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BIG AL'S NORTON UTIL TECH TIPS VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 (ALSNUTT1)
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(C) Copyright 1990 by Al Hansen All Rights Reserved
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This first issue of ALSNUTT is issued to the Public Domain and
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may be freely copied and distributed as long as the above copyright
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notice remains intact.
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If you wish to comment on this volume or add to future issues
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please do so. You may contact me via Exec-PC the home of
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ALSNUTT at 414/789-4210. I'm in the Exec-PC Message.
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(Exec-PC Main Menu chain command ;M;I;B;S;;ALSNUTT )
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NU 5.0 FILEFIND TIP
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Are you tired of FILEFIND searching each matching file on your
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disk for a text string when all you really wanted was to limit
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the seach to the matching files in the directory you were in at
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the moment? If you can't always remember the command line switches
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here's a simple little batch file called LF.BAT (for 'local find'):
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FF .\%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 ;For example: LF yourtext
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Place it in your path. Simple and more intuitive than remembering
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to type ".\*.*" or "/C".
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SYSTEM SHUT-DOWN TIP
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Here's another slick little batch file that will give your hard disk
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a quick once over and defrag it before you shut-down for the day.
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As an option you could add a disk park program of your choice.
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QUIT.BAT
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NDD C: /QUICK ;Norton Disk Doctor /QUICK=just test system area
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SD C: /U /A /V ;Speed Disk /U=update /A=all /V=volume
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PARK ;Use any 'park' utility on hard disk
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;shut power off
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If you have multiple partitions on your hard disk be sure to add the
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same commands for each drive.
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NORTON COMMANDER 3.0 ZIP VIEWER
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Norton Commander 3.0 has the capabilty to view many major file formats
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except .ZIP files. Future versions are rumoured to have this capability.
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For now you could try the following:
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1. Edit (or create) your NC.EXT file to include:
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ZIP: PKUNZIP -V !.! ;allows you to 'view' the contents
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2. Park your cursor on the zip file and press Enter
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3. Use the NC command CTRL-E to actually unzip the file after 'viewing'
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edit out the '-V' option and press Enter again to unzip
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ALSNUTT by Al Hansen
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Exec-PC
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1/1/91
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