WMATCH (VERSION 1.00) Copyright (c) 1995 Ziff Davis Publishing Company
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First Published in PC Magazine Nov 7, 1995 (Utilities)
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WMATCH by Michael J. Mefford

PURPOSE
        WMATCH lets you place the filenames of two directories in
side-by-side windows, and then shows you which files are the same and
which are different.

USAGE
      To install WMatch, simply copy the two program files--WMATCH.EXE
and WMATCH.HLP--to a subdirectory on your hard disk, and use Program
Manager to add an icon for WMatch to one of your groups. In Windows 95,
copy the files to your hard disk and add a shortcut for the program.

	When you first run WMATCH you'll see two empty directory
listing windows. The listing on the left is the source directory for
file operations, and the listing on the right is the target directory.
You select a directory for each window by clicking on the Directory
speed button above each listing.

	You'll see a set of three radio buttons on the speed bar: All
Files, Different Files, and Alike Files. The All Files match mode
displays all files in both directories that match the filespec you
entered. Choose Different Files to display only the files that are
unique between the two directories; choose Alike Files to display just
the files that are in common.

	File operations are performed only on files in the source
directory. The target directory serves as the destination for files
that are moved or copied. If you want to copy, move, or delete files
in the target directory, you can use the Swap speed button to swap
source and target listings.

	Once you have the listing you want as the source directory,
the next step is to mark the files you'd like to copy, move, or
delete. To select all the source files, click the Mark All speed bar
button. To clear all marks, click the Unmark All speed bar button.
You can mark individual source files with either the mouse or the
keyboard. To mark a file with the mouse, double click on either the
check mark box or on the source filename. Double click again to toggle
off the mark. The space bar also toggles marks on and off. After
marking the files, you can use the speed bar buttons to perform the
operation.

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Michael J. Mefford is a contributing editor of PC Magazine.
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