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- SORTDIR v1.02 (C)1991 Cornel Huth 9-Sep-1991
-
- Description:
-
- Directory packer and sorter. Works with 320/360K, 720/1.44M,
- and 1.2M floppy, hard drives and also large partition hard
- drives (32MB+).
-
- ASM source included.
-
- C>SD [options] * sort current directory by filename [options]
- options:
-
- SD /e * by ext.filename (default)
- SD /n * by filename.ext
- SD /h * help with anything other CLP
-
- NOTES:
-
- See source code header for more information.
-
- Code requires DOS 3.2+ for IOCTL functions. Requires MASM 5.1
- to assemble. Should work on any DOS machine since everything
- is DOS done. User documentation, you're looking at it.
-
- LIMITATIONS (some could be considered benifits):
-
- Operates on current drive/current directory only. Will not
- sort entries prior to any hidden, system, or subdirectory
- entries. Root directory must lie in the first 64K sectors
- of the DOS drive(no problem). FAT must be less than 64K (no
- problem). Maximum of 1792 directory entries per subdirectory
- (seems like enough). Sort source not included (how does that
- grab you?)
-
- Being a programmer I'm always deleting working files. I like
- to keep my subs packed and files grouped by extension. 32MB+
- parts made Norton DS unusable so PCTools 4.22 had been used
- to sort subdirs on large DOS 3.31 parts. HOWEVER, in writing
- this code (using PCT422 for direct disk access) I noticed PCT422
- becomes real flakey (try accessing, say, cluster# 18,000, or
- even 10,000)--a real good reason to have a dir sort program
- written for large partitions.
-
- NOTICE: NOTICE: NOTICE: NOTICE: NOTICE: NOTICE: NOTICE: NOTICE:
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- >>>>>>>> THIS SOURCE CODE IS *NOT* PUBLIC DOMAIN <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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- I allow you to modify this source ONLY for your personal,
- non-commercial use. You may NOT distribute this source if altered
- in any way. You may NOT distribute any directory sorting program
- derived from this source. If you can't abide by these terms then
- don't use any of this code.
-
- Report bugs to:
-
- FIDONET 80xxx conference
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