gregory%trout@NOSC.ARPA (Gregory L. Meckstroth) (04/10/85)
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An update to the vsweep program is available on simtel20.
Filename Type Bytes CRC
Directory MICRO:<CPM.PCDOS>
VSWEEP11.LBR.1 BINARY 64256 77E2H
VSWEEP was created to give the MSDOS user a file manipulation
utility, like that of ZCPR2's VFILER. VSWEEP was initially written
to run on the Zenith Data Systems Z100 and IBM PC, under MSDOS 2.0.
VSWEEP gives the user a window into the directory so that cursor
commands can be used to select the file to be manipulated. The com
file can be patched to give either the Z100 escape codes or the
ANSII codes for the IBM PC.
The following changes were made to the vsweep program.
1. When doing a mass copy the disk full error is now handled correctly.
2. The command line arguments are now handled better.
3. Hidden, system, directory and read only files are included and flagged.
4. You can use the directory entries to move from directory to directory.
5. The doc file has been rewritten.
The following commands have been added or changed.
a - Tag all files that are marked, a # after the file name
indicates that a file is marked. When a mass copy is done all
tagged files will be changed to marked files.
l - Log current directory. If the current file is a directory
it will be logged in.
n - Enter mask. User is prompted for a mask that can contain
wild cards. Only file names that match the mask will be avail-
able for file commands.
o - Display space available on disk. User is prompted for the
drive to check. The space remaining on the drive will be dis-
played in bytes.
s - Switch to directory with optional mask. The specified
directory will be logged in. The directory name can be followed
by a mask that can contain wild cards. Only file names that
match the mask will be available for file commands.
f - Find a file. Search for the specified file starting with
the next file and continuing back to the current file. The
cursor is positioned at the first file which matches if found;
cursor is not moved if not found. User is prompted for a file
name, wild cards characters '?' and '*' may be used and an empty
line will use the last pattern.
g - Go to file. Same as find a file.
-------tsc2597@acf4.UUCP (Sam Chin) (04/11/85)
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What VSWEEP really needs is the ability to display more than one screenful
of files. VSWEEP is perhaps most useful on hard disk systems and a lot of the
time I have to go through my directory and delete junk files. I'm not sure
if this has been addressed in the new version of VSWEEP but it wasn't
mentioned in the new features.
Sam Chin
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