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P A L E R T
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by
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Patri-Soft
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Version 2.1
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January 1990
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Support BBS -- Patriquin's BBS
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714-369-9766 (DATA)
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Copyright 1991 by Patri-Soft
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Table of Contents
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What is PALERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Command Mode Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Registering PALERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Problems and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Other Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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What is PALERT
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PALERT is a utility program to help you avoid unexpectedly
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running out of disk space and/or memory. Many times application
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programs terminate abnormally or disallow you from completing a
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function because of insufficient disk space or memory.
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Sometimes, this may cause you to lose valuable work time and
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sometimes causes data to be lost. PALERT watches your disk space
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and warns you when space is getting low.
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PALERT lets you specify your disk space needs and then watches
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the disk until that limit is reached. It then warns you of
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the situation and lets you take appropriate action. PALERT
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is implemented as a standard DOS command that may be used
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by itself or from a DOS batch command file.
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Implement PALERT before starting any application or program
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where sufficient disk space is critical. PALERT will save
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you time and money.
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Features:
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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** Checks disk space whenever you want to.
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** Checks available memory
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** Can trigger other commands based on insufficient
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disk space and/or memory
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** Many features to customize messages and actions
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** Easy to install and use
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Page 2
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Command Mode Parameters
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PALERT allows several command parameter switches to be specified
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to customize the process. All these parameters are optional.
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The command format and switch parameters are described below. A
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quick review of command parameters is always available by
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entering the PALERT command with the /H parameter.
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COMMAND FORMAT:
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PALERT [drive:] [ (/ switches) ]
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[drive:] If desired you may specify the drive where space
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is to be checked. If the drive letter is not
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specified, the current defualt drive is checked.
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PALERT will also check multiple drives. For example:
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PALERT CDE will check drives C, D, and E and give
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you a cumulative display. (This alos works with all
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parameters)
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/Wppp Warn the user and set DOS ERRORLEVEL flag if the
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percentage of free disk space is less than the
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ppp value specified.
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/W5 indicates to warn user if less than 5 percent
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of disk space is free.
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/Bbbbb Warn the user and set DOS ERRORLEVEL flag if the
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number of kilobytes of free disk space is less than
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the bbbb value specified. The maximum value of
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bbbb is 32767.
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/B3000 indicates to warn the user if less than
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3,000,000 characters of disk free space exist.
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/Lxxx Warn when available memory is less than xxx.
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Sets the DOS ERRORLEVEL flag to 2.
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PALERT /L400 will warn you if memory is below
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400,000 bytes.
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/E SupprEss the disk check and check only memory
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/N A scale that shows used disk space is normally
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shown to the user each time PALERT is run. To
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prevent the scale from being displayed, enter the
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/N parameter.
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/M Messages are normally shown to indicate the Total,
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Used, and Free disk space. If these messages are
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not normally wanted, enter the /M parameter. Then
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they will only be issued when the user is warned.
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Page 3
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/P After the user is warned of insufficient disk/memory
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space, PALERT will pause to make sure the user is aware
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of the situation. To avoid this pause enter /P.
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/S When PALERT detects insufficient disk/memory space it
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sounds an alert to the user. To avoid this noise
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specify the /S parameter.
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/C Each time PALERT is run it reminds the user that
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HELP is available by entering the /H parameter. To
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avoid this message enter /C.
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/H PALERT contains internal help that is available at
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any time by using the /H parameter.
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Page 4
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Examples:
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1. Warn user when less than 1,000,000 characters of disk
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space is available.
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===> PALERT C: /B1000 /C
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2. Warn user when less than 5 percent of disk space is
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available.
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===> PALERT C: /W5 /C
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3. Warn user when less than 300K of memory is available:
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===> PALERT /L300
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4. DOS batch file that will check disk space each time
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the LOTUS command is entered. If the desired disk
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space is not available stop the command.
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PALERT /b2000/m
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if errorlevel 1 goto error
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LOTUS
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goto end
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:error
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ECHO command terminated due to insufficient disk space
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:end
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This sample DOS batch file may be found in the .ARC file
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that contains this program. Name=PA123.BAT.
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Page 5
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Registering PALERT
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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PALERT is distributed under the Shareware concept. This makes it
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available for anyone to try without obligation. If you decide it
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is useful and want to keep it, I ask that you register your use
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of it. This will allow for continued support and maintenance of
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the program and will help to encourage that more quality software
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be made available through this channel. We require all
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corporate and government users of this utility register their
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copies.
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To simply register the program, $10 is requested. If you would
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like the newest program disk and a copy of the manual send
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$20. If you would like to register all the Patriquin utilities,
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and receive programs on disk and manuals, send $45.
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Send registration requests to:
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Patri-Soft
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P.O. Box 8263
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San Bernardino, CA 92412
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The registration charge is a one time fee that entitles you to
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all future versions of the product. These may either be obtained
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from normal Shareware sources or directly from me. Any
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organization ordering more than 100 copies is also entitled to
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telephone support and will be given the technical support number.
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Following is a form that may be used to register PALERT.
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Page 6
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PALERT Registration
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Version 2.1
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Please Register PALERT to the following person. We will use ____
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copies of the program and have enclosed $____ for each copy to
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be used.
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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_____ Registration only ............................. $10.00
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_____ Registration, program disk and manual.......... $20.00
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_____ Registration of all Patriquin Utilities with
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program disks and manuals................... $45.00
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_____ Update of newest Patriquin Utility disk with
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manual. ................................... $15.00
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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Name: __________________________________________________
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Company: _______________________________________________
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Address: _______________________________________________
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_______________________________________________
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City: ______________________________ State: ___________
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Zip: ______________________
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I obtained my copy of PALERT from: ____________________________
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If BBS indicate name and number please._________________________
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________________________________________________________________
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Please register the software under the following name:
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____________________________________________________
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Send to:
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Patri-Soft
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P.O. Box 8263
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San Bernardino, CA 92412
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Page 7
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P A L E R T
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Problems and Maintenance
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I welcome all comments or enhancement suggestions. Please
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document each item clearly and provide printed examples if
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possible. Please be sure to include this form with all requests,
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it will help to make sure we can provide you with the best
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possible service.
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Name: __________________________________________________________
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Company: _______________________________________________________
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Address: _______________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________
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City: __________________________________ State: _______________
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Zip: ______________________________
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Telephone: _______ / ________________________ (Home / Work)
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Date: _________________________
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Description of problem or enhancement:
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________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________
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Suggested solution:
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________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________
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Page 8
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Program Maintenance:
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Version 1.0 August 22, 1986
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Version 1.6 January 17, 1987
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-- Problem with large capacity disks printing
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incorrect space used percent.
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Version 2.0 August 8, 1990
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-- Added memory check
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-- Support for cumulative report of mulitple
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drives
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Version 2.1 January 26, 1991
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-- Fixed minor bugs experienced by 2 users
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Other Patriquin Utilities:
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PSEARCH -- Extensive file find and Text search capabilities in
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a menu driven environment.
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PCOPY/PMOVE -- Complete file copy.move utility that prevents
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users from accidently losing files by using DOS COPY.
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Fast file movers are intelligent and move files to
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different hard disk directories without moving data.
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PTOUCH -- Set date and time values on files specified
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through command parameters.
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PALERT -- Warn users of insufficient disk space before it
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causes them problems.
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PDAILY -- Perform any command or batch function only once
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per day. Use in AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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