PXUTIL ver 1.0 


An EPSON PX-8 installation of Simon J. Ewins' OSUTIL: an
easy to use disk utility with cursor addressable file
directory.                          Ted Nevels [01/31/87]

The file directory contains the file name and size for 
all the files on that drive.  The logged drive may be 
found by looking at the 8th line of the menu on the right.
You will see something like:   [A:  4 fls  23k free]
The logged drive is A:, there are 4 files on this drive
and 23 kilobytes of free space is present.  This 8th line
may also contain prompts and report status of operations.
To move the cursor around the file directory, press the
arrow keys: [up arrow] will move it up and [down arrow] down.  
Holding the [CTRL] key down and also pressing the [up arrow] key 
will return the cursor to the home position.  [CTRL] [down arrow] 
will take it to the end of the list.  [CTRL] [-->] will jump the 
cursor right one column and [CTRL] [<--] will jump the cursor 
left one column.      

[-->] by itself will "tag" a file for operations.  [<--] will
"untag" the file.  An asterisk denotes tagged files. Once
a file has been tagged, it will be affected by the [+] and
[-] operators.  In the [  0k] box, the total size of the 
tagged files will be displayed.  

[+] will copy all the tagged files after asking you (on 
line 8) "Copy to drive? ".  Respond with a letter (A, D
thru G, or H).  Press [RETURN] to abort the [+] tag
copy operation.
  
[-] will delete all the tagged files after getting your
response to "Prompting? ". Answer [Y] (either upper or
lower case will be accepted for an answer to any prompt)
to be asked about each file prior to deleting.  If you
answer [Y], PXUTIL displays each file name followed by
a question mark.  Answer [Y] to delete or [N] to skip.
Answer [N] to delete every tagged file without asking.  
Press [RETURN] to abort the [-] tag delete operation. 


To copy the file that the cursor is on, press [y].  The
prompt "Drive [d:]/Swap? " will appear on the 8th line.
Answer with a drive letter or [S].  Any drive letter other
that the one logged on presently will result in a simple
copy operation to that drive.  Answering with the drive 
letter of the presently logged drive will cause the 
"Name? " prompt to appear.  Give a different name to
the file to make a copy of it on the same drive.  Giving
the same name will produce the "Overwrite? " prompt.  If
you answer [Y] PXUTIL will simply overwrite the same file.
An [N] answer will abort the copy operation.  If you have
given a different drive to copy to and a file by the same
name is on that drive, the "Overwrite? " prompt will be
presented.

To copy a file from one diskette to another on a single
drive system, you could choose the [S] option.  The file
will be read into memory, then the "Insert DEST. disk"
prompt will appear.  Insert the destination disk in the
drive and then press [RETURN] to continue copying.
To abort the operation at this point, press [STOP]
instead of [RETURN].  After PXUTIL has copied the file
onto the destination disk, it will display the "Insert
SOURCE disk" prompt.  After inserting the source disk,
press [RETURN].

To delete the file that the cursor is on press [e].  The
file name followed by a question mark will be displayed.
Answer [Y] to delete and [N] or [RETURN] to abort.

Rename the file that the cursor is on by pressing [r]. 
The "Name? " prompt will appear.  Answer with a valid 8
character name plus optional 3 character extension to 
rename the file.  Press [RETURN] to abort the rename.

Log a new drive with [l]. [RETURN] will abort.

To view or print the file that the cursor is on, press
[v].  The prompt "Send to printer?" will appear.  Answer
[Y] to print the file and [N] or [RETURN] to display it.
To abort the view/print operation, press [STOP].  When the
screen stops scrolling during view, press [RETURN] to 
continue, or [STOP] to return to the PXUTIL menu.

A file's attributes may changed by pressing [a].  A prompt
with 4 choices will appear: "R, W, S, or D? ".  [R] will
change the file to read-only status, [W] will change to
read-write status, [S] will change to system status, and
[D] will cancel system status.  You may change any 2 
attributes at once by separating them with [/], e.g. [R/S]
followed by [RETURN] will change to the file to read-only
and system status.  The first letter of the file's 
extension will be changed to lower case for read-only.  
The second letter will be changed to lower case for system
status.  If the file has no extension, `'s will be used.

To execute the program (.COM extension only) that the
cursor is on, press [e].  The program name will be 
displayed along with the "Parameters" prompt.  Enter any
run-time parameters now, or [RETURN] if none.  

The amount of charge left in the battery is displayed 
just below the quit option.

To quit PXUTIL and return to the A> prompt, or the PX-8
system MENU if you have it on, press [q].