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- Disk OrGanizer - Version 3.03
- March 19, 1991
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- Soft GAM's Software
- G. Allen Morris III
- P. O. Box 1311
- Mendocino, CA 95460
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- Copyright 1991
- All Rights Reserved
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- Compuserve: #73210,3374
- Voice: (707)961-1632
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- | | |_| Shareware
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- Table of Contents
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- 1. Getting started ........................................... 1
- 1.1. Introduction ............................................ 1
- 1.2. Shareware ............................................... 1
- 1.3. Purpose ................................................. 1
- 1.4. Installation ............................................ 1
- 1.5. Background programs ..................................... 2
- 1.6. Copy protected programs ................................. 3
- 1.7. Power failure ........................................... 3
- 1.8. Quick start ............................................. 3
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- 2. Using Disk OrGanizer ...................................... 5
- 2.1. Modes ................................................... 5
- 2.2. Switches ................................................ 6
- 2.3. Command line syntax ..................................... 6
- 2.3.1. Command line commands ................................. 7
- 2.4. Orderfile syntax ........................................ 7
- 2.4.1. Setting the mode ...................................... 7
- 2.4.2. Setting switches ...................................... 8
- 2.4.3. Order file Commands ................................... 8
- 2.4.4. File identifiers ..................................... 10
- 2.4.5. Comments ............................................. 10
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- 3. Licensing and support. ................................... 11
- 3.1. Copyright/License/Warranty ............................. 11
- 3.2. Licensing .............................................. 11
- 3.3. Technical Support ...................................... 12
- 3.4. ASP Ombudsman Information .............................. 12
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- 4. Error messages ........................................... 13
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- 5. Glossary ................................................. 16
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- 6. Index .................................................... 17
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- 1. Getting started
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- 1.1. Introduction
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- 1.1. Introduction
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- Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this manual. I
- hope that you find Disk OrGanizer useful.
-
- 1.2. Shareware
-
- Disk OrGanizer is not a public domain program. Copies of Disk
- OrGanizer for personal use are free, but if you find Disk
- OrGanizer of value, you are encouraged to make a gift ($20
- suggested) and become a Disk OrGanizer supporter. You may also
- register your copy of Disk OrGanizer for $30 and receive a disk
- and manual along with notification of future versions. A
- license is required for use of Disk OrGanizer by corporations
- and institutions, and for its commercial distribution.
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- If you don't support shareware it will go away.
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- 1.3. Purpose
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- A disk that has been in use a while will usually become slower
- accessing the data and programs that have been stored on it.
- This is due to two problems:
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- o The disk has become fragmented.
- o There are deleted entries in directories.
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- Disk OrGanizer will solve these problems and make your disk run
- like new.
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- If the size of a directory decreases enough after removing the
- deleted entries Disk OrGanizer can also recover some disk space.
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- Disk OrGanizer has been tested with MS-DOS 2.10, 3.01, 3.10,
- 3.30, 4.01 and 5.0 on logical drives as large as 600 megabytes.
- It is believed that Disk OrGanizer will operate on any MS/PC-DOS
- disk.
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- Disk OrGanizer performs extensive tests before it starts to move
- data, to make sure that the File Allocation Table (FAT) and
- directories are in good repair.
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- 1.4. Installation
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- You should BACK UP your hard disk before you run Disk OrGanizer.
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- To install Disk OrGanizer, you need only copy it to a directory
- on your PATH.
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- You can test Disk OrGanizer by typing the command:
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- DOG [d:] /TEST
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- Disk OrGanizer 1
-
- 1. Getting started
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1.4. Installation
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- d: is an optional drive specifier. (The []'s mean optional and
- should not be typed.) If no drive is specified the current drive
- will be used.
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- If Disk OrGanizer reports errors and you have not run Disk
- OrGanizer before, you should run CHKDSK with the /F switch and
- repair the disk.
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- If you have not backed up your disk Disk OrGanizer will warn you
- as to how many files may need to be backed up.
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- PLEASE back up your disks before you run Disk OrGanizer.
