CYBERSHELL V1.3 readme file --------------------------- Written by Scott English. Ed: Please note that the hard disk installation script in this drawer assumes your hard drive is called DH0: and it also renames your old shell-startup file (and keeps it under another name) and replaces it with a new one.  <> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <>  Lost or never had the Command Reference card or your manual? Can't be bothered or would prefer not to have to look up your manual to find out just exactly what is needed for a certain AmigaDOS command? Can't remember exactly what a command does? Want to know if a command is supposed to be internal or in your C: directory? Need to know which arguments are required? Then simply use CyberShell too look up the information online! WHAT IS CYBERSHELL? -------------------  Putting it simply, CyberShell will allow you to get help on any of the standard OS2.x DOS commands without having to go looking for them in your manuals somewhere. You can simply type in the name of the command which is troubling you and a brief description will be placed on your screen for you. It requires extremely little memory, and only a small amount of disk space. ABBREVIATIONS -------------  There are also some aliases setup to abbreviate some of the commands and/or substitute more unix-ish type names such as ls, ren, rm, mkdir etc. These should help people who are accustomed to using unix-like systems adapt to Shell a little more, and 90% of them are shorter then the commands that they are abbreviating so it makes things quicker and easier to type. For more information, type 'help cybershell' once you have it installed. SETTING UP CYBERSHELL ---------------------  CyberShell cannot be run as is. It does require installing before it will actually work, but this is because of it's nature. Each time you request help CyberShell brings that information from a directory to your screen. So for it to work, you have to have that directory in your disk. NITTY GRITTY ------------  You will require 14,460 bytes worth of free space on the disk that you wish to install CyberShell on. Insert the disk that you are going to install CyberShell on, or make sure that your HD is on if you are going to install it there. Next, make the directory 'cybershell' in your S: directory. Then copy the contents of the cybershell directory on the source disk into your new cybershell directory. Next, modify your shell-startup to include all the information of the cybershell shell-startup file, or simply replace your existing shell-startup with the CyberShell version. A quick way of using your old shell-startup as well as the new one is with 'join' command... but this is a really sloppy way of doing things to say the least, but to do it.... Rename your original shell-startup to say..... 'shell-old' then type in the following line: join sys:s/shell-old {path}/shell-startup sys:s/shell-startup Some words of explanation.... 1. This assumes that the disk that you are installing CyberShell on is in the drive and you are currently in it with Shell. 2. {path} is the path that leads to the CyberShell shell-startup, for example.... df1:cybershell This command, will join both the programs (leaving the originals untouched) into one new one called shell-startup. If you do however use a HD, then you can save yourself the trouble and use the HD-Install prgram simply by clicking on it's icon, or by typing 'execute hd-install' from Shell. This will rename your current shell-startup as 'old-shell-startup', and do all of the other nitty gritty for you. POINTERS --------  If you want to speed the startup of your CyberShell, simply move all of the information from the comment in the shell-startup file, into your user-startup file. That way, all the commands only get aliased once, at bootup... but this will effectively slow down your startup. It's a trade off... When you want help you have to have the current disk selected in Shell as the one that contains CyberShell. This isn't a problem with HD owners, but can be a pain for floppy owners. HISTORY -------  6/6/93 - 1.3 - The help files in the CyberShell directory were given '.help' extensions to enable the user to carry out DOS commands while in that directory. Prompt changed. New drive aliases added. YOUR THOUGHTS -------------  All comments, queries, and suggestions are extremely welcome. Updates will be made regularly as improvements are made... especially if there is a demand for them... so if you like the idea... but think the execution could do with some improving, then please take the time to let me know so I can improve the product for you and the general public. Scott English (049) 665487 59 Thomas Coke Drive, Thornton, NSW 2322 Australia  <> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <>