NAME
        UTLOS2 : *ix-like and other utilities for OS/2, Win32, and DOS

        Version 2.9

        (c) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1998
        All rights reserved.

        $Id: utlos2.txt 1.2 1998/02/08 02:15:20 brian Exp $

AUTHOR

        Brian Yoder
        Boca Raton, Florida, USA


SYNOPSIS

        This package contains a set of command-line utilities. Each is
        available for OS/2 2.1 or higher, Win32, and DOS. The DOS
        versions are 16-bit; the OS/2 and Win32 versions are 32-bit.

        The OS/2 versions are more capable then their DOS counterparts
        (including support for HPFS long filenames and for extended
        attributes). However, users with systems that are configured for
        dual boot will find it convenient to have these commands
        available whether booting OS/2 or native DOS. In addition, users
        in a mixed OS/2, DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT network
        environment will find it convenient to have these commands
        available on all platforms.

        These utilities support an enhanced filename pattern matching
        capability similar to that for OS/2 or Win32, only better.
        Unlike many command-line utilities such as the native commands
        for these operating systems, the same enhanced filename pattern
        matching is available in all of the versions of these utilities.


UTILITIES

        Name        Description
        ----------- -------------------------------------------------
        ccp.exe     Conditional file copy: a better XCOPY. Very nice!
        cdx.cmd/bat Change directory: A better CD
        chmod.exe   Change file mode (attributes)
        crc.exe     Calculates CRCs for files
        crcchk.exe  Calculates and check CRCs for files
        du.exe      Displays file space usage
        grep.exe    Searches text or binary files for a pattern
        ls.exe      List directory: A better DIR
        strings.exe Shows printable strings in binary files
        txtcut.exe  Preprocesses text for cut, awk, or Perl


INSTALLATION

        Unzip the utlos2.zip file. If using PKUNZIP, specify the -d
        option to create the ./OS2 subdirectory with the OS/2 32-bit
        executables, the ./DOS subdirectory with the DOS executables,
        the ./Win32 subdirectory with the Win32 executables, and the
        ./Doc subdirectory with the documentation. If using Info-ZIP's
        unzip, the subdirectories are created for you automatically.

        Copy the OS/2 executables to a directory within the current PATH
        list for OS/2. Be sure that DOS programs don't search this path.
        The copy command would look like the following, where 'd:path'
        is the target drive and path:

                copy OS2\*.exe d:path

        Copy the DOS executables to a directory within the current PATH
        list for DOS (for either an OS/2 DOS session or a native DOS
        session). Be sure that OS/2 programs don't search this path. The
        copy command would look like the following, where 'd:dospath' is
        the target drive and path:

                copy DOS\*.exe d:dospath

        Copy the Win32 executables to a directory within the current
        PATH list for Win32. The copy command would look like the
        following, where 'd:win32path' is the target drive and path:

                copy Win32\*.exe d:win32path


DOCUMENTATION

        The documentation includes a .doc ASCII text file for each
        utility along with the pattern.doc file which describes the
        enhanced filename pattern matching (like wildcards, only better).

        The documentation also includes the util2.ps Postscript file,
        the *.tex LaTeX-2e source files, and the util2.dvi device
        independent file, all of which describe the utilities in a
        nicely typeset book of about 40 pages. The util2.tex is the root
        LaTeX-2e file for this book.