Billz Utilz

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This is release 1.0 of Billz Utilz. These are little doodads that can make
life a little easier for programmers and other users of the DOS command line.
There are five utilities in this release:

BCD.COM:
    This does exactly what CD (CHDIR) does, but it allows you do use path
    names with either backslashes (\) OR forward slashes (/). You choose.
    Mainly because I use a lot of Unix and AmigaDOS, and hate to think in
    two different slash modes.

HOBO.COM:
    Run on any file, this will turn off the high order bits in the file and
    put out the results to a second file. This makes any file ASCII-only.
    This program also doesn't care which slash you use to separate
    directories in path names.

INFO.EXE:
    This little item gives you information on all the drives attached to
    your system.  Information for each drive consists of:
        Drive Name
        Total Size in bytes
        Available Space in bytes
        Percent Free
        Current Directory on that Drive
    I wrote this because AmigaDOS has an INFO command and DOS doesn't. I
    needed something that would tell me available space info on all drives
    instantly and this is it. It doesn't do EVERYTHING that the AmigaDOS
    version does, but it doesn't need to.

MMD.COM:
    Replaces MD (MKDIR). It allows you to build more than one directory with
    just one command line (the way Unix does). It also doesn't care which
    kind of slash you use to separate directories in path names.

MRD.COM:
    Replaces RD (RMDIR). It allows you to remove more than one directory with
    just one command line (the way Unix does). It also doesn't care which
    kind of slash you use to separate directories in path names.


I hope these utilities help, and I hope I can get more out the door.
If you have any problems, I can be reached at:

        GEnie E-mail at W.CERNANSKY1

        Snail Mail at       Bill Cernansky
                            10802 N. 37th Ave
                            Phoenix, AZ  85029-4009

Aug. 11, 1992

Bill Cernansky