🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi all,

I have just uploaded a major upgrade to my Windows Command
Line interface program (WCL v7.40) to various ftp
sites. The file to look for is wincmd74.zip.

You can currently find the new version in the following
places;

       site                          file name
      --------                 ------------------------------
   archive.umich.edu           /msdos/UPLOADS/wincmd74.zip
   ftp.cica.indiana.edu        /pub/pc/win3/uploads/wincmd74.zip
   ftp.cis.ksu.edu             /pub/upload/wincmd74.zip
   ftp.uu.net                  /tmp/wincmd74.uue

These have been more than 100 internal enhancements to WCL.
Immediately below is a list of some of the new features in
version 7.40. This is followed by a brief introduction to WCL.

Changes/New Features
--------------------
 1. The scroll bars in the WCL window ("small" version) have been
    removed. The title bar can optionally be removed. Thus this window
    can be as small as one might want.

 2. New support for the US date format

 3. A new entry - "DIRCMD" in WCL.INI. Any switch which is valid for the
    DIR command can be put in this setting. Such switches will
    automatically be applied to all DIR commands.

 4. A new configuration program (WCLCFG.EXE). This saves having to make
    changes to the WCL.INI file manually.

 5. Support for more parameters for the "PROMPT" command.

 6. Both the ENCODE and DECODE commands can now handle Unix format
    UUencoded files.

 7. An interface has been provided to WCL to allow Windows programmers to
   add user extensions to the internal command set.

 8. Increase in the maximum number of COMMAND ALIASES to 40.

 9. Increase in the maximum number of lines in WCL batch files
    (.CBF files) from 30 to 150.

 10. Support for a limited subset of the Unix FOREACH command -
     for operations involving multiple files.

 11. A limited subset of the GREP command has been introduced - to search
    for strings inside a text file.

 12. The "TYPE" command (to display the contents of a file) can now take
     wilcards (eg TYPE *.TXT).

 13. The "REN" command has been revamped in many ways.
     [a] It can now be used to rename files and directories whose names
         are regarded as illegal by DOS (eg because they have spaces in
         their names). In such cases, enclose the SOURCE file name in
         quotes - eg REN "FRED DY" FREDDY

     [b] It can now take wildcards - but you MUST use the wildcards
         in both the SOURCE and TARGET file names

 14. A new command "DU" (for "disk usage") has been introduced. This
    command tells you how much disk space is occupied by the files in
    a directory (and all its subdirectories), without going through a
    directory listing.

 15. A new switch for the "DIR" command has been introduced. This is
    "/Q" - for "quick" display. When this switch is used, the default
    behaviour of pausing for a keypress after each screen is overridden.

 16. A new command "REPLACE" has been introduced. This is for searching
    for a string in an ASCII file, and replacing all occurences of that
    string with another one.

 17. New support for associating file extensions with an application.

 18. New support for filename completion.

 19. New support for automatic directory changing ("implied CD").

 20. A new command "WMCLOSE" has been introduced. This command shuts WCL
    down, without any question. This command is for users who have
    complained about being asked whether they really want to quit. .
    It is also useful for closing down WCL from a non-interactive batch
    file.

  21. A number of bugs have been fixed.


Introduction
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The Windows Command Line Processor (WCL) is a Shareware program
that presents a fully featured DOS-like command line interface for
Microsoft's Windows 3.1 and IBM's Win-OS/2.

WCL basically simulates the DOS "C:\> prompt", but from within
Windows or Win-OS/2. The WCL main Window is a small, unobtrusive
window (about 50 characters wide and 4 lines deep) which defaults
to the top left corner of the screen, but which can be moved at
will. The window occupies very litte screen space, meaning that
most of the rest of the screen is visible. Version 5.00 introduced
a new executable "BIGWCL.EXE". This is a version of WCL in which
the main window is of full size, and all output is directed to
the main window. This is an almost exact imitation of the
"MSDOS prompt", but within a full Windows program.

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 memory than a DOS shell. But if you do want to open a DOS
shell, you can still do so from WCL by typing "SHELL", or "DOS".

You can run Windows and DOS programs by typing their names and
pressing <ENTER>, just as you would do at the DOS command line.
If you are running OS/2 version 2.1, then you can also run OS/2
programs from within WCL. Program files with the extension .COM,
.EXE, .BAT and .PIF can also be run from WCL.

WCL also supports most of the internal DOS commands (e.g., COPY,
DIR, CD, MD, RD, DEL, 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
on-line help.

Additionally, WCL has a number of internal commands of its
own, all designed to make Windows easier to use for the command
line aficionado. There are commands like SEEK, COPYTREE,
and DELTREE. There is a TYPE-WRITE command that turns your PC into
an electric typewriter for line-by-line output to a line printer,
etc.

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, and an 
interface for programmers to hook into the WCL system and extend 
the internal command set.

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 loaded automatically.
   [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.

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 and WCL internal commands.
In most cases, you can just rename your DOS batch files to files
with a .CBF extension, and WCL will treat them as Windows batch files.

A further feature of the batch file processing of WCL is support
for a Windows "AUTOEXEC" batch file. WCL will execute any set of
commands found in a WCL batch file with the name AUTOEXEC.CBF every
time WCL is run.


Thanks all ....

--
The Chief
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Dr. Abimbola Olowofoyeku ( The African Chief)
Keele University         ( and The Great Elephant)
England.	         

Email: laa12@keele.ac.uk
       chief@mep.com