RCAL  Rock Calendar

 ^ERock Calendar^F

    RCAL [options]

 ^EOptions
    [Month] Month, "JAN"-"DEC", default today's
    [Year]  Year, 1000-3000, default current year
    /ALL    Display all months for the given year
    /Wn     Date box width, n is 2-25, default 10
    /Hn     Date box height, n is 1-25, default 2
    /T      Text lines only: +-- instead of ÃÄÄ

 ^EExamples
    RCAL           Show current month/year's cal.
    RCAL /ALL      Show entire year's calendar
    RCAL Jan 1967  Show calendar for January 1967
    RCAL >PRN      Route calendar to a printer
    RCAL /H7       Tall boxes (for 50-row screen)
    RCAL /H1 /W2   A miniature calendar!
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RCALC Rock Calculator

 ^ERock Calculator^F

    RCALC [expression]

 ^EExpression syntax
    Too complex to go into right here; read docs!

 ^EOperations:^F +, -, * (times), / (divided by)
 ^EFunctions:^F  ABS, ARCTAN, COS, EXP, LN, SQR, SQRT
 ^EConstants:^F  PI returns the value for pi;
             e can be given by EXP(1)
 ^ENote:^F       Angles given in radians, not degrees

 ^EExamples
    rcalc 3 / (4+2) * sin(pi/2) + (ABS(56.2/3.2))
    rcalc sqrt((sqr(2)+sqr(3)-(2*2*4))/(2*2))
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RDK   Rock Directory Killer

 ^ERock Directory Killer^F

    RDK [d:] [filename] [options]

    Erases a directory and its contents including
    all its subdirectories and their contents.

 ^EOptions
    /P      Pause every screenful for keypress
    /N      Kill dirs w/o confirming ^C(careful!)
    /Q      Quiet - Don't list deleted files/dirs
    /NS     No statistics displayed at the end

 ^EExample
    rdk \mydir  Kill the dir \mydir & its subdirs

 ^EControl Keys
    ESC     Stop the program immediately
    Others  Pause program until next key pressed
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RDL   Rock Directory Last

 ^ERock Directory Last^F

    RDL [d:][path] [options]

 ^EOptions
     ###    How many entries to show (1-100)
     /R     Reverse list; show oldest not newest
     /Exx   Erase the first xx files in the list
     /ENxx  Erase first xx files w/o confirmation

 ^EExamples
     rdl           Shows the last modified files
     rdl 10        Shows last 10 files modified
     rdl *.pas 10  Shows 10 most recent PAS files
     rdl >rdl.log  Writes RDL's output to rdl.log
     rdl /r        Shows the oldest files
     rdl /e5       Delete the 5 newest files
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RF    Rock Filter

 ^ERock Filter

    RF [source] [destination] [options]

 ^EPurpose
    This program takes two file names, copying
    the first to the second but stripping line
    feeds.  It can also strip carriage returns
    on all non-blank lines.  This can convert
    standard MS-DOS format text file to Mac or
    some word processor format text files.
    Line length limited to 255 characters.

 ^EOptions
    /CR      Strip CR's except on blank lines

 ^EExamples
    rf pc.txt mactext. /cr  Reformat the PC text
      file "pc.txt" as a mac text file "mactext."
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RFA   Rock File Attributes

 ^ERock File Attributes^F

    RFA [d:][dir or filename] [options]

 ^EOptions

    <none>   Just display the file/dir attributes
    /P       Pause display every screen
    /A+ /A-  Set/unsit the archive flag
    /H+ /H-  Hide or unhide it.
    /R+ /R-  Make read only, not read only
             (readable vs. readable & writable).
    /S+ /S-  Make it a system or non-system file.

 ^EExamples
    RFA               Show attributes of items
                      in current directory.
    RFA \*.* /R+      Make all \ files read-only
    RFA C:\MYDIR /H+  Hides directory c:\mydir

 ^ENotes
    Hides files OR directories; can't hide \ dir.
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RFF   Rock File Finder

 ^ERock File Finder^F

    RFF [d:] [filename] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /E      Erase matching files
    /EN     Erase without prompting (careful!)
    /W      Wide format (not w/ /e /en /f /fa)
    /FA     Show File Attributes as well
    /P      Pause every screenful
    /F      Files only - no time/date or dirs
    /FE     Files only, but Expand to full paths
    /24     Display times in 24-hour format

 Examples
    rff co         List co*.* files on drive
    rff co /w /p   Same w/wide display, pauses
    rff *.bak /en  Erase .BAK files on this drive
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RI    Rock Initiator

 ^ERock Initiator^F

    RI [options]

 ^EOptions
    /T"your title" Title to show at top of screen
    /TCxx, /BCxx   Main text & background colors
    /BCxx, /HBCxx  Hilighted text & back colors
    /Ffilespec     Files to read info from [*.ri]

