DO.COM is the ultimate batch file replacement and now together with a tiny TSR portion can save most off the hard disk space taken up by the hundeds of batch files that you accumulate. The original DO (now improved) read batch files grouped together in the C:\BATCH.LOG file and executed it as a normal DOS file. This latest version now includes DO-R.com , a tiny resident version which only occupies 640 bytes but allows you to execute a BATCH.LOG program by name ( dispensing with the DO prefix ). So now you can type 123 instead of DO 123 - a small but significant improvement. When you type a command at the DOS prompt COM, EXE and then BAT files are searched for. With DO-R loaded ,if none of the above are found a 'Checking DO files' message is displayed instead. The C:\BATCH.LOG is scanned and if a match is found it is executed as a batch file. The DO.COM file must still be present in a subdirectory on your path. If no match is found the usual 'Bad command or filename message' is displayed. DO.COM itself has been improved considerably. It can now pass parameters exactly as a batch file. Also typing ' DO ? ' prints out a list of all the batch files in your BATCH.LOG file along with the total number. Appending an optional string filters out those files that contain the string. So ' DO ?de ' ['?de' with DO-R loaded ] produces this from the enclosed specimen BATCH.LOG file :- Current batch files ------------------- dearc desk vde wwide 4 entries found. The DO program itself works like this :- If we have a command line : DO move c:\progs\*.asm d:\progs\archive DO first looks for the 'move' title in BATCH.LOG. The relevant batch file is then copied to a file named #.bat. Substitution of the %1 and %2 parameters are also made. ' # ' is then pushed into the keyboard buffer and DO exits. DOS then executes #.BAT as usual. If you look at the source code you will see that DO looks specifically at the C:\ drive for BATCH.LOG and also copies #.BAT there too. This can obviously be changed but the #.BAT should be in a subdirectory included in your path. The savings of disk space are considerable so you can now write batch files to do everything you want without worrying about filling your hard disk. This is free software which you are free to pass on. However please pass it on in it's original form. Alteasoft Alteasoft House 'Hillside' Poulton Cirencester England 0285-851566 ----------------end-of-author's-documentation--------------- Software Library Information: This disk copy provided as a service of Public (software) Library We are not the authors of this program, nor are we associated with the author in any way other than as a distributor of the program in accordance with the author's terms of distribution. Please direct shareware payments and specific questions about this program to the author of the program, whose name appears elsewhere in this documentation. If you have trouble getting in touch with the author, we will do whatever we can to help you with your questions. All programs have been tested and do run. To report problems, please use the form that is in the file PROBLEM.DOC on many of our disks or in other written for- mat with screen printouts, if possible. PsL cannot debug pro- programs over the telephone, though we can answer questions. Disks in the PsL are updated monthly, so if you did not get this disk directly from the PsL, you should be aware that the files in this set may no longer be the current versions. Also, if you got this disk from another vendor and are having prob- lems, be aware that some files may have become corrupted or lost by that vendor. Get a current, working disk from PsL. For a copy of the latest monthly software library newsletter and a list of the 2,000+ disks in the library, call or write Public (software) Library P.O.Box 35705 - F Houston, TX 77235-5705 1-800-2424-PSL MC/Visa/AmEx Outside of U.S. or in Texas or for general information, Call 1-713-524-6394 PsL also has an outstanding catalog for the Macintosh.