------------ 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 Jun94). Add just one option and:

     D /Q      Turns  D into a  full scrolling browsing tool,  allowing
	       files  to  be viewed,  copied or run, and  archives  and
	       subdirectories  to be explored. If the programs  PKUNZIP
	       etc.  are  available, then  D will also  allow  archived
	       files  to  be viewed  or un-archived. (/Qz  allows  file
	       delete).

     D /?      Gives  one help page, with information for accessing the
	       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*94* /W!E'Shareware' /c

     would search the (W)hole drive for files with names containing the
     string  "ASP" or "BBS" followed  later by "94", 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, CRU, 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 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