 ^EExamples
    RI /T"Main Menu"  "Main Menu" shown at top
    RI /TC9 /BC7      Blue on white main colors
    RI /F*.hlp        Use *.hlp, not *.ri files

 ^ENotes on colors: (backgrounds 0-7, text 0-15)
    ^00^F Black  ^44^F Red      ^88^F Dark Gray  ^C12^F Lt Red
    ^11^F Blue   ^55^F Magenta  ^99^F Lt Blue    ^D13^F Magenta
    ^22^F Green  ^66^F Brown    ^A10^F Lt Green  ^E14^F Yellow
    ^33^F Cyan   ^77^F Lt Gray  ^B11^F Lt Cyan   ^F15^F White
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RIR   Rock dIRectory

 ^ERock dIRectory

    RIR [d:][path][filespec] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /T      Text lines only: <-- instead of ÄÄ
    /H      Show "hidden" files also
    /W      Display in Wide format
    /P      Pause every screenful

 ^EExamples
    rir         Show dir including the contents
                of archived (compressed) files
    rir /w      Same with 5 files per line
    rir /w /p   Same pausing every screen
    rir a:\*.*  Show files in the directory a:\

 ^EControl Keys
    ESC     Stop the program immediately
    Others  Pause the program until key pressed
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RKR   Rock Key Rate

 ^ERock Key Rate

    RKR [options]

 ^EOptions
    /Dn     Delay before repeat (1-4 quarter
            seconds; 1 if not specified)
    /Rn     Rate of repeat (2-30 times/sec; 30 if
            not specified)

 ^EExamples
    rkr           Set initial delay to .25 secs,
                  repeat to 30 letters/second
    rkr /d2 /r20  Set initial delay to .50 secs,
                  repeat to 20 letters/second

 ^ENote
    Requires AT or higher class machine to work
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RKS   Rock Key Status

 ^ERock Key Status^F

    RKS [options]

 ^EOptions
    <none>    Display status values
    /C+ /C-   Turn caps lock on or off
    /N+ /N-   Turn num lock on or off
    /S+ /S-   Turn scroll lock on or off
    /ALLOFF   Turns all status keys off
    /ALLON    Turns all status keys on

 ^EExamples^F
    rks          Display "Caps on" etc.
    rks /alloff  Turn all of them off!
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RPV   Rock Preview

 ^ERock Preview^F

    RPV [filename] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /Wxx   Characters per line, 5-229, default 80
    /Hxx   Lines per page, 5-199, default 66
    /CCxx  Character Color
    /BCxx  Background Color
    /PCxx  Page Color

 ^EColor values^F : 0-15 EGA/VGA, 0-3 CGA, 0-1 mono

 ^EControl Keys
    ESC     Stop the program at the next pause
    Others  Continue display files at the pause

 ^EExamples
    rpv myfile.txt   Show myfile.txt in miniature
    rpv a:\new.doc   Show new.doc from drive A:
    rpv wide. /W132  Show wide. in 132 columns
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RRB   Rock ReBoot

 ^ERock ReBoot^F

    RRB [options]

 ^EOptions
    /C      Cold boot (reboot and do self-tests)

 ^EExamples
    rrb     Warm boot (like ctrl-alt-delete)
    rrb /c  Cold boot (like hitting power/reset)
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RRE   Rock Run-time Error

 ^ERock Run-time Error

    RRE [errornum] or [option]

 ^EOptions
    ALL  Show all RRE's error messages (DOS & TP)
    DOS  Show the MS-DOS-defined error messages
    NET  Show network-related errors (DOS subset)
    TP   Show errors Turbo Pascal programs give

 ^EExamples
    RRE 102  Show meaning of runtime error 102
    RRE ALL  Show all error messages RRE knows

 ^ENote
    Valid error numbers range from 1 to 255
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RSC   Rock Screen Color

 ^ERock Screen Color^F

 ^EColors:    ^F*White    ^8*^FBlack   ^C*^FRed
            ^D*^FMagenta  ^9*^FBlue    ^A*^FGreen
            ^B*^FCyan     ^E*^FYellow
 ^EIntensity:^F Bright   Blinking
 ^EStyle:^F     Normal   Reverse  Underline

 ^ESwitches
    /C Clear screen
    /N Don't set border color (normally
       set to "on" color if "in" omitted)

 ^ENotes
    Not all systems show all colors/change border
    Background color can't have style/intensity

 ^EExamples
    rsc red on white      Red text on white back-
                          ground w/white border
    rsc red on white /N   Same, w/unchanged border
    rsc red on white in blue  Red text on white
                          bckgrnd w/blue border
    rsc bright red        Make text a bright red
    rsc on yellow /C      Same, then clear screen
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RSI   Rock System Interrogator

 ^ERock System Interrogator^F

    RSI [options]

 ^EOptions
    <none> Give standard system information
    /ICA   Show Intra-Appl. Communications Area
    /PARTx Partition info on physical drive x [0]
    /SD    System descriptor information
    /PRO   Additional technical explanations

