rem rem DX.CED CED Synonyms for DX v2.09 Robert K. Blaine/ECONO-SOFT 12/88. rem rem This file is intended as a working sample of a set of CED synonyms rem to make using DX easier. You may use them as is or take them as rem examples in developing or augmenting your own. rem rem PCED is a trademark of and available from: rem The Cove Software Group rem P.O Box 1072 rem Columbia, Maryland 21044 rem rem This synonym file will run without modification assuming that DX.EXE rem is located in a directory on your PATH. To make the synonyms run faster, rem it is advantageous to replace all occurances of "dx" in this file with rem a call that specifies the entire path -- the best performance will be rem achieved by copying DX to a RAM disk as part of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and rem then replacing all occurances of "dx" in this file with "x:dx" where rem "x:" is the name of the RAM disk. rem rem Many people like to use a master synonym to call DX. This can be rem a convenient method of setting DX's parameters as an alternate to rem setting an environment variable. Be aware, however, that using a rem master synonym has the drawback of reducing the amount of command rem line available for individual options when calling DX. The total rem length of the line after PCED has parsed all the synonyms is 127 rem characters. rem rem This synonym file may be loaded into PCED with the following command: rem ced -b1024,128,3000,128,128,128 load dx.ced rem rem Try to avoid the use of positional parameters (%1, %2, etc.) as they rem make the use of multiple patterns difficult (pattern1+pattern2;pattern3). rem If you don't use any positional parameters, PCED will tack all the rem parameters on to the end of the synonym. If you must use positional rem parameters, using all 9 (as shown in the "comp" example) allows the most rem flexibility in adding additional parameters. rem ================ Clear Previous Synonyms ================================== clear syn rem ================ Quick and Easy Directories =============================== syn d "dx" syn da "dx a:" syn db "dx b:" syn dc "dx c:" syn dd "dx d:" rem Ex: d ;view default directory rem db ;view directory of B: rem ================ Quick and Easy Wide-Format Directories =================== syn dw "dx /w" syn daw "dx /w a:" syn dbw "dx /w b:" syn dcw "dx /w c:" syn ddw "dx /w d:" syn arcw "dx %1\/w" rem Ex: dw ;view default directory in wide format rem dd ;view directory of D: in wide format rem arcw myarc ;wide directory of archive or library "myarc" rem ================ Selecting Files ========================================== syn new "dx /at:!a" syn tod*ay "dx /since" syn yes*ter "dx /since:yesterday" syn sd "dx /at:!d" syn ld "dx /ld" syn ldw "dx /ld/w" rem Ex: new ;view all files newly created or modified rem tod ;view all files created or modified today rem sd ;show all directories in current directory rem ld ;show sizes of all files in each directory in rem ;the tree from the current directory on down rem ldw ;wide-format of the directory tree rem ================ Deleting Files =========================================== syn vdel "dx /del/v/ro:n" syn dbak "dx %1*.bak /del /v- %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn dro "dx /del/v/ro:i" syn gobak "dx /gobak /v-" syn cleanup "dx /ff/del/p-/v- \%1.bak+.tmp+.hld+*temp*" syn zdel "dx /size:0 /del /v-" syn delsys "if not '%1' == '' dx %1\ibm*.com+command.com/ro:i/del/f" rem Ex: vdel \path ;verified delete of normal files in "\path"; rem ;read-only files never touched rem dbak c: ;delete all "C:*.BAK" files without verify rem dro ;verified delete of all files ignoring the rem ;read-only attribute rem gobak prog.pas ;if "PROG.BAK" exists, delete "PROG.PAS" rem ;and rename "PROG.BAK" to "PROG.PAS" rem cleanup ;sweep the default drive and delete all ".BAK", rem ;".TMP",".HLD", and "*TEMP*" files without asking rem zdel ;delete all zero-length files in this directory rem zdel \ /ff ;sweep the entire disk deleting zero-length files rem delsys a: ;remove DOS system files from A: rem ================ Copying, moving, and comparing files ===================== syn comp "dx /v-/p- %1 /comp:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn co*pyc "dx /v-/p- %1 /copy:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn vco*pyc "dx /v /p- %1 /copy:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn mo*ve "dx /v-/p- %1 /move:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn vmo*ve "dx /v /p- %1 /move:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" rem Ex: comp *.pas c: ;compare all "*.pas" to files on C: rem copy *t e:\save\ ;copy all files ending in "t" to "E:\SAVE" rem ;creating the directory if needed rem vmov .hld \hold ;verified move of all "*.HLD" to "\HOLD" rem ================ File Attribute and Date Manipulation ===================== syn fa "dx /v- %1 /fa:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn ro "dx /fa:r /v-" syn rw "dx /fa:r-/v-" syn ro-all "dx /at:r- /ff /fa:r /v- /p- \%1.com+.exe+.bat+.dev+.sys" syn fd "dx /v- %1 /fd:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn touch "dx /fdate:now" rem Ex: fa newfile a- ;turn off the archive bit on "newfile" rem ro file.ext ;make "file.ext" read-only rem rw .bas ;make all "*.bas" read-write rem ro-all b: ;sweep the B: drive making all appropriate rem ;files read-only rem fd xx 3-sep:6p ;set xx's date/time to September 3 at 6:00pm rem touch .pas ;set the date/time on all "*.PAS" files in this rem ;directory to the current date/time rem ========================== Utility Options ================================ rem Call Chris Dunford's file differencer, HDIFF, to compare a file with it's rem backup version: syn diffbak "dx /run:'hdiff -cs $d$p\$f.bak $s'" rem Ex: diffbak prog.pas ;compare prog.bak with prog.pas rem To print a complete disk directory in "tiny" print on an Epson printer: syn fulldir "dx \%1 /f /ff:a /so:*nec /he:2 /st:4 /pr /prm:tiny /prmarg:10" rem Display free space on a disk, type "free x:" syn free "dx /st:4 /to" rem To simply create a list of files, type "lf files" syn lf*iles "echo $n | dx /b /ex- /o" rem Test if a set of files exist in another drive/directory and delete them rem from this directory if so: syn tdel "echo if exist %2$n dx $n/del | dx/b %1" rem Ex: tdel .pas b: ;delete *.pas if present on B: -- verified rem Verified interface to PRINT.COM (PRINT.COM must have been previously rem loaded or the system will hang): syn vprint "dx /run:'print $n'" rem Ex: vprint *.doc ;verified print of "*.DOC" syn ff "dx /ff \" syn ffa "dx /ff:a \" syn fs "dx %1/fs:%2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" syn view "dx /view /v-"