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- >>>>>> NETWORKS and POCKETD PLUS
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- If you own a network, or are responsible for looking after one, then
- you should take a serious look at PocketD. Managing a networked hard
- disk without PocketD is a bit like needlework in boxing gloves. Once
- you have become used to the power that PocketD provides, you may feel
- helpless without it!
-
- >>>> How often has a network adminstrator sat there and watched in
- disbelief as the Novell VOLINFO "Free Space" list seeped away....
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- PocketD Plus can tell you WHO is swallowing up the space, and how!
- If you move to the directory where the user accounts are and type:
-
- D /rr:-3g%ss This will analyse the user directories looking for
- files created during the last 3 days, plotting a
- (g)raphic barchart, showing the percentage of new
- files that each user has created, plotting the
- results in order of offending user (sort by size).
-
- (If the user accounts are scattered across several drives, then a
- command of the form D H:\USER1 S: Q:\USER2 /rr:-3g%ss is possible)
-
- >>> WHAT ARE THESE FILES?
-
- D /Se:-3g%ss This will give a similar display, but grouped by
- extension instead of user. The administrator might
- then see that 25% of new files are *.TMP files.
-
- D /SQz:-3 This will allow the administrator to browse a list
- of these files, with options to individually view
- or delete them.
-
-
- >>>> You are losing space on your server. Some files MUST go!
-
- D H: I: *.TMP *.$$$ /Wzz
- Will search the (W)hole of drives H: and I: and
- delete all files matching *.TMP or *.$$$.
-
- D H: I: *.EXE /W:-2 [if exist $p$n.PAS del $w]RQ
- Will delete files with the name XXXX.EXE created
- during the last 2 days, if a corresponding file
- XXXX.PAS exists in the same directory. The optional
- "Q" parameter lets you query each deletion.
-
- D H: I: *.BAK /W [D $p$n.* /- .BAK .EXE .COM .OBJ [del $w]R~]R
- This more general example will delete any *.BAK
- file where a corresponding file with the same name,
- excepting extensions .BAK .EXE .COM or .OBJ,
- already exists.
-
-
- >>>> You want to BACKUP files that may be in use by another user?
-
- D /WTccpio C: Will search the (W)hole drive for files modified
- (T)oday and (c)opy them with full (p)aths to drive
- C:, but (i)gnoring files that cannot be opened,
- looping round returning to copy these later (when
- they become available for copying).
-
- >>>> You want to provide a useful tool for your users?
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- D /STcc A: Will allow the users to (S)earch for all files they
- modified (T)oday and (c)opy them to drive A:
-
- D !!! This will give the users an attractive colored
- directory listing, allowing them to classify files
- by color.
-
- MENUD This gives the users a plush menu-driven interface
- for managing their files.
-
-
- >>>> You want extra helpful tool to let you monitor the network?
-
- It would be nice if your LOGIN script could warn you if a disk
- partition is nearly full. e.g.
-
- D S: U: Z: :: /{4096k [Warning! $f has only $s bytes free!!//]
-
- This will report if any of drives S: U: or Z: have 4 meg or less
- free disk space.
-
-
- >>>> You want to ensure that large files on the network are INDEXED
-
- D /W!EF}200k [FLAG $w i]R
-
- This will find non-executable files bigger than 200k, and set them
- to "INDEXED", thus somewhat speeding up access to such files
- (NOVELL 2.X).
-
- See also README.D for useful ARCHIVE examples.
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