Option (1) -- This option determines whether CONCAT will be in verbose or 
quiet mode by default.  The default may be toggled by using the command 
line "Q" option.

Option (2) -- The two operating modes are concatenation of the source files 
into a new destination file, as the name of the program implies, and 
appending the source files to an already existing destination file.  As 
released the default is CONCAT.  You can make APPEND the default, if you do 
more appending than concatenating.  The mode selected can be changed by the 
command line options "C" and "A".

Option (3) -- This file format option determines how CONCAT joins the 
files.  In TEXT mode the files are joined wherever the CP/M end-of-file 
character is found, even in the middle of a sector.  In BINARY (object) 
mode the files are joined only on record boundaries and the end-of-file 
character is ignored.  TEXT is the correct setting for most uses, but if 
you use CONCAT mostly for binary files (for some strange reason!), you can 
make that the default here.  The format selected can be changed by the 
command line options "T" and "O".

Option (4) -- As distributed CONCAT checks for adequate space before doing 
any writing to disk.  If you're courageous, you can turn off this feature 
by toggling it to NO.  Space checking can then be turned back on by using 
the command line "S" option.

Option (5) -- In concatenation mode CONCAT transfers the create date stamp 
of the first source file to the new file.  (If any source file has the same 
name as the destination file, its file stamp will be used instead.)  If you 
prefer, change this option to NO to turn this function off by default.  It 
can then be turned back on with the command line "F" option.

Option (6) -- If the "D" option is used to insert the current date and time 
into the destination file, the date will ordinarily be in AMERICAN format 
(December 13, 1990).  If you wish, you can select EUROPEAN format here (13 
Dec 90).

Option (7) --  If the "D" option is used to insert the current date and 
time into the destination file, the time will ordinarily be in CIVILIAN 
format (3:21 pm).  If you wish, you can select MILITARY format here 
(15:21).

Option (8) -- This option selects the default case of the divider string if 
it is entered from the command line.  It does not affect the operation of 
the "%<" and "%>" escape sequences, nor does it affect the internally 
configured divider string.