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                            HD INSTALL - VERSION 1.0A
			 31/12/92
			 
                              Coded by Shagratt/LSD


There are a few hard drive install programmes available in the Public Domain.
The best of these is the Official Commadore one, however this has some major
drawbacks;

Its over 120k in length!
It requires some libraries to run
It will only run from workbench

My re-written version is;

under 3k in length
uses only ReqTools.Library, which most people have on there HD anyway
Works from WB or CLI

                              THE SCRIPT LANGUAGE

; this is a comment		- Comment for the programmer
alert "Grapevine Install"	- Creates an alert box with a message.
alert "Grapevine%cInstall"	- %c causes a hard return in the alert box
			  which must be OKed to continue
select "dh0:gv13"		- Displays a file requester with the default
			  directory as "dh0:gv13"
			  %s becomes this directory
space "2500" 		- Ensures you have 2500k free on the
			  selected drive
message "Installing Grapevine %s/"	- Displays a message, installs into %s
			  (see select)
closemessage ""		- Removes message, it says open until
			  Closemessage command or script ends
			  MUST END WITH ""
mkdir "%s"			- creates the directory %s (as above)
copyifno "a" "b"		- Copy file a if file b is not present
			  If b is present a requester is displayed
copy "GV13a:#?" "%s/"		- Copies all files from GV13a to %s
end ""			- end the script
			  MUST END WITH ""

I sometimes found a need to create an assign list to make the installed 
programme work correctly from HD. The following 3 commands do this;

openfile "%s/go"		- Opens a file called %s/ (see above) go
writetofile "assign gv13a: %s/"	- writes the necessary text to the file
closefile ""		- Closes file

For grapevine 13 we use the following script;

openfile "%s/go"
writetofile "assign gv13a: %s/"
writetofile "assign gv13b: %s/"
writetofile "assign gv13c: %s/"
writetofile "gv13a:gv13"
closefile ""

which creates the following text file called go;

assign gv13a: dh0:gv13/
assign gv13b: dh0:gv13/
assign gv13c: dh0:gv13/
gv13a:gv13

to run grapevine from HD I just "execute dh0:GV13/go"

Included with this text file is a full install script for Grapevine issue 13,
you can use this as a tutorial everything should seem stright foward after
reading it.

All command must have quotation marks (") before and after the prameters .


HD Install also requires COPY in the C: directory and REQTOOLS.LIBRARY in the
LIBS: directory

If using a 1.2/1.3 machine you also require RUN in the C: directory

You can also use this program to install to floppies etc.


                                DISTRIBUTION
                                                                
HD Install is Public Domain. It may be distributed by PD Libraries on utility 
collections or part of a PD/Shareware package providing no more than £2.00
UK Sterling is charged (or your countries equivelant) this includes the costs
of Media, P&P and all other overheads.

If you wish to include this in a Licenseware or commercial package or wish
to charge more than £2.00 (as described above) or include it on a magazine
coverdisk or include it as part of a utility disk magazine, YOU MUST contact
me first, please include return postage. This is to ensure you get the latest
version with COMPLETE support files.


                                DISCLAIMER

Any loss or damage of data though use of HD Install is the responsibilty
of the user. The programmer takes no liability for use or misuse of this
program.


                               BUG REPORTS
                               
If you find any problem with HD Install please write to me at the address below
explaning the problem and your configuration in as much detail as possible.  Its
no good writing to me saying "It doesn't work on my A6000". Make sure you tell
me which version you are using and ensure this is the latest version.  Do not
send bug reports to PD Libraries, Computer magazines or Farther Chirstmas as
they can do SOD ALL ABOUT IT.  Bug reports to me please!  Enclose return postage
and a disk if possible.

Concact me at;

Shagratt c/o Pazza,
2 South Parade,
Gainsborough,
Lincs.
DN21 1UQ
 
PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT A SWAPPER!

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