 This is the Windows README file for PocketD Plus v5.3  - PocketWare
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 PocketD Plus is an extremely powerful DOS-based file manager that
 allows the user to automate complex and routine file housekeeping
 operations for Windows and DOS. Much of this power rests in the
 powerful template facility and PocketD's ability to easily combine
 very many selection criteria and operations into a single command.
 This capability is way beyond that provided by Windows
 Explorer/File Manager. Many users have contacted us asking if
 PocketD can do some automated task they require. Almost always the
 answer is yes and almost always the alternative would have been to
 write a C/PASCAL program or Unix shell/awk script to do the same
 task. Some of these and other problems solved are documented under
 "hot tips" on our web page at:
 
   http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pocketware
 
 PocketD is useful for many simple tasks, but has also been used in
 more exotic applications such as the creation of HTML scripts,
 QUAKE front-ends and even generating C code! We have even had many
 Unix users asking for PocketD for Unix, despite the powerful tools
 already at their disposal! (one of the big advantages that PocketD
 has it that it is MUCH easier to use than Unix shell)
 
 This version of PocketD Plus runs under Windows/Win95 and fully
 supports Win95 long filenames (but not NT).
 
 PocketD Plus received "BEST UTILITY" awards in 1992, 1994 and 1995
 by PsL, WHAT PC and Ziff-Davis (BBSCON-TWO).
 
 PocketD Plus is a Shareware product, and requires a registration
 payment after a 30-day trial period.   PocketWare - ASP Member
 
 Installation
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 Since you are reading this file I assume that you have already
 successfully decompressed or copied the release files to a
 subdirectory from where you intend to run it. If you are simply
 reading this file from a release disk or CD, then you should copy
 this and the other release files to a subdirectory where you intend
 to run PocketD from.
 
 There are then two steps to installation:
 
 1.   Installation for DOS, DOS box under Windows and Windows 3.x/3.xx
 
      Run the file INSTALL.BAT inside the installation subdirectory.
      INSTALL.BAT will modify the PATH variable to include the
      installation subdirectory and (optionally) modify AUTOEXEC.BAT
      to also include the new subdirectory. It will also perform an
      installation for Windows 3.x/3.xx if required.
 
      IMPORTANT!  --> Now re-start Windows
 
 
 2.   Extra Installation step for Windows95/WindowsNT only
 
      Step (1) above must be completed and Windows re-started before
      proceeding below.
 
      The user must now perform the following simple steps:
 
      a)   Use Windows Explorer or the drive icon (inside "My
           Computer") to select the installation subdirectory.
 
      b)   Click on the file "group.grp". This will start up a
           folder showing the icons "Read Me" and "PocketD Plus".
 
      These simple steps will have added "PocketD Plus" to the START
      menus. The user can copy a short-cut to the "PocketD Plus"
      icon to the desktop, if required.
 
 
 Using PocketD inside Windows
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 The menu-driven interface "MenuD" for PocketD Plus is not a Windows
 application, but can be easily used from within Windows. It will
 support a Microsoft mouse (a DOS mouse driver will be required if
 running under Windows 3.x/3.xx). The mouse interface has been
 greatly improved since v4.6 and now works well under Windows.
 
 NOTE! The core command-line program D.EXE and DL.EXE are not mouse
 driven and so will not respond to the mouse wehn being run by
 MENUD.EXE! The user will have to use the keyboard until control
 returns to MENUD.EXE.
 
 Full PocketD Plus for Windows95/WindowsNT?
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 This is a future project. Existing registered PocketD users will be
 able to upgrade to PocketD for Windows for a heavily discounted
 price, when it becomes available.
 
 What is PocketD used for?
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 PocketD allows the user to look for, browse, examine, copy and
 manipulate files with the flexibility of a programming language. It
 is astonishingly powerful for performing operations for which there
 is no other reasonable solution.
 
 PocketD for Managing my Windows 95 hard disk?
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 PocketD Plus is ideal for setting up automated procedures for
 backing up key system and user files during Windows start-up. The
 user can use the MENUD.EXE program for this under Windows (icon
 "PocketD Plus"). This will allow the on line creation of backup and
 system procedures which can then be added to the "Start-up" folder.
 
 Documentation?
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 MenuD provides full access to the on-line guide and manual which
 describes each of the 220 options in detail and provides worked
 examples. The install disk also includes printable documentation
 files giving quick examples, network management uses and a general
 introduction.
 
 The registered version comes with a comprehensive bound 110-page
 pocket-sized manual which is packed with many example applications
 from common day-to-day disk and network management to exotic
 examples such as the automatic generation of C source code.
 
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