Program name: DOS Toolkit (v1.0)
 
Author name:  Steve E Margison
Address:      124 Sixth Street
              Downers Grove, Il  60515
 
Tel number:   Compuserve (74435,1042)
 
Suggested Donation: $20.00 - includes soruce code
 
Program Description:
 
This diskette comprises a set of DOS utilities collectively called
"Toolkit." Each program is documented with the one documentation
file called TOOLKIT.DOC, which is about 17k. Each program is explained
below. This package is excellent for hard drive users, but will be
useful for anyone wishing to ease their DOS housekeeping. These programs
will run under the IBM-PC with at least 128k memory.
 
INPATH.EXE:
 
This is a utility to locate an EXECUTABLE program in your PATH variable.
It will report the location of the program which would be executed if
you used the filename as a DOS command.  This is identical to the UNIX
program "whereis".  INPATH will first look for the file in the current
directory, and then look in the PATH environment variable (if it is
present) in the order specified.  For each directory, INPATH first tries
to locate a .COM file, then a .EXE file, then a .BAT file, since that is
the order in which DOS searches for files.  On the first match, INPATH
reports the directory and full filename of the program and then exits.
If none are found, that fact is reported.
 
TC.EXE:
 
This is a Text Compare program, which works only on ASCII text files.
It reports differences between files in a very friendly manner, unlike
some other DIFF-type programs.  Most useful for subtle differences, such
as changed words or spellings.  The program will report any lines which
are different with the filename, line number, and a printout of the
actual line.  If one file ends before the other, the program reports
which file terminated first.
 
WC.EXE:
 
This is a Word Counting program which will report words, characters,
lines, and a checksum on the file.  For non-text files, only the
checksum is reported.  The program will report words, characters, lines,
and a checksum, which is a simple binary addition of all character
values.  No, it is not a CRC, but it is a quick check to see if it the
same as another file under the same name.  Many options are available
which tell the program to report ONLY specified items such as: only words,
lines, or characters.