS
COMMAND.COM processor or other file manager can do, and more,
but with EASE! -- displaying two directories side-by-side;
copying one or more files from one directory to another;
backing up files in the same directory; deleting and renaming
files and directories; setting file and directory attributes;
concatenating (stringing together) multiple files; viewing
and editing files; making and removing subdirectories;
printing files in the "background" while you perform other
tasks; setting disk volume labels; printing directory
listings; keeping notes; displaying two disk structures
side-by-side as "trees", and performing a full set of
operations on their structures; and executing child processes
-- all with a minimum number of keystrokes and maximum
"transparency".
Operations are keyed to single-letter mnemonics,
making CM_FILER intuitive and easy to learn. For example, the
letter "C" means "copy", the letter "D" "delete", and so
forth. Almost everything you need to know about CM_FILER is
contained in a two-line prompt at the bottom of the screen,
or can be summoned instantly with a single keystroke
(surprise! "H" for "help"), with no delay for external file
reading, since the help is imbedded in the program code.
There are only a few things for which you will need to refer
to this manual once you begin using CM_FILER.
CM_FILER employs the BIOS and DOS disk service
routines which are embedded in ROM or loaded into RAM when
your computer boots, and the DOS file operation safeguards
and error flags are employed, such as denying access to
remove non-void subdirectories. I have added a few of my own,
such as protection of files against being overwritten by
zero-length files of the same name (resulting from an
occasional DOS read-write failure).
CM_FILER performs most operations immediately, and
does not ask for confirmation as other file managers do,
unless file destruction is involved. You must confirm with a
separate keystroke, for example, that you really DO want to
delete files, or that you really DO want to overwrite a more
recent version of a file during a copy operation. Otherwise
CM_FILER takes for granted that you are doing exactly what
you had in mind, on the basis that a mistake can be recovered
from with just a few more keystrokes. The "mass" operations,
like copying large numbers of tagged files, all have an
<Escape> bailout.
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(SDA Format (c)Copyright 1992 The SDN Project - SDNet/Works!)
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