DRM-DC08 DOCTOR M'S DISK/TAPE CATALOGER V .08 Shareware PURPOSE : CATALOGUE AND INTERACT FLOPPYS,ZIPS,JUMBO 250 TAPES,BBS LISTINGS CAN DO : CATALOG IRWIN JUMBO 250 TAPE CATALOG DISKETTE OF ZIP FILES CATALOG ZIP FILE CONTENTS COMPARE YOUR DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY AGAINST CATALOG W/POINT &SHOOT DEL. TAG FILES FROM CATALOG AND RESTORE FROM TAPE SEARCH FILES BY ZIP COMMENT WORD MARK BBS LISTING FILES (MARK ARCHIVES THAT ARE NOT IN CATALOG) SHOW DISKS BY FREE SPACE 1,000,000 RECORD LIMIT. COST : TO REGISTER, SEND $35.00 TO MICHAEL FEDERER 4406 STONINGTON CIR. DUNWOODY, GA 30338 SUPPORT : MoonBeam Systems Sysop : Dennis Moon 4201 Autumn Lake Dr. Buford, Ga 30518 Support Lines : (404) 945-2185 Hayes Optima 14.4k (404) 932-0903 Intel 14.4k REPORTS WILL ONLY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED USERS REGISTERED USERS CAN SEND IN CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS. MONEY HELPS FEED UNDERPRIVLEDGED PROGRAMMERS WHO MAKE THESE UPDATES. $`'>>!!! (MONEY HELPS LITTLE COMPUTERS GROW TO BE BIG COMPUTERS) REQUIREMENTS: DOS 5.0 LABEL (DOS 5.0) PKZIP (PKWARE 1.1) PKUNZIP (PKWARE 1.1) LIST (VERNON D. BUERG) (FOR VIEWING ZIP CONTENTS) FD (NORTONS FILEDATE) (OPTIONAL FOR RESTAMPING .LST FILES) REQUIREMENTS FOR TAPE USERS: TAPEDIR (COLORADO MEMORY SYSTEMS) TAPE (COLORADO MEMORY SYSTEMS) C:\TAPE\ LOCATION OF TAPE SOFTWARE DRM-DC07 DOCTOR M'S DISK/TAPE CATALOGER V .08 Shareware --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS 1. CREATE DIRECTORY TO PLACE DRM-DC08.ZIP CONTENTS IN (RECOMMEND C:\DISK) MD C:\DISK 2. Copy DRM-DC08.ZIP to C:\DISK 3. PKUNZIP DRM-DC08.ZIP (INTO THE DEFAULT DIRECTORY) #NOTES ( if not default C:\DISK ): IF YOU DID NOT USE C:\DISK, EDIT DC.BAT AND USE YOUR DRIVE & SUBDIR IN PLACE OF C:\DISK IF YOU DID NOT USE C:\DISK AND YOU ARE A JUMBO 250 USER, EDIT TAPECAT.BAT AND USE YOUR DRIVE & SUBDIR IN PLACE OF C:\DISK 4. PLACE BATCH FILE IN DOS PATH (DC.BAT,TAPECAT.BAT) #NOTE: Make sure the default path in the files is the same as the config in DC. 5. INSURE ALL REQUIRED FILES ARE IN THE DOS PATH (LABEL,PKUNZIP ETC..) 6. CREATE SUBDIRECTORYS ON DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY MATCHING THE CATAGORY'S/AREAS YOU WANT TO DIVIDE THE DOWNLOADS INTO. (OPTIONAL) 7. MAKE SURE THE EXTENSION ON YOUR BBS LISTINGS IS .LST, AND THE FILE IS ASCII 8. BACKUP YOUR .LST FILES (JUST IN CASE) 9. LOAD PROGRAM (DC) 10.SELECT CONFIGURE SETTINGS AND UPDATE ALL FIELDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDING *.LST COMMENTS TO ZIP FILE. 1.STRIP OLD ZIP COMMENTS (PROBABLY ADVERTISING) 2.DISK COMPARE (OPT G) 3.THIS WILL PLACE THE .LST COMMENTS INTO THE EMPTY ZIP COMMENT AREA 4.DELETE DUPLICATES,CLEAN UP COMMENTS 5.MOVE FILES INTO APPROPRIATE SUBDIR 6.QUIT YOU CAN CATALOG A DISK FROM THE DOS PROMPT BY TYPEING "DC B" (ASSUMING B IS FLOPPY) YOU CAN LOOK UP A FILE FROM THE DOS PROMPT BY TYPEING "DC FILENAME" IF THE FILENAME IS MORE THAN 1 CHARACTER. IF YOU LABEL YOUR DISKS IN THE PATTERN: "DISKNAME-##" .OR "GAMES-001", THE CATAGORY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ASSIGN FROM YOUR CATAGORY SETTINGS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AUTONDX TURNED ON, YOU MUST RUN INDEXING BEFORE YOU CAN LOOK UP NEW ADDITONS. ONLY THE FIRST 8 LETTERS OF THE TAPE VOLUME NAME WILL BE USED THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO READ THE TAPE NAME. YOU CAN PASS THE TAPE NAME TO THE PROGRAM BY TYPEING "TAPECAT TAPE-001" ETC.. DRM-DC07 DOCTOR M'S DISK/TAPE CATALOGER V .08 Shareware --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETTINGS: AUTOMATIC INDEXING - IF THIS IS SET OFF, THE DISK SCANNING WILL BE FASTER, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO RUN INDEXING IN ORDER TO LOOK UP NEW FILES. CD ROM - IF THIS IS ON, CATALOG PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY IGNORE EXISTING ZIP COMMENTS, AND WILL TAKE BEST SHOT AT ATTACHING COMMENTS FROM .LST FILES MOVE TO DIR - IF YOUR DOWNLOAD AREA IS DIVIDED INTO SUBCATAGORYS EX. C:\DOWNLOAD\COMMUNI C:\DOWNLOAD\FILER C:\DOWNLOAD\GRAPHICS\PICTURES C:\DOWNLOAD\GRAPHICS\VIEWERS C:\DOWNLOAD\GRAPHICS\PAINTING THEN YOU CAN MOVE YOUR DOWNLOAD FILES, USING POINT AND SHOOT, DURING DISK COMPARE. DISK COMPARE CAN BE SET TO A SINGLE SUBDIRECTORY AND WILL IGNORE ALL BRANCH DIRECTORYS. BATCH FILE DIR - FOR TAPE DRIVE USERS ONLY. STATES DIRECTORY FOR TAPE RESTORE PROGRAM TO PLACE DCREST.BAT AUTOMATIC TAGGING - IF ON, MAINTENANCE INDEXING WILL AUTOMATICALLY PLACE A MARKER "|||" TO THE LEFT OF ALL FILES IN YOUR .LST FILES WHICH DO NOT SHOW IN CATALOG PLEASE USE "---", "===", OR "+++" TO PLACE YOUR OWN MARKERS BESIDE THE FILE. FOR EXAMPLE ---FILENAME.EXT MIGHT MEAN YOU HAVE ALREADY DOWNLOADED THIS FILE. +++FILENAME.EXT MIGHT MEAN YOU PLAN TO DOWNLOAD THIS FILE |||FILENAME.EXT MEANS YOU DONT HAVE THIS FILE IN CATALOG.