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- Disk OrGanizer will also list any files that are open on on the
- disk that you are organizing. Disk OrGanizer will not be able to
- move these files nor pack the directories that they are in.
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- If you have used other disk defragment programs before, and have
- had no problem, it should be safe to run Disk OrGanizer.
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- Disk OrGanizer will move HIDDEN files, most other disk defrag-
- menters don't move these files.
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- If you have not run any disk defragment programs before you
- should read the rest of this chapter.
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- 1.5. Background programs
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- Disk OrGanizer reads and writes to the disk directly. If a pro-
- gram tries to write to the disk while Disk OrGanizer is
- operating, data may be lost. You should not run Disk OrGanizer
- on a disk that you know will be written to. Programs that are
- likely to write to the disk are printer spoolers, multitasking
- programs like Windows or DesqView, switching programs and net-
- work programs.
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- If you have FASTOPEN installed on your computer you will need to
- reboot your computer after you run Disk OrGanizer.
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- Some background programs leave files open all of the time. Disk
- OrGanizer will not move files that are open and it will not pack
- a directory that has open files in it.
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- If you do not know if you have these programs on your computer I
- would suggest that you run Disk OrGanizer from a floppy disk as
- described in the Quick Start section.
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- Disk OrGanizer 2
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- 1. Getting started
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- 1.6. Copy protected programs
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- 1.6. Copy protected programs
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- Disk OrGanizer may make some copy protected software unusable.
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- It is recommended that you remove any copy protected software
- from your disk before you run Disk OrGanizer, if you can't
- determine its compatibility with Disk OrGanizer.
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- 1.7. Power failure
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- Disk OrGanizer can recover from a power failure or reboot.
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- If a power failure or inadvertent reboot occurs while Disk
- OrGanizer is running you should run Disk OrGanizer again as soon
- as possible. Disk OrGanizer will report any errors that it finds
- on the disk and ask you if you would like to repair them. If you
- answer yes to all of the questions Disk OrGanizer will repair
- the disk and then continue operation as normal.
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- You should not use any third party CHKDSK type programs that
- recover lost clusters. If you use CHKDSK you should NOT make
- the lost cluster chains into files.
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- 1.8. Quick start
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- If you would like to defragment your disk and get back to work
- without having to read the rest of this manual the simplest and
- safest way to run Disk OrGanizer is described here.
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- The first thing to do is to find an old or unused floppy disk.
- Then format this disk with a copy of the system.
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- FORMAT A: /sys
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- Copy DOG.EXE to the floppy disk.
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- COPY DOG.EXE A:
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- You may need to create or copy CONFIG.SYS on the new disk if you
- have disk drivers or an EMS memory driver that needs to be
- installed.
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- Reboot your computer (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) with the new disk in-
- stalled in the A: drive.
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- DOS will ask you for the date and time. This is because there is
- no AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Enter the correct date and time.
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- Run Disk OrGanizer on your hard disk.
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- DOG C: /AUTO /CRC /TRUNCATE
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- Disk OrGanizer 3
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- 1. Getting started
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- 1.8. Quick start
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- Disk OrGanizer will test the disk (like CHKDSK), give you a
- report, analyze the disk to determine the best place to have the
- directories and files on the disk. Tell you how many directories
- need to have deleted files removed (packed), tell you how many
- directories can be made shorter (truncated) and tell you the
- number of clusters that it will have to move to defragment the
- files and directories on the disk.
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- You will then be asked if it is OK to write to the disk. If you
- answer no to this question, Disk OrGanizer will quit without
- ever having written to the disk. If you answer yes, Disk
- OrGanizer will pack the directories, truncate the directories
- and then start moving clusters.
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- While Disk OrGanizer is moving clusters you will see the fol-
- lowing message:
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- X nnnnn - elapsed time 0:00:00 estimated 0:00:00
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- X is either R)eading, S)orting, C)omputing CRC, W)riting,
- T)esting CRC, L)inking new clusters or U)pdating FAT and
- directories. nnnnn is the number of clusters that have been
- moved. Elapsed time is the amount of time Disk OrGanizer has
- been moving clusters and estimated is the approximate amount of
- time it will take to organize the disk.
