Category : File Managers
Archive   : MOV_PLUS.ZIP
Filename : MOV.TXT

 
Output of file : MOV.TXT contained in archive : MOV_PLUS.ZIP
 MOV.EXE, Version 4.0, moves files across directories and drives with user
confirmation and/or checking to see if file exist at destination before moving
file(s). Written in MASM86. Small & FAST!!!
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MOV.COM, v4.1, corrections/archive additions: Steve Hoglund, Wash DC 10/19/88.
Above the boxed line is the complete documentation for MOV.EXE by T. Dimeglio.
When I first used it, I found it didn't perform as the help screen advertised:

 Usage: MOV d:\source_path\source_filename(s) [d:\destination_path] [options]
where options are:
/B for brief (No check if file already at destination)
/Q for query (Prompt user before moving file)

One undocumented feature of MOV: it can erase FOREVER any files in the current
directory. Unerase programs only restore a 0-byte file. When I ran SSCAN on
MOV.EXE, I found MANY error messages, suggesting other undocumented uses. You
may want to pursue these: see MOV.SCN. Using MOV.COM, type "mov" and you see:

 mov [d:][source_path]filespec d:destination_path [/B] [/Q]

Wildcards ok

mov... warns if filespec exists at d:dest
mov.../b just moves
mov.../q confirms AND warns
mov (no dest) warns, ERASES forever

More!þ MOV.SCN P.S. RED.COM/RED.SCN are included. I bet MOV is SONOFRED...

  3 Responses to “Category : File Managers
Archive   : MOV_PLUS.ZIP
Filename : MOV.TXT

  1. Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/