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Invoking The Data Magician
INVOKING The Data Magician
Change to your "working" directory
When you start the program, it is generally a good idea to be in the same directory where
your data files (the ones you will be converting) will be found. Although it is not necessary,
it will save you typing long "pathnames" to your data files. Assuming your working directory
is "\DATAMAGE" (if not, make the appropriate changes) you type the following to change
to that directory: cd \datamage and press Return.
Starting the program
If you are in the \DATAMAGE directory, type: datamage and press Return to get the
program going.
If you are not in the \DATAMAGE directory and you wish to keep the current directory as the
"default" directory, you can type: \datamage\datamage and press Return.
Alternatively, whenever you are in the "root" directory (or any directory, if you have a PATH
set up to the root directory, as most systems do), you can simply type DM and press
Return. Note that this changes to the \DATAMAGE directory and then runs the program.
The Copyright Screen
Shortly after the system starts a message in a box will appear briefly on the screen
announcing The Data Magician, version, the address for Folland Software Services, and the
copyright notice. A message below the box states "Initializing, please wait a few seconds
...". This message will remain on your screen for about five seconds before the Main Menu
is displayed. You may press any key to terminate the display of the screen before the five
seconds has elapsed.
Should you wish to keep the Copyright Screen screen on longer, you may press:
Ctrl-Num Lock while the message is displayed. The message will now remain on the
screen indefinitely until you press any key.
The Main Menu
Once the copyright message has been displayed, the Main Menu will appear, as you see
below:
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