02/23/89

                        RMOVE  Version 1.0
                        ==================

   Please read and understand this documentation before using RMOVE

  What is RMOVE?
  =============
  RMOVE is a utility that is sorely missing from the GEM desktop.  
  You may have noticed that, while it is quite easy to rename a file 
  by highlighting it, by clicking "Show Info", and changing the name, 
  there is no way to change it's directory (or folder).  In order to 
  "move" a file you must "drag" it to another folder and copy it 
  there...go back and erase the original by dragging it to the 
  "trashcan".  If you do this often enough (especially with a hard 
  drive) you wind up with a disk full of very fragmented files, as 
  each new file is written into the holes the erased files leave 
  behind.  This slows down disk reads and writes considerably, and 
  makes for a very messy disk organization. (If you have such a mess 
  there are "file organizer" programs available that will reorganize 
  your hard drive and make it much quicker.)
  RMOVE was written to fill this gap and enable you to move files by 
  simply changing the directory they are assigned to.  They do not 
  get copied and/or erased, and they never move from the spot they 
  were originally written to.  Your drive stays neat clean and fast, 
  and your file appears in the directory you want it in.
  
  How to use RMOVE
  ================
  RMOVE will operate from any directory so put it anywhere (and 
  everywhere) you want it.  I like to keep mine in the same folder 
  that my terminal software puts my downloads so I can quickly move 
  them to where they belong. (You can even move RMOVE with RMOVE).
 
  Double click on RMOVE.PRG and it will run.  First you will be 
  presented with a familiar file selector box.  READ THE 
  INSTRUCTIONS IN THE BOX ABOVE IT.  Use it to select all 
  the files you want to move to a particular directory. (You will 
  only be able to select one destination folder.)  When you are 
  through selecting files to move (you can select up to 39), click 
  on OK or CANCEL without selecting a filename.
 
  You will get another file selector box....but LOOK!  READ THE 
  INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE IT!!!  It now wants you to select a destination 
  folder.  Fiddle around until you select the folder (directory) you 
  want the files moved to, and click on OK.  (I won't explain how 
  the file selector box works...consult your ATARI manual).

  That's all there is to it.  The program, at that point, will do 
  whatever you told it to and shows you what it's doing each 
  step of the way.  REMEMBER: GARBAGE IN - GARBAGE OUT!  I tried to 
  prevent the most common user errors from screwing things up; 
  things like trying to move a file to where it already is, 
  selecting the same file more than once, or selecting a destination 
  without any files.  TOS will not allow wildcards in renaming files 
  so don't try it.  The program will not erase files so the worst 
  error can't happen.  If a file seems to have disappeared, don't 
  panic, look around, you just moved it somewhere.  You also can't
  "move" a file to another drive.  For that you use normal copy
  procedures(...but you knew that).
  
  Final Note
  ==========
 
  RMOVE is FREEWARE.  Share it with anyone who can use it.
  However, it is mine, I wrote it, I Copyrighted it.  

                                   Paul Fenton
                                   New Port Richey, Fl.
                                   CIS ID# 71511,2665