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- You can quit from Disk OrGanizer at anytime by pressing the es-
- cape (Esc) key or a ^C. Stopping Disk OrGanizer while it is
- moving clusters may cause extreme fragmentation, rerun Disk
- OrGanizer as soon as possible if you abort while it is moving
- clusters.
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- If you think that Disk OrGanizer has stopped running, press the
- space bar, you should then hear a beep within a few seconds.
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- When it is done it will check the disk once again, give you a
- new report and then exit.
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- You should then remove the floppy disk from the A: drive and
- reboot your computer.
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- You should notice that the programs on your disk load a little
- faster. If Disk OrGanizer truncated some directories you will
- also have more free disk space.
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- Disk OrGanizer 4
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- 2. Using Disk OrGanizer
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- The purpose of Disk OrGanizer is to speed up the access of files
- on your disks. There are two things that slow down access of
- data; deleted files in directories and fragmented files. The
- actual placement of files on a disk has very little to do with
- the amount of time it takes to load a file. Most disk defrag-
- ment programs take a long time to run and this keeps people from
- running them often.
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- Disk OrGanizer has complex algorithms that allow it to defrag-
- ment all of the files on a disk while moving very few clusters.
- Although Disk OrGanizer can control the placement of files and
- directories on the disk, I would suggest that you refrain from
- using this feature, as it can greatly increase the number of
- clusters that Disk OrGanizer will need to move and give you very
- little benefit. The exception to this are dirctrories that are
- read often, such as the directories on the PATH, which you may
- want to move near the File Allocation Table (see the AUTO
- command.)
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- 2.1. Modes
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- The mode determines how Disk OrGanizer will organize a disk.
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- FILL - mode will defragment files and put them as close to the
- FAT as possible, FILL will not leave any free space between
- files. FILL may leave files fragmented around BAD disk
- sectors and unmovable files. This mode gives you all of
- the benefits of that you get from other disk defragmenter,
- but only takes a fraction of the time to run.
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- FAST - mode will defragment all files and attempt to put them in
- one area of disk space, FAST may leave gaps of free space
- between files.
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- QUICK - mode is like FAST mode but does not try as hard.
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- DEFRAG - mode will defragment the files on the drive without
- concern for there placement.
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- The following modes will more than likely cause all of the files
- and sub-directories on a disk to be moved.
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- DATE - mode will put the files on the disk oldest files first
- (closest to the FAT). Using this mode once in a while, it
- can take a long time to run, may decrease the number of
- clusters that Disk OrGanizer will need to move with the
- FAST or FILL mode.
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- DIRECTORY - mode will put the files on the disk in the order in
- finds them in the directories. That is the first file or
- sub-directory in the root directory will be closest to the
- FAT (also refered to as LOW) followed by the second file in
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- Disk OrGanizer 5
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- 2. Using Disk OrGanizer
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- 2.1. Modes
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- the root, etc.
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- The following modes are for compatibility to older versions.
- They are of little use.
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- FRAGMENTED - This will put all of the files that are not
- fragmented on the disk first and will then put the
- fragmented files on the disk. Using this function will
- slowly put all of the files that change size away from the
- FAT. This mode does not work well if you have BAD clusters
- or system files other than DOS on the disk.
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- PACKED - This leaves the files in the same order as it finds
- them on the disk, by cluster.
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- 2.2. Switches
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- CRC - will cause Disk OrGanizer to read data after it is written
- to the disk and test to make sure that it was written
- correctly.
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- BATCH - tells Disk OrGanizer to suppress all prompts. This is
- useful for running Disk OrGanizer from a batch file. If
- this switch is set any error will cause Disk OrGanizer to
- terminate.
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- NOVERIFY - tells DOS not to verify data written to the disk.
- (see VERIFY in your DOS manual) This will increase the
- speed of Disk OrGanizer but will allow data to be lost.
- This switch should not be used on a floppy disk, but may be
- used on a hard disk at your own risk. This is for people
- to whom speed is more important than data integrity. If
- you have set the CRC switch then Disk Organizer will verify
- the data and you can include this switch to improve
- performance.
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- 2.3. Command line syntax
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- The Command line syntax to run Disk OrGanizer from the DOS
- prompt is:
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- DOG [d:] [orderfile] [/commands] [/mode] [/switches]
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- (The []'s mean optional and should not be typed.)
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- d: is an optional drive specifier if no drive is specified the
- current drive will be organized.
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- Orderfile is the path and filename of the order file. If this is
- not included Disk OrGanizer will look for a file called
- ORDER.DOG in the root directory of the drive being organized and
- if it does not find that it will look in the environment for
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- Disk OrGanizer 6
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- 2. Using Disk OrGanizer
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- 2.3. Command line syntax
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- DOG=d:\path\filename and use that file. If no orderfile is
- found the DOS NUL device is used. If you have an orderfile and
- don't wish to use it you can tell Disk OrGanizer to use the NUL
- file as an orderfile (ie. DOG NUL /AUTO).
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- Commands consist of AUTO and TRUNCATE.
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- Mode tells Disk OrGanizer where to place the files on the drive.
- You must supply a mode to suppress the shareware sign-on
- message. The mode can be set on the command line or in an
- orderfile.
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- Switches allow you to control several options as to how Disk
- OrGanizer will test the data that is moved and interact with the
- operator. Switches can be set on the command line or in an
- orderfile.
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- 2.3.1. Command line commands
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- TRUNCATE - tells Disk OrGanizer to truncate all sub-directories.
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- AUTO - tells Disk OrGanizer to put the directories defined in
- the PATH environment variable first, followed by the file
- definded by the COMSPEC environment variable, then all of
- the other directories. If no other mode has been specified
- it will then order the rest of the files as if the /FILL
- mode was set.
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- 2.4. Orderfile syntax
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- The orderfile can be used as a simple configuration file or can
- be used to tell DOG the exact order that you would like to have
- your files on a disk.
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- Modes and switches that are given on the command line will
- override those in the orderfile.
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- You may find it more convenient to run Disk OrGanizer from a
- batch file than to use the orderfile feature. Again I would
- like to point out that the placement of files has little affect
- on the speed at which they can be read.
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- If you use the AUTO command line command you may not end up with
- what you expected. (See listing 2.1)
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- 2.4.1. Setting the mode
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- To give a mode in the order file enclose it in square brackets
- ([]). A mode must be given on the command line or in the order
- file for Disk OrGanizer to run. For a description of the modes
- see above. A mode given on the command line will override the
- mode in the ORDER file.
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- 2.4.2. Setting switches
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- Listing 2-1: A very simple ORDER.DOG file
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- ; The []s must be included.
- [FILL] ; set the mode
- ; The AUTO command line command appends
- [PATH] ; these three orderfile commands
- [COMSPEC] ; to the end of the orderfile.
- [ALLDIR] ;
- ; And to truncate all of the directories
- [TRUNCATE ALL]
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- 2.4.2. Setting switches
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- Switches can be specified in the orderfile by enclosing them in
- square brackets ([]). (See the section on switches above.)
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- 2.4.3. Order file Commands
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- The area of the disk close to the FAT is called the LOW area and
- the area away from the FAT is called the HIGH area. Any file
- that is not named anywhere in the ORDER.DOG file is said to
- FLOAT.
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- In making this file you should name as few files as possible.
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- The following three commands are a shorthand for file and
- directory names.
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- PATH - is the same as listing all of the directories in the PATH
- environment variable that are on the drive being organized.
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- COMSPEC - The filename given in the COMSPEC environment variable
- is used if it points to the drive being organized.
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- ALLDIRECTORIES - Is the same as listing all of the directories
- on the drive.
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- The following commands tell where to place named files.
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- LOW - tells Disk OrGanizer to place the files described by fol-
- lowing filenames close to the FAT. This also affects the
- FREE command. (see below)
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- HIGH - tells Disk OrGanizer to place files described by follow-
- ing filenames away from the FAT. This also affects the
- FREE command.
