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SPUTILS.DOC

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This documentation is a short overview of programs included in this
package.

Programs are tested but I cannot guarantee that these programs will work
with every hardware and software combination. If you use these programs
you do it at your own risk!

Files are distributed virus free, but you should use your anti-virus
program to detect possible virus infections before using the programs.

You can use these programs without paying anything to me. They are made
for my personal needs and I think that somebody might found them useful.
I didn't use very much of my time for doing these programs, so they are
all freeware.

This package contains following programs:

CCOPY - copies file(s) to Windows clipboard.
CFILE - copies contents of clipboard to specified file.
HCOPY - copies file(s) to multiple diskettes.

These programs are written in Microsoft Quick Basic. So they might be a
little bit slow and large, but they work. Don't fix a thing which isn't
broken.

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CCOPY:

CCOPY copies file(s) to Windows clipboard. It also converts following
characters to ISO characterset used in Windows: ������

This conversion is rather useful in Finland.

If you specify multiple files using wildcards, CCOPY copies them all to
clipboard. Technique used by CCOPY allows only first 32767 bytes to be
copied to clipboard. So rest of the files are discarded.

Example: CCOPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

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CFILE:

CFILE copies contents of clipboard to specified file. It also converts
following characters to IBM characterset used in DOS: ������

This conversion is rather useful in Finland.

As CCOPY, CFILE cannot copy more than 32767 bytes from clipboard. Rest
of clipboard data is discarded.

Example: CFILE CLIP.TXT

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HCOPY:

HCOPY copies file(s) to destination, just like dos command COPY does.
But it splits files to available space and asks for next diskette. You
cannot copy 2 megabytes file to diskette using dos commands (except
BACKUP and RESTORE).

HCOPY adds following header to head of each file it copies:

    TYPE FileInfoType
        FileName AS STRING * 12
        FileSize AS LONG
        FileDate AS INTEGER
        FileTime AS INTEGER
    END TYPE

Header occupies 20 bytes.

You can specify multiple files to copy (just like COPY).

Example: HCOPY *.MPG A:
Example: HCOPY A:*.001

If you want to copy HCOPY copied files back to harddisk, you should use
HCOPY. If it isn't available do the following:

-       Remove header block from each file. You can do the removal with
        Windows Write program.

-       Use dos command COPY to copy files back together.
        Example: COPY /B BIG_ONE.001+BIG_ONE.002+BIG_ONE.003 BIG_ONE.MPG

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History:

950205: V 0.01
        First release.

950209: V 0.02
        Just couple of days and here we go...

        Bugs: HCOPY had very many bugs. I hope I fixed them all.

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Author of the programs:

Sami Pitko
<sami.pitko@pcb.mpoli.fi>

Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome. Remember that
programs are rather simple and you can do the same programs with your
own needs easier than trying to convince me to do that...

I hope those programs are as useful to you as they are to me.

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