Patriquin's Hard Disk Utilities (5/89)           REGISTRATION ($45.00)
     by Norm Patriquin

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           P A T R I Q U I N ' S   U T I L I T Y   D I S K
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                          Created: 21MAY89

This disk contains utilities written by Norm Patriquin.

PALERT is a utility program to help you avoid unexpectedly running out
of disk space.  Many  times application programs terminate  abnormally
or disallow  you from  completing a  function because  of insufficient
disk space.  Sometimes, this may cause you to lose valuable work  time
and sometimes causes data to be lost.  PALERT watches your disk  space
and warns you when space is getting low.

PATTR sets  DOS attributes  for the  files or  filename wildcards  you
specify.   Use  it  to  set  or  reset  archive  status on files or to
protect/unprotect  files  with  the  readonly attribute.  PATTR's file
selection parameters provide you with numerous options for  specifying
the files  to be  deleted.  You  may select  by directory, file, date,
attribute, size, and even starting and ending filename.

          PMOVE/PCOPY -- Advanced replacement for DOS COPY

The DOS COPY command is one of its most used commands.  Unfortunately,
its abilities are  very limited and  are not sufficient  for many disk
maintenance chores performed  by users.  PCOPY  is similar to  the DOS
COPY command in that it copies  file data between disks and hard  disk
directories.  In addition,  PCOPY is greatly  superior to DOS  copy in
that it  provides intelligent  file selection  and processing options.
PCOPY options allow  you to use  a single PCOPY  command to perform  a
function that would require many DOS copy commands and much thought.

PMOVE is an  option of the  PCOPY command used  to move files  between
disks and directories on disks.   PMOVE combines the functions of  DOS
COPY and DELETE commands to make moving files very easy.  In  addition
to  just  moving  files,  PMOVE  also  allows selection criteria to be
specified  to   better  qualify   the  files   to  be   moved.   PMOVE
automatically determines the environment the move is requested for and
then determines if the data must be moved or if the file can be  moved
by renaming.  Moving with rename is allowed if the move is to  another
directory on the same disk device.   If a rename move can be  done, it
is much faster than moving the data, it helps to keep from fragmenting
disk  free  space,  and  allows  very  large files to be moved between
directories  when  they  could  not  normally  be  moved with DOS COPY
because of insufficient space.

PDELETE is  an advanced  Delete command  to be  used in  DOS operating
systems.  It may be used in place of the DOS Erase and Delete  command
or instead of it.  Like  other Patriquin utilities, PDELETE gives  you
more control of  command processing and  provides a much  safer way to
process files.  PDELETE also provides several features not found  with
the standard DOS command.  Unlike other delete utilities, PDELETE does
support DOS paths and wildcards.  It keeps you aware of what files are
being processed and  provides an emergency  stop feature just  in case
you have started something you feel is wrong.

PPRINT is a  general purpose print  utility that can  be used with  HP
laser or  other printers.   PPRINT will  scan a  directory and  select
files  for  printing.   Print  control  parameters  govern  the  print
process.  A special print feature  for the HP laserjet printer  allows
printing  two  pages  on  both  halves  of  a  side of paper.  This is
especially nice  for printing  large documents  as it  saves paper and
print time.

PPRINT is special and unique because it is customisable to any printer
type.  It  also allows  you to  access printer  features not  normally
available for printing normal text files.

The printer definition file is a standard text file that may be edited
by most any  word processor or  editor.  Several definition  files are
included in the archive.

   PSEARCH  --  Search for filenames on disk or text within files.

PSEARCH is a  generalized search facility  for all PC  users.  PSEARCH
can search the  current directory or  all directories of  an hard disk
for files or text in files.  It also can scan non-text files and  show
only the  text (readable)  data from  the file.   PSEARCH is  not just
another  search  type  command.   It  works  with  normal  DOS command
parameters or with  menus.  This ensures  that PSEARCH can  be used by
anyone that uses a PC.

PTOUCH Scans the files matching the input file specification and  sets
the date and time values as desired.  Use it to reset incorrectly  set
dates in files.