Using DIRectory is an easy way to keep track of what you have on your disks. DIRectory displays the disk contents as icons like the Finder. The Hierarchical File System as well as the old Macintosh File System is supported. The printed report shows the disks folder structure and displays the icons. DIReader is a FREE part of the DIRectory Package. DIReader can read DIRectory files but it is not possible to catalog new disks or to get printouts. Also included in the DIRectory Package is DIReader DA, a desk accessory with which you can search through all your online disks and a selected DIRectory Disk Catalog.
For more detailed information please refer to the DIRectory User Manual or the short manual below. Some parts of this text refer to DIRectory only.
Manual
The purpose of this program is to display the contents of your disks as icons. The icons have the same location inside the folders, and the folders have the same size and location, as under the Finder. This way you get the convenience of having all your disks 'online', combined with the usual icon display, without having to swap disks. It is possible to get a report printed on paper.
Ñ How to open a disk or a folder
Double-click the disk or folder.
Ñ About Merge╔
Merge makes it possible to concatenate another DIRectory file to your disk directory. If you have only one disk drive both the source and the destination file should be on the same disk to avoid extensive disk swapping. You may specify that you want the latest version if disk duplicates are found, otherwise duplicate disks are not replaced.
Ñ How to close all windows
Hold down the option key when closing one of the windows.
Ñ How to close all windows of a disk
Hold down the option and shift keys when closing one of the windows.
Ñ About Save
Save updates and compacts the disk library file. It is automatically done when you close the file, but can be done manually to compact the file.
Ñ About Get Info
Get Info displays the information for the selected item. The folder size is the actual size of all items in the folder. The backup date is shown if used. Hold down the option key if you want to search the entire directory file for an application that created the selected document. If the application is not on the same disk as the document you are informed about its location. If the selected item is a file its version information will be shown if available.
Ñ Log
Select All if you want to read all connected disk drives including RamDisks and HardDisks. You may otherwise choose to log a single online volume. See also About General Options.
Ñ How to read a disk
Insert the disk you want to read. The disk will not be relogged if already logged and not changed unless you hold down the option key. The disk is selected if logged. The disk will automatically be ejected. If you hold down the command key the disk will be mounted instead.
Ñ How to delete a disk from the directory
Select the disk and choose Delete from the File menu.
Ñ About Print╔
Use Print to get the selected disk or folder with contents printed on paper. The Help text or a Clipboard containing text can also be printed on paper.
Ñ About Print All╔
The entire disk library file is printed. See also About Print Options. You can also use Print from Finder to print a selection of documents.
Ñ How to copy an icon or a name
Select the icon and copy or add the name. If shift is pressed not only the name, but the entire path will be copied. Use Append to add the name to the current Clipboard text. If you hold down the option key while choosing Copy you will get the icon as a picture, instead of its name, in the Clipboard.
Ñ How to find a file, folder or disk
Use Find from the Search menu. If the option Disk Name is enabled the search is limited to disk names. If found, the item will be selected. If Whole Name or Partial Name is selected you can continue the search on the next disk, instead of on the disk where the last match occurred, by holding down the option key while pressing the Next button. The search can be terminated by pressing the command and period keys. Selected in the Search menu scrolls in the selected icon.
Ñ How to find a disk with enough free space
Enable the Find option Free Space and specify the amount of Kbytes needed.
Ñ About the Font menu
All windows are affected by a change of font.
Ñ About the Size menu
Get Info windows are always size 9.
Ñ About the View menu
Choose between by Small Icon, by Icon and sorted by Name, Date, Size or Kind. Clean Up reorganizes messy folders. It is also possible to drag icons. Hold down the shift key to constrain dragging along one axis.
Ñ About the Options menu
MacinTalk should be placed on a mounted volume in the System Folder if any otherwise in the root. MacinTalk can't be used together with System 7.0 or later.
Ñ About View Options╔
Disable Kind, Size, Modified, Comment, Creator & Type, Version or Icon if you don't want them to be shown in folders sorted by Name, Date, Size or Kind. The contents of these folders may be column adjusted.
If Alphabetic is chosen the disks are shown in alphabetic order otherwise they are shown in the same order as they were logged.
Enable Disk Spacing if you don't want to use the default spacing between disk icons for view by Small Icon and by Icon. You can drag the second disk icon in the first row and the first disk icon in the second row to specify the desired spacing.
Enable multiple open disks if you don't want the open disk to be closed when you open another disk.
Ñ About Print Options╔
Disable Kind, Size, Modified, Comment, Creator & Type or Version if you don't want them to be printed. Select the depth of the report to be printed. Everything downto the selected option is printed. If activated the filter function lets you specify which files you want to show or hide. In addition to the predefined file types it is also possible to define an extended filter. Disks and folders insignificant to the file filter are suppressed. If Alphabetic is chosen the disks are printed in alphabetic order otherwise they are printed in the same order as they were logged. The settings of Print Options including Font and Size are saved for each document.
Ñ About Filter Options╔
The extended filter is used if Extended Filter in Print Options is enabled. Use Copy and Append to build a filter of icons. Paste this filter into Filter Options.
Ñ About General Options╔
It is possible to extend the information that is read from a disk. The version information for files can be read. It is also possible to get icons for files on HFS disks mounted by MultiFinder if Icons Extended is enabled. This will also work for volumes without a DeskTop file. This extra information can be read either for all files or only for files within the Print Filter.
Ñ About Transfer
You can launch applications on any disk in the directory file by double-clicking the icon while holding down the command key.
Ñ About MFS disks
The folder structures of MFS disks are reconstructed by DIRectory.
Ñ About MultiFinder
DIRectory can be executed under MultiFinder. However you might get default icons, not attain the Get Info comment texts and the folders on MFS disks because the DeskTop file containing the information is locked by the Finder under MultiFinder. This is the case for disks which are mounted by the Finder. Unmount them from the Finder and reinsert them to DIRectory while holding down the option key to get all information. HardDisks should be logged without MultiFinder or with Icons Extended enabled since they are always mounted by the Finder.
Ñ System requirements
DIRectory requires System version 4.1 or later.
Written by Henrik Floberg of Seagull.
Address:
Seagull Engineering of Sweden
Box 909
S-220 09 LUND
Sweden
DIRectory version 4.0 is available from Seagull Engineering of Sweden.
