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