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- S T O W D I R
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- A Companion utility to Stowaway
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- By Patri-Soft
- Copyright 1992 by Patri-Soft
-
- 5225 Canyon Crest Dr.
- Suite 71-358
- Riverside CA, 92507
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- (714) 352-2820 Voice
- (714) 352-2825 Data
- (714) 352-1527 FAX
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- Note: Area code 714 changes to 909 on November 14, 1992.
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- StowDir is a companion product to Stowaway which gives you instant
- knowledge of all files that have been archived. StowDir acts like the
- DOS DIR command. This provides you with a way to quickly and easily
- tell what files have been archived. For example, if you wanted to know
- all the .ZIP files that have been archived in the current directory,
- you would give the command:
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- STOWDIR *.ZIP
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- StowDir will then search the archive indexes and display all archived
- .ZIP files fromt the current directory. The display:
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- StowDir Copyright 1992 by Patri-Soft. Enter StowDir /H for help
- Directory of archived files in C:\ZIPBACK
-
- MEGA0403 ZIP 172136 04-03-92 9:41a Active C:\ZIPBACK\
- MEGA0402 ZIP 173905 04-02-92 10:04a Active C:\ZIPBACK\
- STOW0401 ZIP 195537 04-01-92 12:15p Active C:\ZIPBACK\
- MEGA0401 ZIP 174254 04-01-92 12:15p Active C:\ZIPBACK\
- MEGA0331 ZIP 173651 03-31-92 9:56a Active C:\ZIPBACK\
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- The begining of each line is just like the DOS DIR command output,
- contain name, size, date and time. The "Active" flag tells that this
- file is "Active" in the archive index. That is, it is not expired, and
- has not been logically deleted. The path at the end of the line is the
- original path where the file was archived from. There are other
- displays that can be controlled by use of the command line paramters.
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- StowDir MUST be located in the same directory as your archive indexes.
- If STOW.EXE is located in the directory C:\STOW, then StowDir.EXE must
- be located there as well. It will not be able to find the indexes if
- you do not put it in the correct location.
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- SYNAX:
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- StowDir <path\filespec> <switches>
- Possible switches: /S /P /D /C /L /X
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- Path\Filespec:
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- You may provide Stowdir with a path, filespec, filespec and
- path, or nothing. If the path\filespec is left blank, Stowdir
- assumes the current directory, like the DOS DIR command. If
- you provided a path, StowDir will look in the specified path.
- If you provide a filespec, Stowdir will display only those
- files matching the given spec.
-
- IMPORTANT: StowDir accept a directory specification if the
- directory exist on the system. For example, StowDir cannot list
- the files archived out of \UTILITIES if the \UTILITIES
- directory does not exist.
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- Swithes:
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- The following switches are valid when using this version of
- StowDir. NOTE: You may put these switches in the enviroment
- by using the SET command. For example, SET STOWDIR=/ID:TMP.
-
- /S System. View all archived files from the specified
- path down the tree. If you specify C:\, it
- will list all files from the root directory
- down, which means all archived files on your
- system.
-
- /P Pause Pause at the end of every display page and
- waits for keypress.
-
- /D Description Show an alternate view of the archived files
- which includes the description for each file.
-
- /C aCtive Show only active files, or rather, files that
- are not expired, or marked as deleted.
-
- /L deLeted Show only files that have been marked deleted
- in the archive index.
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- /X eXpired Show only files that have "expired" in the
- archive index.
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- Note: /C/X/L can be combined to show any combination of the
- above files.
-
- /A Alternate Show Alternate information about each file.
- The display will be:
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-
- StowDir Copyright 1992 by Patri-Soft. Enter StowDir /H for help
- Directory of archived files in C:\
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- Name CSize ArcDate ArcTime Status
- CSHOW EXE 70586 04-14-92 1:41p Active
- CSHOWDEL BAT 392 04-14-92 1:41p Active
- PRINTDOC BAT 292 04-14-92 1:41p Active
- VIDEOA1 DRV 666 04-14-92 1:41p Active
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- StowDir lists all the same basic information with the
- exception that all statictics apply the archive file.
- (Archive size, date, and time)
-
-
- /ID Use an alternate ID for reading the .DAT
- files. Sometimes Stowaway is used with
- alternate IDs and this parameter is used to
- read those .DAT files.
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- That's It! If you have any suggestions, questions,
- comments, or enhancment requests, be sure to let us know.
- We cannot forsee all of your needs for this utility, so if
- you can suggest uses and applications, be sure to let us
- know! Use any of the numbers at the top of this document to
- do so.
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