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Hi all,

I have just uploaded a major upgrade to my Windows Command Line
Processor (WCL v7.70) to various ftp sites.  This version is a very 
substantial upgrade which introduces a large amount of new features 
and enhancements. One major enhancement is a complete revamp of the 
SCRIPTING and BATCH PROCESSING capabilities, and the introduction of
new scripting and batch file commands, such that WCL can now be 
used to program very complex scripts under Windows. A sample script 
which illustrates this new functionality is included. All the new 
features and enhancments are are fully documented in the HISTORY file.

Here are the details of where the program can be found;

Filename: wincmd77.zip
site                        uploads/final directory
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archive.umich.edu            /msdos/UPLOADS
wuarchive.wustl.edu          /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/win
micros.hensa.ac.uk           /micros/ibmpc/win/c/c231
oak.oakland.edu              Simtel/msdos/windows3
ftp.demon.co.uk              /pub/ibmpc/windows/wcl
ftp.cis.ksu.edu              /pub/upload/wincmd
ftp.uu.net                   /tmp/wincmd    (deleted after 4 days)
Compuserve		     WINSHARE lib 4


Description
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The Windows Command Line Processor (WCL) is a
Shareware program that presents a fully featured DOS-like
command line shell for Microsoft's Windows 3.1 and IBM's
Win-OS/2. It is an applications manager, file manager,
system manager, scheduler, batch file processor, scripting
tool, and suite of Windows utilities, which can either replace
or supplement the standard Windows Program and File Managers.
All this functionality in WCL is invoked from a Windows 
command prompt.

FEATURES
--------
WCL basically simulates the DOS "C:\> prompt", but from within
Windows or Win-OS/2. WCL ensures that you do not need to open a
DOS shell or the File Manager, just to perform operations like
file copying, directory listing, file deletions, changing file
attributes, etc., etc. WCL, being a full Windows program, offers
all the benefits of Windows which will otherwise be lost in a
DOS shell, and uses far less system memory than a DOS shell.

Windows, DOS, and OS/2 programs can be executed by just typing their
names and pressing <ENTER>, just as you would do at the DOS or OS/2
command line. Program files with the extension .COM, .EXE, .BAT and .
PIF can also be run from WCL.

WCL supports most of the internal DOS commands (e.g., COPY,
DIR, CD, MD, RD, DEL, MOVE, REN, etc.), and some external DOS
commands (e.g., ATTRIB, PRINT, etc.) through built-in technology.
In addition to these, there are several commands internal to WCL,
and several extra features which are fully documented in the
extensive on-line help.

In addition to these, WCL has several internal commands of its
own, all designed to all richer functionality to the Windows
environment. There are commands like SEEK, COPYTREE, and DELTREE,
unix-like aliases for commands, and aliases for directories.

Other features include UUencode, UUdecode, UNZIP, Filename
Completion, Implied CD, Directory Aliases, Command Aliases,
assignment of commands to Function Keys, Doskey emulation, batch
file operation within Windows, full command-line editing, a
FOREACH command, support for file extensions in WIN.INI, support
for various CLIPBOARD functions, timed SCHEDULING of commands,
transmitting multiple commands at once, conditional execution of
commands, and an interface for programmers to hook into the WCL
system and extend the internal command set.

With WCL, you can send messages to any active process (including
those that do not show up in the task list), telling the process
to hide its main window, close itself down, show itself, etc.
WCL is fully compatible with environments such as OS/2, Windows
NT, Novell Netware, and PC-NFS (there is even a WCL "MAP" command
to MAP and unMAP Netware drives from WCL). WCL is compatible
with COMMAND.COM replacements such as 4DOS.

BATCH FILES 
----------- 
WCL supports batch file processing within Windows.
Any file with the extension .CBF is treated as a WCL batch file, 
and can contain any mixture of program files, WCL internal commands, 
and WCL script commands. A further feature of the batch file processing 
of WCL is support for a Windows "AUTOEXEC" batch file. WCL will execute 
any commands found in a WCL batch file with the name AUTOEXEC.CBF every 
time WCL is run.

WCL can replace the Program Manager as your Windows or Win-OS/2
Shell. When WCL is used as the Windows shell, it offers many
extra facilities which can be turned on or off in the
initialization file WCL.INI. Among these extra features are:
   [a] saving the state of your Windows desktop when you quit
       WCL, and restoring it to exactly the same state when you
       next run Windows. This way, you can leave all your
       favourite Windows programs running when you quit Windows
       through WCL, and next time you run Windows, they will all
       be running still.
   [b] backing up your WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files each time
       Windows is started. This can save you from the deeds of
       some badly behaved programs that mess up with the Windows
       INI files. Two backup copies are made of each of these
       files - the penultimate version, and the ante-penultimate
       version.
   [c] running the programs in the "RUN=" and "LOAD=" lines in
       WIN.INI.


Dr. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku
Email:  laa12@keele.ac.uk      
        chief@mep.com