TCD Version 1.0
Richard Hendricks June 3, 1993

Here is a Change Directory/Drive Utility using TSE ("The Semware Editor" by
Semware Corporation) and it's powerful macro language.

I have been working on a Novell Network where the directory paths get kind
of long and complicated. I was using Norton's Change Directory NCD, but for
it to work quickly it wants to write a reference file in the root directory
of each drive. I'm not authorized to write to the root directory of my
network drive -- so Norton was kind of slow. I looked at a couple of other
change directory programs, but I really wasn't satisfied with any particular
one.

So, here is how it all works...

TCD requires a single directory reference file (TCD.DIR) and it is stored on
the C: Drive. (The drive/path location of this reference file can be changed
by editing the TCD.BAT and TCDSCAN.BAT.)

After you have configured TCD, established the reference file and compiled
TCD -- you are ready to start using it. TCD uses the TSE Regular Expression
search capability, so wildcards are supported

TCD dir_spec [command to execute]

dir_spec - this can be the directory name, only a portion of the name or a
string that contains the normal DOS wildcard characters or TSE
Regular Expression Characters.

Examples: TCD tse ; goes to c:\tse
TCD ROCC ; goes to d:\procomm
TCD E:*TEMP ; goes to e:\temp
TCD *DAT* ; goes to the first directory that
includes DAT in it's name. Some possible
matches might be DATA, COMDATA, GOODDAT
or BAD.DAT
TCD C ; first directory that contains 'C' in the
path
TCD C: ; goes to c:\

TCD does not support syntax like CD ..\..\TEMP or CD C: (CD
stays in the current directory on the C: Drive, TCD changes to
the root of the C: Drive) -- just used CD

command to execute -
After TCD tries to change to the directory that you've entered,
it will then pass the remaining arguments to DOS for execution.
NOTE: TCD does not do any checking to see if the change was made
-- so it is possible that the command will be executed in the
wrong directory.

Examples: TCD data e engdata.603 ; TCD will change to
e:\data and then run TSE
telling it to load ENGDATA.603
TCD PCP PCPLUS ; TCD will change to c:\pcplus
and then start Procomm Plus

How to get started...

1) Compile the TCD macro, SC TCD

2) I use a DOS environment variable (MACPATH) that points to TSE and my
macros. This variable needs to include the trailing backslash.

For example: set macpath=e:\tse\

3) Run TCDSCAN. This requires DOS 5 or greater. I use the new switches that
are available with the DIR command.

The syntax for the TCDSCAN is TCDSCAN d: [[d:] ...]

For example: TCDSCAN c: d:

Notes/Hints:

The TCD.DIR can be edited to add directories, change the order of the
directories or remove directories. I removed some of the directories
that were included on the network drive.

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