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- 2.4.3. Order file Commands
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- Listing 2-2: Sample ORDER.DOG file
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- [DEFRAGMENT] ; if no mode is given on the command
- ; line use DEFRAGMENT
- [FORCE] ;
- \COPYPRO.SYS ; I don't want this file to move
- [FLOAT]
- [TRUNCATE] ;
- \DIR_A\ ; Truncate sub-directory DIR_A, but let
- ; it FLOAT.
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- [LOW] ; Set move files LOW.
- \DOS\ ; Truncate sub-directory DOS, and put it
- ; next to the FAT.
- [ENDTRUNCATE]
- \COMMAND.COM ; COMMAND.COM will be placed after \\DOS.
- [FREE 500] ; leave some room
- ;
- [HIGH] ; set move files HIGH.
- \AUTOEXEC.BAT ; As this file is used only once, on
- ; reboot, we can move it away from the
- ; FAT.
- \CONFIG.SYS ; another seldom used file.
- \ORDER.DOG ; This file will be place just in front
- ; of CONFIG.SYS
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- FORCE - tells Disk OrGanizer not to move the files that follow.
- If you are going to FORCE file you should do it before you
- place files LOW or HIGH.
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- FLOAT - tells Disk OrGanizer to ignore the files that follow.
- This is used if you wish to TRUNCATE a sub-directory but
- don't want to put it LOW, HIGH or FORCE. NOTE: in future
- releases this may be used this to allow SYSTEM files to be
- moved.
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- These commands control whether named directories will be
- truncated.
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- TRUNCATE - sub-directories named between TRUNCATE and
- ENDTRUNCATE will have there size changed so that they will
- use as little space as possible.
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- ENDTRUNCATE - see TRUNCATE above.
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- The following command will force clusters to be left free.
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- 2.4.3. Order file Commands
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- FREE nnnn - tells Disk OrGanizer to leave nnnn (a number)
- clusters of free space after the last file named in the
- order file if files are being placed LOW or before the file
- if files are being placed HIGH. Disk OrGanizer ignores this
- command if there isn't enough free disk space. The nnnn
- may be replaced with an asterisk (*) if you want all
- available free clusters in a location.
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- 2.4.4. File identifiers
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- A file identifier is a string that starts with a backslash (\),
- has zero or more sub-directory names, separated by backslashes
- (the Path) and ends with a filename or sub-directory name. A
- file identifier ending with a sub-directory name can be followed
- by an optional backslash.
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- It is important to understand that a sub-directory is a file
- with a special format and that Disk OrGanizer treats sub-
- directories just like files in the orderfile except that sub-
- directories can be TRUNCATED.
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- You must always include the full path of a file or sub-
- directory.
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- Wildcards may be used in filenames. But please note that in-
- cluding a large number of files in the ORDER file can greatly
- increase the amount of time it take Disk OrGanizer to organize a
- disk.
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- 2.4.5. Comments
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- A comment starts with a semicolon and ends with a carriage
- return.
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- 3. Licensing and support.
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- 3.1. Copyright/License/Warranty
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- 3.1. Copyright/License/Warranty
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- This document and the program files DOG.EXE ("the software") are
- copyrighted by the author. The copyright owner hereby licenses
- you to use the software given these restrictions:
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- o the program shall be supplied in its original, unmodified
- form, which includes this documentation;
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- o for-profit use without a license is prohibited;
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- o the program may not be included - or bundled - with other
- goods or services. Exceptions may be granted upon written
- request only.
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- o no fee is charged; an exception is granted to not for profit
- user's groups, which are permitted to charge a small fee
- (not to exceed $5) for materials, handling, postage, and
- general overhead. No other organization is permitted to
- charge any amount for distribution of copies of the software
- or documentation, or to include copies of the software or
- documentation with sales of their own products.
-
- There is no warranty of any kind. The copyright owner may not
- be held liable for any damages, including any lost profits or
- other incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in-
- ability to use the software. By using the software, you agree
- to this.
-
- 3.2. Licensing
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- No license is required to run Disk OrGanizer on a computer that
- is not used for business.
