------------ 10 Nifty things you can do with PocketD Plus ------------

These  are command-line examples. All of PocketD's features can also be
accessed via the MENUD menu-driven interface.

 1. Use it instead of DOS's DIR for viewing your directories.

     Just  typing  "D" gives you  a sorted color double column  display
     that  pauses when the screen is full. In addition to this you  can
     add  your  own  configurable  color-coding of filenames  and  more
     tailoring  and  display options  than any other directory  listing
     program (as of Jun93). Add just one option and:

     D /Q      Turns  D into a  full scrolling browsing tool,  allowing
	       files   to   be   viewed  or  run,  and   archives   and
	       subdirectories to be entered. (/Qz allows file delete).

     D /?      Gives one help page, with information for accessing 107k
	       of on-line help.

 2. Use it to backup your disks

	  D /WTccu A:

     would  search  the  (W)hole  drive for files modified  or  created
     (T)oday  and  (c)opy them to  drive A:, providing that either  the
     file  does not already exist on A: or is older. (PocketD  provides
     23 copy sub-options).

 3. Look for hard-to-find files

	  D *ASP* *BBS*93* /W!E'Shareware' /c

     would search the (W)hole drive for files with names containing the
     string  "ASP" or "BBS" followed  later by "93", where the file  is
     non-(E)xecutable  and contains  the string 'Shareware' inside  the
     file.  Any files found can then be optionally viewed and/or copied
     to  the current directory. You can make this search more  specific
     by  adding  size  and  date  ranges and  multiple  include/exclude
     filespecs.

 4. Create a BAT file that could re-build the subdirectory structure of
    your hard disk

	  D /WDu[md $w//] > RESTDIR.BAT

 5. Uncompress  each  ZIP file on  A: into its own subdirectory on  the
    current drive.

	  D a:*.ZIP [MD $n//PKUNZIP $w $n\]R

 6. Take a PROCOMM log file and rename it to give a unique name

	  D PCPLUS.LOG LOG* [REN $f LOG$05F]RKv

    giving LOG00001 for the first, and LOG00002 for the next one etc..

 7. Search  for files in any  subdirectory or ZIP, ARC, PAK, LZH,  ZOO,
    ARJ or SFX "self-uncompressing" archive

	  D *.TXT *=D=D* /WZ

     would  search  the  current  drive  scanning  all  subdirectories,
     including  any  archives found,  for any files with the  extension
     .TXT  or a consecutive double  digit in its name (e.g.  DIET14.EXE
     but not PRO1V2.COM).

 8. Analyse  your  hard disk  to  find out the relative sizes  of  each
    subdirectory

	  D /r%gss

     This  example  also gives  the relative percentage usage  of  each
     subdirectory  and  plots a  bar-chart to show the relative  sizes,
     sorting the output by subdirectory size.

 9. To remind you when you haven't backed-up your hard disk recently

	  D BACK.TAG /!:-7 [You have not backed-up your disk since $d//]

     warning the user if 7 days have elapsed since the last backup. The
     user can modify the date of BACK.TAG to the current date each time
     a backup is completed.

 10. Ask   multi-option   questions  from  within   BAT   files   (e.g.
     AUTOEXEC.BAT)

    D /Ywbd /'Choose (W)indows, (B)ackup hard disk or (D)os prompt ?'
    IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO DOS
    IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO BACKUP
    IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO WINDOWS