ABSTRACT.TXT
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MAINT is a full-screen Directory/File Maintenance utility.  Directories
are presented to the user in a series of one or more screens, allowing the
user to work with an entire directory at one time instead of working with a
few files and having to do a DIRECT to see the current state of the
directory.  Run-time switches provide the user the opportunity to tailor
what information is included on the screen and the option of including
user-defined extended textual descriptors for individual files/directories.

The following functions are available in MAINT:

   1) delete files/directories
   2) copy files
   3) rename files/directories
   4) protect files/directories
   5) edit an Access Control List (ACL) for a file/directory
   6) list a file's contents to the screen
   7) change to a subdirectory
   8) get full directory information on a file
   9) search for a specific file in a directory
  10) suspend MAINT and return to DCL level, either indefinitely or just
      to execute one command
  11) create/access extended textual descriptors for files and directories
  12) access on-line help

By combining the above capabilities with a full-screen interface and some
added functionality, the user can work with entire directory structures
quickly, easily, and efficiently just by pressing a few keys.

One very important feature of MAINT is that execution of the operations on
files is NOT done until you tell it to go ahead and perform them.  In other
words, you can work with all of the files, specifying the operations, and
then tell MAINT to execute them all at once.  This means that you have time
to change your mind and perhaps undo the operations on one or more of the
files.