 ^EExamples
    rsi /ica /pro  Show and explain ICA
    rsi >rsi.log   Route output to "rsi.log"
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RTS   Rock Text Search

 ^ERock Text Search

    RTS [d:][filespec] [searchstring] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /M   Monochrome mode (normally self-detected)
    /WS  Wordstar format; strips "high bits"
    /A   Search ALL files matching the filespec
         Usually skips EXE COM OBJ ARC & ZIPs
    /F   Files names and totals only
    /FL  File names and line numbers
    /P   Pause every screen (use with /F and /FL)

 ^EExamples
    rts              RTS prompts for file & text
    rts *.doc smith  Show *.doc files w/ "smith"
    rts *.* july /M  Show in B&W files w/ "July"

 ^EControl Keys
    ESC     Stop the program immediately
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RVM   Rock Video Mode

 ^ERock Video Mode^F

    RVM [bw/c][40/80][t][mono]

 ^EOptions
    BW/C   Black and white or color mode
    40/80  Number of text columns, 40 or 80
    T      Tall screen (43/50 lines on EGA/VGA)
    MONO   80 line, 25 column on a mono monitor

 ^EExamples
    rvm bw    Switch to black and white mode
    rvm c80   Switch to color, 80-columns
    rvm c80t  Switch to color 80-col 43/50-line
    rvm       Same as rvm c80t

 ^ENotes
    With no options assumes default of c80t
    Not all modes available on all systems
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RVT   Rock Visual Tree

 ^ERock Visual Tree

    RVT [d:][pathname] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /P      Pause every screenful
    /T      Text lines only: +-- instead of ÃÄÄ
    /E      Expanded (full) pathnames, aligned
    /F      Final subdirectory name only, aligned
    /R      Display total files & sizes on Right
    /SH     Skip Hidden directories
    /Q      Quiet - skip final two lines of stats

 ^EExamples
    rvt    Show visual tree for current disk
    rvt .  Show tree from current directory

 ^EControl Keys
    ESC     Stop the program immediately
    Others  Pause the program until key pressed
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RWAIT Rock Wait

 ^ERock Wait^F

    RWAIT [seconds to wait] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /KD      Keyboard disable - ignore keystrokes
    /CLS     Clear screen when first start RWAIT
    /M"xxx"  Show Message in quotes
    /Q       Quiet - don't show name or countdown
    /PP"xxx" Password Protect with password "xxx"
    /Ffilename  Show text from filename in a box
    /BAxx    Border color for boxed messages 1-15
    /BTx     Box Type (1 Ú, 2 É, 3 Ö, 4 Õ, 5 " ")
    /TCxx    Text Color for boxed message (1-15)
    forever  Instead of time, waits until aborted

 ^EControl Key:^F ESC - Stop the program.

 ^EExamples
    RWAIT 5     Wait 5 seconds; escape will abort
    RWAIT 5 /M"Backup today!" Show message while
                              waiting, no box
    RWAIT 5 /Fstop.msg        Reads STOP.MSG from
                              disk, shows in box
    RWAIT 5 /Fstop.msg /M"Note!" Same as above
                              with box title
    RWAIT forever /Ffname /M"Press ESC!"
                     No timing; must press escape

 ^ENote:^F Errorlevel 1 if aborted, 0 if completed
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RWC   Rock Word Count

 ^ERock Word Count^F

    RWC [d:] [filename] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /D      Don't show interrim status of totals
    /STATS  Show extra stats at end of program
    /DIST   Give distributions at end of program

 ^EExamples
    rwc abc.txt       Counts words in abc.txt
    rwc c:\pas\*.pas  Counts .PAS files in c:\pas
    rwc abc.txt >wc.  Output ABC.TXT count to WC.

 ^EControl Keys
    ESC     Stop the program immediately
    Others  Pause the program until for keypress
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RYPE  Rock Type

 ^ERock Type^F

    RYPE [filename] [options]

 ^EOptions
    /TCxx   Text Color, 0-15
    /BCxx   Background Color, 0-7

 ^EExamples
    rype myfile.txt   Show the file myfile.txt
    rype a /TC4 /BC15 Show file A in red on white

 ^ECommands
        PgUp PgDn Home End Alt-R Alt-H Esc

 ^ENotes on colors: (backgrounds 0-7, text 0-15)
    ^00^F Black  ^44^F Red      ^88^F Dark Gray  ^C12^F Lt Red
    ^11^F Blue   ^55^F Magenta  ^99^F Lt Blue    ^D13^F Magenta
    ^22^F Green  ^66^F Brown    ^A10^F Lt Green  ^E14^F Yellow
    ^33^F Cyan   ^77^F Lt Gray  ^B11^F Lt Cyan   ^F15^F White
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Exit - Quit RI




      ^EQuit Rock Initiator and return to DOS

           ^E(You can also press Escape)