K-TOOLS UTILITIES


               Copyright (c) 1994 by Rob McDonell, ARK ANGLES
                             All Rights Reserved


                        SAFECOPY - Safe File Copy 1.1


This utility copies one or more files to a new location, provided that the
same or newer versions of the files do not already exist there.  It works
just like the COPY command except that it will never overwrite a later
version of a file with an earlier one.


USEAGE:

  SAFECOPY [sourcedir]sourcefiles [[targetdir][targetfiles]] [options]

where:  sourcedir    is the location of the existing files, or the current
                     directory if blank

        sourcefiles  is the file to be copied, wildcards are accepted to
                     specify multiple files

        targetdir    is the destination location for the copied files, or
                     the same directory if blank

        targetfiles  is the new file name or names for the copied files,
                     wildcards are allowed for partial renaming of multiple
                     files, or blank if the names are to remain the same

        options      is any of the following:

          /p         pause to ask before overwriting each file
          /y         yes, go ahead and overwrite without asking
        
Both the source directory and target directory must exist.


EXAMPLES:

  SAFECOPY MYFILE.TXT *.DOC      will copy MYFILE.TXT from the current
                                 directory to MYFILE.DOC in the same
                                 directory

  SAFECOPY *.TXT *.DOC           will copy all .TXT files from the current
                                 directory to *.TXX in the same directory

  SAFECOPY \DIR1 \DIR2           will copy all files from the \DIR1
                                 directory to the \DIR2 directory

  SAFECOPY C:\DIR1 A:\           will copy all files from the \DIR1 directory
                                 on drive C: to the root directory on A:

Run SAFECOPY with no parameters or "?" or "/?" to display simple help and
registration information.


REGISTRATION:

This program is part of the K-TOOLS UTILITIES shareware package.  To keep
using it after the 60 day trial period you must register, which costs only
A$10 per utility or A$29, US$22, �15, Dm40, �2400 for the whole collection.

Author:     Rob McDonell
            ARK ANGLES
            P O Box 190 (61 Oaklands Rd)
            Hazelbrook  NSW  2779
            AUSTRALIA
Phone:      Intl+61-47-588100
Fax:        Intl+61-47-588638
Compuserve: 100237,141
Internet:   100237.141@compuserve.com