What is FILECOMP?

FILECOMP is a DOS utility I wrote so that I could compare files. It is a very
simple utility that compares two files to see if they are exactly the same
(other than file name and extension).  Even though shareware file compare
utilities are readily available, I was not happy with any of them I tried.
Most were just too slow.

FILECOMP is a command line tool to be used in MSDOS or Windows MSDOS Mode.
FILECOMP requires no installation.  It can reside in the directory where you
are checking files or in any directory that's included in your path statement.
FILECOMP is not a free program but it is in no way crippled.  At a cost of
only $1.00 it is hoped that you will feel compelled to pay for it.  Feel
free to distribute the program as you will but please include this README.TXT
file along with it.

To use FILECOMP, lets assume you have two files named COUGAR.BMP and
MNTLION.BMP that you wish to compare. Just enter the following.

FILECOMP COUGAR.BMP MNTLION.BMP <ENTER>

If you have questions about FILECOMP, please e-mail them to me at:
beanpole@sprynet.com

If you like FILECOMP look for other programming utilities I have written.

STRIPPCX - Strips the header and palette from a PCX file (any size).  This
allows you to use separate graphics files in your programs that are not
recognized by graphics viewers.

PCXTODAT - Unpacks a PCX file to a binary data string and creates an RGB
palette file.  Open the external files from within your program or imbed them
into your executables by passing them through DATTOHEX and use them as
"include" files.

DISSECT - A very small and very fast utility for chopping up a file to fit
on 1.4 meg floppies.

DATTOHEX - A programming utility for converting a binary file to ASCII
hexadecimal in the form commonly required by assemblers.  I use it to
convert a file and "include" it in a program.  It works great to imbed
graphics in an executable.

KODE - Used to scramble a file of any size and type. I use it to protect
sensitive text files. Fortunately KODE will also de-scramble a scrambled file.

All of these utilities were written in assembly and are very small executable
files.  I have used them for some time in my own programming and find them
indispensable.

                        Keep Programming

                                  M. Thompson
