RCOPY
                           Version 1.1

                          Gene Pizzetta
                       September 22, 1990


RCOPY was written to speed the transfer of files to the RAM disk 
of my SB180 on boot-up and at the same time make a huge reduction 
in the size of my STARTUP alias.  RCOPY copies a list of files 
between two directories.  The source and destination directories 
and the list of files are internally configured.  It also be 
useful in other situations, such as copying all WordStar's 
overlay files to a RAM disk before doing word processing.  Under 
ZDDOS and ZSDOS file date stamps are preserved.  ZCPR3 is 
required.

USAGE:

     RCOPY {{/}option}

An option is the only command line parameter allowed.  The source 
and destination directories and the names of the files to be 
copied are held internally in a configuration block.  RCOPY 
*MUST* be configured before it is used.  If a file is not found, 
or if a filename in the file list contains wildcard characters, 
those files will be skipped, but copying will continue with the 
next filename.  Other errors will abort the program.

OPTION:

     Q    Toggles quiet mode.  Whether RCOPY defaults to Quiet
          mode is determined by the ZCPR3 quiet flag or by a
          configuration byte (see below).  The Q option toggles
          RCOPY to the non-default mode.

CONFIGURATION:  RCOPY should be configured using ZCNFG and the 
accompanying CFG file.   Even if you change the name of RCOPY, 
ZCNFG will always be able to find the CFG file as long as it is 
named RCOPYnn.CFG, where nn is the RCOPY version.

Up to 20 files can be included in the internal file list.  (This 
limitation is set by ZCNFG; an unlimited number of files can be 
copied if they are added in the source code and RCOPY re- 
assembled.)  All files must reside in the same directory, and all 
will be copied to another common directory.  Ambiguous filenames, 
if included in the file list, will be skipped by RCOPY, but a 
warning message will be displayed.  Blank filenames in the file 
list will be ignored.

ZCNFG must also be used to tell RCOPY in what drive/user to find 
the files in the file list, and to what directory the files will 
be copied.

Lastly, an internal quiet flag can be configured to put RCOPY 
into quiet mode by default.

See the ZCNFG help messages for a complete discussion of the 
configuration options available.

HISTORY:

Version 1.1 -- September 22, 1990 -- Gene Pizzetta
     Modified quiet mode display to print dots on screen so you
     know it's doing something.

Version 1.0 -- September 16, 1990 -- Gene Pizzetta
     Initial release.

I'm using RCOPY every day, so I think it works as advertised.  If 
you discover any bugs, though, please let me know.

          Gene Pizzetta
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          Revere, MA 02151

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