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DFC - Dave's floppy disk cataloguer October, 3, 1992
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REMARK: DFC is based on TFC (Tobi's file cataloguer), another superbe 4DOS
file cataloguer program.
DISCLAIMER
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- This program is released into the Public Domain ...
- I am not liable for any damage it does to your System ...
- DFC didn't ever do any damage to my system and it is not likely to even be
capable of doing so.
- You can enhance the DFC or make any changes you like but please mention
my name and address in the file. (and Tobi's)
- If you do nice enhancments to DFC please mail them to
Tobi Oetiker (oetiker@iis.ethz.ch) - the author of TFC -,
so that he can include them into the next version.
HISTORY
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The history of DFC is short and simple. One day I got TFC (Tobi's file
cataloguer) and was inspired by his idea.
Unfortunately I'm neither a user of dBase etc. nor an owner, and so I decided
to enhance TFC. The disk database is now in "human readable" form and can be
printed by typing `print disks.db' or `copy disks.db prn:' (put printer in
132 columns mode first!)
Then, I was annoyed about labelling the disk, describing the files and typing
"dfc scan a:", so the next step was a menu. (Yes, I know, you *should* label
your disks and describe *all* files...). In this menu you can scan disks,
search for files and edit your disk database directly etc.
P.S: The command line options are still available, of course:
"scan","find" and "compare"
Usage: dfc scan <drive>
dfc find <filename>
dfc compare <filename>
This version of DFC (1.3) has been improved by Itamar Even-Zohar.
In addition, I have incorporated his "findall" batch file.
CUSTOMIZING DFC / IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFIC DETAILS
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. In the environment variable DISKDB the path and name of the disk database
is stored. Should DISKDB be empty, the path will be the path where DFC is
located and the default name is "disk.db".
. DFC distinguishes between color and monochrome monitors (by using 4DOS'
environment variable _MONITOR), but you may remove the parts not needed,
to speed DFC up.
|. I've decided to put the installation specific parts (your favorite editor,
| the 4DOS description editor, your list program etc.) into environment
| variables. So, you need only to change this section to customize DFC.
|
| The sections looks like this:
|
| :
| :
| set edt=%@search[tpe.exe]
| set desced=%@search[4desc.exe]
| set ff=%@search[ff.exe]
| set grep=%@search[grep.exe]
| set list=list
| :
| :
|
| Change it to
|
| :
| :
| set edt=%@search[<your favorite editor>]
| set desced=%@search[<a 4DOS description editor>]
| set ff=%@search[<a file finder>]
| set grep=%@search[< a GREP grogram (GNU's grep preferred>]
| set list=<a file lister - for example 4DOS internal "list">
| :
| :
|
| Remarks: * Use GNU's grep whenever possible, or you may have to change the
| command line switches...
| * The directory where your application resides in will be deter-
| mined by 4DOS' %@search, that means that your application must
| be included in the PATH!
| (Of course, there is the possibility to write the whole path
| e.g. C:\TOOLS\tpe.exe, but I think that is not a good idea.
| Why ? I, for myself, have copied the files I often use to a
| RAM-disk - this minimizes hard disk accesses and speeds up
| your work. By using %@search, DFC will find the versions on
| the RAM-disk first. If you have removed your RAM disk - to
| save memory - DFC will still find the versions on your hard
| disk. (Assuming that your path is set to <RAM-disk>;C:\...)
|
. Color scheme -- (the same thing as with editors): Your taste is probably
different, so you may want to change the colors / remove them.
. Feel free to make other changes, (nice enhancements are appreciated)
How to reach me ...
Mail: David Frey
Urdorferstrasse 30
CH-8952 Schlieren
Switzerland
PROGRAMS MENTIONED
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TFC - Tobi's File cataloge r PD - (C) 4-01-92, 2:31 PM by Tobi Oetiker
TFC2 - Tobi's File cataloger PD - (C) 4-01-92, 2:31 PM by Tobi Oetiker *
TPE - Turbo Power's editor PD - (c) 1990-1992 TurboPower Software
4DESC - 4DOS description editor PD - (c) 1992 David Frey & Tom Bowden
* Tobi has made a Turbo Vision shell around his TFC.BTM file - very nice!