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- The fee for a license depends on the estimated number of copies
- of the program that you will use. For local area networks, one
- copy must be licensed for each computer that will be using the
- program on the network.
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- A license is not transferable.
-
- Quantity Price Update
- ======== ==.== ==.==
- 1 30.00 6.00 each
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- 2 to 9 25.00 5.00
- 10 to 49 20.00 4.00
- 50 to 99 15.00 3.00
- 100 to 199 10.00 2.00
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- Unlimited at one site $2000.00 400.00
- Additional sites 1000.00 200.00 unlimited at each site
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- 3.2. Licensing
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- The price to update to a new version applies only to the quan-
- tity previously registered.
-
- Regardless of the quantity purchased you will receive only one
- disk and one printed manual. Additional manuals are available
- for $6.00 each. You may make as many copies as are licensed and
- one archive copy.
-
- Orders of $50 or less must be prepaid. Orders over $50 - NET 30.
-
- Soft GAM's Software SSN# 559-29-3621
- (707)961-1470
- P. O. Box 1311
- Mendocino, CA 95460
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- 3.3. Technical Support
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- Technical support is available to Disk OrGanizer supporters and
- licensed users. Limited support is also available to help you to
- get Disk OrGanizer to operate on a computer, so that you can
- evaluate it.
-
- CompuServe: PPN# 73210,3374
-
- the Bit Boutique BBS 707-778-8944, 2400 baud
- Leave E-Mail to ALLEN MORRIS
-
- Mail : Soft GAM's Software, Box 1311, Mendocino, CA 95460
-
- Phone: (707)961-1632 (10 to 6 Pacific Time)
-
- 3.4. ASP Ombudsman Information
-
- Disk OrGanizer is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve
- a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products.
- Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at:
-
- ASP Ombudsman
- 545 Grover Road
- Muskegon, MI 49442
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- or send a CompuServe message via Easyplex electronic mail to the
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- The number in parentheses is the ERRORLEVEL returned by Disk
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- No Errors (0)
- You are a happy camper.
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- Terminated by user. (1)
- The disk may still need to be organized.
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- Illegal I/O redirection. (2)
- Do not redirect output to the drive being organized.
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- Order file is a device. (3)
- The order file can't be read from a device, use a file.
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- File not found. (4)
- Check the filename you entered.
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- Could not read/understand disk information. (5)
- Please write or call and we can try to solve this problem.
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- Error in order file. (6)
- Fix or remove bad commands or filenames from the order
- file.
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- Error on the command line. (7)
- Check the syntax on the command line.
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- Network drive. (8)
- Reboot your computer without the network or don't publish
- the drive you want to organize.
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- Could not find directory for open file. (10)
- Remove background programs or reboot the computer and try
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- Out of memory. (11)
- Remove TSR programs, increase EMS memory or set the en-
- vironment variable TEMP or DOGTEMP to a path that can be
- used for temporary storage.
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- Error reading FAT. (I/O) (12)
- Back up and reformat the disk or mark bad clusters bad.
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- Possible NON DOS disk. (13)
- The disk is an unknown type or the second FAT is bad. Run
- chkdsk. If you are still unable to run Disk OrGanizer,
- Please call or write.
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- Bad cluster in FAT. (14)
- Run chkdsk. If you are still unable to run Disk OrGanizer,
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- Please call or write.
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- Error reading Directory (I/O) (15)
- Back up and reformat the disk or mark bad clusters bad.
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- Directory is corrupt. (16)
- Run CHKDSK to repair the disk.
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- Lost clusters found. (17)
- Run CHKDSK to repair the disk or run Disk OrGanizer without
- the BATCH or TEST switches set.
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- You must have at least one free cluster. (18)
- You should delete at least one file.
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- Too many total files. (19)
- Delete files from the disk until there are less that 32,752
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- Free clusters in FAT doesn't match DOS (21)
- Remove any background programs that write to the disk.
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- Too many File Fragments. (22)
- Use a mode other than FAST or FILL. AUTO defaults to FAST
- mode.
