Re: what's III+ suffixes for use in organizing program

["Irv Thomae" irv.thomae@xxxxxxxx]

I wrote this yesterday, but didn't get around to mailing it.
Peterv's comment today is indeed true:
PV>You can do a lot more in batch files if you use 4DOS (or 4OS/2, etc.)
or
PV>Take Command; see http://www.jpsoft.com/

But for the original task, 4DOS (or a cousin) makes a batch-file
unnecessary:

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:31:00 EDT, ArtL7@xxxxxxxx wrote:


> >>
>Yes, that makes sense -- but what about wanting to do that only for text
>files, not for, say, program files with *.exe or startup.int, or whatever?
>Is there a way to highlight the directory files you want changed, and then >do a rename command from the command line? Thanks?

 That sort of task is one of the many reasons that many of us consider
"4DOS" essential. It's a "super DOS command-line" program (technically, a
replacement for MSDOS's "command.com" shell.)
 In this case, if you had 4DOS on your system, typing:
  select rename (*.*) *.txt
would bring up a list of all files in the current directory, which you can
highlight/select as you wish; then, hitting Return applies the command to
all selected files.
 And the same applies to any other DOS command, for example
 "select copy ...", "select del ....", and so on.

It's one of the oldest and most respected shareware offerings for PC's,
from a company called "JP Software" (www.jp-soft.com, I *think*.)
 They also make "4OS2" and "4NT", for presumably obvious use...

 Irv