SEVERAL UTILITIES FOR $1 APIECE!! Program Name: The $1 Utilities ver 2.1 BBS File Name: $1UTIL21.ZIP Program Type: DOS Utilities Author: ImagiSOFT, Inc. SW Reg: $1 each Comment: Some handy ones here! From the manual: "Let's face it: Some people really like using DOS. DOS Shells slow many power users down. However, DOS is often a ninety-pound weakling. We developed the $1 Utilities to add power and flexibility to DOS without sacrificing speed." The above quote it quite true. Although shells and other programs can isolate us from DOS, there are times when most of us find it more convenient to use the command line. On the other hand, we sometimes wish that DOS was a bit less limited. This is when little utilities like the $1 Utilities can come in handy. The $1 Utilities contain nine separate programs: CAPS.COM - Very simply, this program will turn you CAPS LOCK key ON or OFF. This can be useful in a batch file that loads a program that needs the CAPS LOCK key in a particular position. NUM.COM - Similar to CAPS.COM, this one turns your NUM LOCK key ON or OFF. MOVE.COM - This one, as the name implies, allows you to move a file from one dir to another, either on the same drive or to another. This is much easier than copying the files, then deleting. MOVE.COM will create a destination directory if the one given does not exist. It will also prompt you if you are about to overwrite an existing file. If you know you want to overwrite, you can use the /O option. RDEL.COM - Recursive File Delete. Did you ever have an install program create a directory with several sub directories? If you wanted to delete a program like this, you would need to change to each directory, delete all the files, then repeat these steps for each sub directory. RDEL.COM makes this chore fast and easy. Although this can be a very handy utility, it can be dangerous. Be sure of what you are doing before using this program. It does, however, ask you TWICE if you are sure that the command you gave it is correct. RENDIR.COM - Rename a Directory. DOS doesn't allow you to rename a directory. What you would have to do is make a new directory, copy the files to the new directory, then delete them from the old. RENDIR.COM lets you do it fast and easy. RES.COM - RES.COM just lets you know how much memory you have left. STAMP.COM - Allows you to change file time and date. VIEW.COM - This is a replacement for the TYPE command. You can use this to easily browse any ASCII text file. Not as "full-featured" as some of the others, but handy. INTERNAL.COM - This is probably the one you'll find most interesting (and useful). With it, you can actually change the commands that DOS uses. In the documentation, they use as an example changing the DOS TYPE command to VIEW.COM. You can redefine DOS's TYPE to use VIEW.COM by issuing the following command: INTERNAL TYPE C:\UTIL\VIEW.COM Another example they use is replacing FORMAT with your favorite disk formatting utility. I'm sure you could find several uses for INTERNAL.COM. If you add them to your AUTOEXEC.BAT, you'll always have them handy. From the documentation: "INTERNAL is a memory resident program (TSR) which requires 1072 bytes fro each command added or replaced. Each command is usually loaded 'high' in AUTOEXEC.BAT." As you can see, at just $1 per utility, these little gems are a bargain. Look for them!