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- No mode was given. (23)
- You must supply a mode on the command line or in the order
- file.
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- Incorrect DOS version. (42)
- Reboot with DOS version 2 or greater.
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- STDIN or STDERR redirected. (43)
- Do not redirect the input or error output.
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- Too many arguments. (44)
- Remove some commands from the command line.
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- Critical errors. (45)
- Fix the problem that caused the critical error.
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- INTERNAL ERROR @'code'. (90)
- Please call and tell me the code that you received.
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- I/O error moving clusters. Disk is OK. (99)
- An I/O error was detected. You should run a disk test
- program on the disk or back up the disk, reformat it and
- restore the data. No data was lost and the disk is in good
- repair.
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- I/O error moving clusters. Data may have been lost. (100)
- An I/O error was detected. You should run a disk test pro-
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- gram on the disk or back up the disk, reformat it and re-
- store the data. There may be errors on the disk.
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- I/O error Packing (101)
- There was an error Packing a directory. You should run a
- disk test program on the disk or back up the disk, reformat
- it and restore the data. There may be errors on the disk.
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- Critical errors. (102)
- Fix the problem that caused the critical error. There may
- be errors on the disk.
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- INTERNAL ERROR @'code'. (200)
- Please call and tell me the code that you got. There may be
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- CHKDSK - A program that came with DOS. Its full name is
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- Cluster - DOS stores data in cluster units. Clusters are made of
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- FAT - The File Allocation Table.
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- File Allocation Table - This along with the directories tell DOS
- where to find a file on the disk.
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- Hidden file - A file with the hidden attribute bit set. Disk
- OrGanizer will move these files.
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- Hidden directory - A directory with the hidden attribute bit
- set. Disk OrGanizer will move these directories.
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- Lost clusters - Clusters that are mark in the FAT as being used,
- but have no directory entry that points to them.
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- Null file - A file with no data in it.
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- Sector - The smallest unit that data can be stored on a disk.
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- System file - A file with the system attribute bit set. Disk
- OrGanizer will not move these files.
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- System directory - A directory with the system attribute bit
- set. Disk OrGanizer will not move these directories.
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- User file - A file that does not have the system or hidden at-
- tribute bits set. Disk OrGanizer will move these files.
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- User directory - A directory that does not have the system or
- hidden attribute bits set. Disk OrGanizer will move these
- directories.
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- Volume label - A special file that tells DOS the name of a disk.
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- Aborting from DOG 4 Order file Commands (Cont.)
- ALLDIRECTORIES 8 FORCE 8
- AUTO 7 FREE nnnn 9
- BATCH 6 HIGH 8
- CHKDSK 3, 16 LOW 8
- Cluster 16 PATH 8
- Command line commands TRUNCATE 9
- AUTO 7 orderfile 6
- TRUNCATE 7 PACKED 6
- COMSPEC 7, 8 PATH 7, 8
- Copy protected programs 3 QUICK 5
- CRC 6 Sector 16
- current drive 6 Switches
- DATE 5 BATCH 6
- DEFRAG 5 CRC 6
- DIRECTORY 5 NOVERIFY 6
- drive specifier 6 System directory 16
- ENDTRUNCATE 9 System file 16
- environment Technical Support 12
- COMSPEC 7 TRUNCATE 7, 9
- PATH 7 User directory 16
- FAST 5 User file 16
- FASTOPEN 2
- FAT 16
- File Allocation Table 16
- FILL 5
- FLOAT 9
- FORCE 8
- FRAGMENTED 6
- FREE nnnn 9
- Hidden directory 16
- Hidden file 16
- HIGH 8
- Lost clusters 16
- LOW 8
- Modes
- DATE 5
- DEFRAG 5
- DIRECTORY 5
- FAST 5
- FILL 5
- FRAGMENTED 6
- PACKED 6
- QUICK 5
- NOVERIFY 6
- NUL device 7
- Null file 16
- Open files 2
- Order file Commands
- ALLDIRECTORIES 8
- COMSPEC 8
- ENDTRUNCATE 9
- FLOAT 9
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