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- The SPACE Program
- (not affliated with NASA)
- CopyRight(c) 1992 BRAGWARE -> Rick Bursey
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- Introduction
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- This program was written so that I could tell at a glance just how much of my
- disk space I had used up. I found it to much trouble to use CHKDSK all the
- time for this task. Also when I wanted to know the total free space on all of
- my hard drives I had to us CHKDSK over and over and then add up the results
- just so I could see if the thing was filling up on me. Another thing about
- using CHKDSK is that the results are not a true account of the actual free
- space on a disk because it returns a figure of actual bytes used by each file
- on the disk instead of the sectors used. This program gets it's results from
- the amount of used sectors used which is a more reliable account of the amount
- of space used.
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- SPACE should work on any IBM compatible computer, no matter what type of
- monitor is being used.
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- Syntax: SPACE ['drive' | '/a' | '/?']
- ( All perimeters in the square brackets are optionial )
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- 'drive' : This specifies the drive to check. This drive can be a Floppy, Hard
- or Ram drive. If no drive is specified at the command line then the
- current drive information is displayed. A box will appear with a
- usage graph showing the amount of disk space that is used as well
- as the amount that is free. Also a percentage of free space is
- shown.
- If the drive does not exist or is not ready (ie. drive door is
- open) then the help window is displayed along with a warning that
- the drive is not ready message.
- If the 'drive' is not a letter (ie. like a !, @ #,< or > sign etc.,
- or a number) then the current drive information is shown.
- '/a' : This option tells SPACE to show all Hard disk partition(s) up to and
- including drive 'Z' (this also includes Ram drives). If this option
- is used and there is no hard drive(s) (or Ram drive(s)) then the
- help screen is shown.
- '/?' : This option will display a help screen showing how to use this
- program.
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- Disclaimer
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- This being an imperfect world I must take this time to satisfy the legal
- aspect of being a lowly computer programmer and publish this small disclaimer.
- Here goes....
- I claim no responsibility for any damages caused by the use or misuse of this
- program. It is being distributed "as is" with no warranty being express or
- implied. I will not be held responsible for any losses which may be incurred
- by the use or misuse of this program. So please do not sue me if the results
- shown by this program turn out to any less then 100 percent accurate,
- although I've tried my best to make them so.
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- Files in this Archive Include:
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- SPACE.DOC -> this file
- SPACE.COM -> the SPACE program executible file
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- If you find this program of value and include it in your little bag of
- utilities that you frequently use, please show your support and send along a
- small donation of $5.00. This will give me the incuragement to write more of
- these programs and maybe even keep me suplied in printer paper.
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- Thank You for trying SPACE and please pass it around.
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- Send all comments, questions, complaints, bugs! or donations to:
- Rick A. G. Bursey
- 28 Crescent Street
- Stephenville, Newfoundland
- A2N 1R6 CANADA
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