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[TXT] MAKEFILE                03-Aug-1993 10:41     1k  

This is release 1.1 of "docp" (a Directory-Oriented CoPy program,
formerly known as "mcp").  The reason for the name change is to
reflect that Monk Software no longer supports this program in any way.
'mcp' was released as freeware before, so this should not be a big
impact to anyone.

There are several new options in this release as well as a few bug
fixes.  Copying large (i.e. bigger than the target media) files is now
supported through the '-l' and '-j' options.  The target directoy can
also be cleared out before the copy using '-z' (zap).  The bug-fixes
include a couple involving the check ('-c') option and one involving
the target directory, if it did not previously exist, not being
created.

I hope this program is useful.  I find it to be so.  Please send
suggestions or bug reports to me, Roy Bixler.  My postal address is:

Roy Bixler
420 S. 13th
San Jose, CA 95112

On the Internet, try sending mail to:

rcb@netcom.com -or- as327@cleveland.freenet.edu

Enjoy!

Roy Bixler
April 11, 1992

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I've just had a brush with a rather nasty 'bug'.  The program would
crash when writing files to a floppy.  Now, this has worked fine
before, but sometimes would fail when the serial number of the floppy
doesn't change relative to the previous floppy in the drive (i.e. when
using floppies formatted with DOS).  To fix this, no change to the
program is necessary - just install this 'fmc' (force media change)
program in your AUTO folder and re-boot.  Otherwise, I simply
re-compiled the binary using GCC 2.1 and the newest Mint libraries
(ver. 20 - ver. 19 supposedly had its own 'nasty bugs'.).

Of course, it would be nice if I could get some force-media-change
code to incorporate into the program.  I haven't come across any yet
and the only way I know of to get this code is to register as an
official Atari developer, which I'm not ready for yet.  Maybe I will
be someday, especially if I ever get around to writing a GEM interface
to 'docp'.

Roy Bixler
June 7, 1992
e-mail: as327@cleveland.freenet.edu (rcb@netcom.com to go away soon!)