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- D - The BEST Directory Utility Around.
-
- Copyright (c) James D. Bryant II, 1990. All rights reserved.
-
- Distribution and cost.
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- I am releasing D as Shareware at a cost of $5.00 per machine it runs on.
- This means that you may copy and distribute D freely under the conditions:
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- 1). It is not modified in any way.
- 2). All original files are distributed as originally released.
- 3). You recieve no money beyond the cost of duplication.
- 4). And that you send $5.00 (US) for every machine that
- you intend to run D on, including network workstations to:
-
- James D. Bryant II
- 612 Beverly Dr.
- Aledo, TX 76008
-
- I make no warranties of any kind, although if a bug is reported and can
- be duplicated by me I will try to correct it.
-
- What is Shareware?
-
- Shareware is a an alternative to high-priced software, and the high price
- of advertising. So, if you like D, tell others about it! Better yet, give
- them a copy (as long as the criteria above is met)!
-
- I put in many hours of work in writing this, and I hope that you will enjoy
- using D.
-
- Why should I use D?
-
- Well, have you ever had to find a file or group of files in a directory
- listing produced by the DOS DIR command (the bigger the directory, the
- harder you have to look!)? Have you ever wished there was an alternative
- to the DIR command? Have you ever wanted to see different file types in
- different colors? Ever want to find out how much space the files in a
- specific directory uses? Ever want a sorted directory, one that shows you
- as much or as little information as you want? I could go on forever...
- I believe only a masochist would be satisfied with the DOS DIR command!
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- What do I need to run D?
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- Any MS-DOS machine.
- A disk drive.
- A color monitor is preferred, although it will work on monochrome.
- A short temper with anemic utilities.
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- What can I do with D?
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- You can create customized directory displays.
- View sorted directory displays in either ascending or descending order.
- Have different colors assigned to up to 10 file types that you choose.
- View total size of directory.
- View free and total space on disk.
- View the Volume Serial Number of DOS 4.xx disks.
- * Determine if a directory is on the path.
- * Determine if a directory is appended (using the DOS APPEND statement).
- * Redirect a directory display to another device.
- Display a directory as above, but without color.
- View a directory FAST!
- View online help for D.
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- note : A '*' signifies not implemented yet.
-
- Ok, I'm convinced. How do I install D?
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- 1). Copy the program to a directory specified in the PATH command.
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- 2). Try bringing up a few directories to see if you like the default settings.
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- 3). If you like the settings, you are done.
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- 4). If you don't like the settings, there is a way to change the default
- settings to suit your preferences. MS-DOS has what is called an
- environment. This is where it stores variables to customize the
- operating environment of your system. For example, the forementioned
- PATH command puts a variable into the environment called PATH to tell
- DOS where to find programs to execute. If you want to see your system's
- environment, just type SET at the DOS prompt.
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- D uses three environment variables called :
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- DDEF - The default command line options. Display type, Sorting, etc...
- DCOL - The default colors for D.
- DEXT - The default file types (extensions) for D to color code.
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- The syntax for defining an environment variable is :
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- SET VARNAME=VALUE(S)
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- The place to put this command is somewhere in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- Please note that I use the hardwired defaults in the following examples,
- entering the examples as-is will not make any changes.
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- DDEF
-
- You can use any of the valid command line options specified below.
- You can override anything set here by specifying different options of
- the command line when you run D.
-
- Example :
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- SET DDEF=E4
- This sets the default command line options to /E /4 .
-
- DEXT
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- You can use any valid three or less character filename extension in
- this way :
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- SET DEXT=COM;EXE;BAT;C;H;ASM;BAK;ZIP;ARC;DOC
-
- You must seperate the extensions with semicolons (;)
-
- DCOL
-
- You will use the following table to specify the colors :
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- ┌───────┬───┬─────────┬───┐
- │Color │Val│Color │Val│
- ├───────┼───┼─────────┼───┤
- │Black │n │Gray │N │
- │Blue │b │LtBlue │B │
- │Green │g │LtGreen │G │
- │Cyan │c │LtCyan │C │
- │Red │r │LtRed │R │
- │Magenta│m │LtMagenta│M │
- │Brown │y │Yellow │Y │
- │White │w │LtWhite │W │
- └───────┴───┴─────────┴───┘
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- The colors that you will specify (in the correct order) are :
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- SET DCOL=CCgGGGRwwYWRcCYn
-
- ┌────┬────────────────────┐
- │Pos │ What │
- ├────┼────────────────────┤
- │1 │ Ext 1 │
- │ │ . │
- │ │ . │
- │10 │ Ext 10 │
- │11 │ SubDir │
- │12 │ No extension │
- │13 │ Undefined extension│
- │14 │ Divider │
- │15 │ Header/Footer │
- │16 │ Background │
- └────┴────────────────────┘
-
-
- How do I use D?
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- Usage : D [Option] [Option] [...]
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- Options : [Drive:][Pathname][Filename[.Ext]]
- /E *Sort filenames by extension.
- /N Sort filenames by name.
- /S Sort filenames by size.
- /D Sort filenames by date.
- /R Don't sort
- /+ *Sort in ascending order.
- /- Sort in decending order.
- /1 Single column modifier.
- /2 Display Name/Size/Attr/Date/Time.
- /3 Display Name/Size/Attr.
- /4 *Display Name/Size.
- /6 Display Name.
- /V Turn off fast video writes.
- /C Toggle the color off/on.
- /? or
- / Usage screens (Will restore original screen when done)
-
- note: A '*' signifies default settings.
-
- Examples : D
- This will produce a display of the current directory.
-
- D D:
- This will produce a display of the current dir on drive D:
-
- D NAME
- This will produce a display of all files in the current dir that
- begin with NAME (i.e., NAME*.*), or if NAME is a subdirectory, it
- will produce a display of that directory.
-
- D /S- C: [or]
- D C: /S- [or]
- D/S/- C: [or]
- D /S /- C: [or]
- D/S- C: [ All are identical to D ]
- This will produce a display of the current dir of drive C: sorted
- by size in descending order (High to Low). This also demonstrates
- the order independance and multiple ways of specifying the options.