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Judgeit works entirely in ``batch mode" (just like ATOG). This means that you should write a list of JudgeIt commands in a plain ASCII text file, then run the set of programmed commands all at once.To enter commands into a text file, you can use EDLIN, which comes with DOS 1-4, or EDIT which comes with DOS 5. WordPerfect program editor, XyWrite, or WordStar in nondocument mode all work fine. In general, you can use any text editor or word processing program that can save text in an ASCII file (or in ``DOS text" such as with WordPerfect 5.1) without special codes for underlining or formatting, etc. We recommend that you use the extension ``.IT'' in naming your JudgeIt command files.
After you have created a JudgeIt command file, you can run it from the DOS
prompt by typing JudgeIt and the name of your command file. For example, if
you have created a JudgeIt command file called OHIO.IT, you should use the
command, JudgeIt ohio.it, and press return.If you use the extension
``.IT'' in naming the file, you can more simply type, JudgeIt ohio to get
the same result. The results will appear on the screen, as well as in an
output file, with the same name as your input file plus the extension ``.OUT''.
In this case, your output file would be OHIO.OUT. If you do not wish to save
results in this file, add the ``
O'' parameter from DOS when you run JudgeIt;
for example, JudgeIt ohio -o;. You can use the OUTPUT command, described
below, to save output to a file with a different name.