Handle

Handle bridges the Long Filename - DOS program gap.

Handle lets you specify a group of files using wildcard patterns, and a program to handle the files. Handle will pass the DOS 8.3 filename of the files to your program. Your program should manipulate your files and write the output to a subdirectory. Afterwards Handle will rename the files in the subdirectory to the original long filenames.

Demos are included that let Handle call the freeware program snobol4.exe from Catspaw, Inc. to manipulate some HTML files. Read more about:

• Handle
• Snobol4
• The HTML files
• How to run the_files.sno demo
• Installation

You can find more information in Handle's help file Handle.hlp. Here you will also find a license statement, but in short: Snobol4p.zip is copyright Catspaw, Inc. The handle\demo files are copyright their respective owners. Other files are copyright (2002) Bent Lynggaard and are freeware for non-commercial use.

Note: These pages have links to *.hlp, *.zip, *.reg and *.exe files. For these links to open or run their targets, you must:

• In Internet Explorer 5.5+:
1. Select "Open this file from its current location"
2. For *.exe links, accept the "Do you want to install and run... Authenticode signature not found" security warning.
• In Netscape 6.2:
• *.hlp: Specify windows\winhlp32.exe (or winnt\winhlp32.exe) as an opener and accept
• *.zip: Accept opening with Winzip (provided it is installed)
• *.exe or *.reg: Run the file from the Handle or Handle\Reg folders instead