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Directory Lister "Readme.txt" file for v0.5.2.
(C) 2002 Copyright by Leszek Skorczynski
http://freeware.prv.pl
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General rules:
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Directories for diskettes are not read upon start. You must click on its icon
to force reading directories.
You can always press 'F5' to clear and update directory structure (eg. when you
change CDs).
Preview window in Windows 9x is limited to ~32kB size so it does not display
whole listing if it's too big. However, the listing is properly saved
to the disk.
If you press 'Cancel' button during listing generation then CRC32 value will be
not properly counted for the last file.
Selecting directories:
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Checked white box - list this directory and all subdirectories recursively.
Checked gray box - list this directory but not all of its subfolders (not all
could also be none)
Gray box - list some of the subdirectories of this directory
White box - do not list this directory
So if you check a directory with a 'checked white box' then you can add/delete
its subfolders and always updated subdirectories will be listed.
Command line usage:
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DirLister.exe [/l directories.dls output.txt] [/o configuration.dlc]
directories.dls - previously saved list of directories to list
output.txt - listing itself
configuration.dlc - previously saved user configuration
Example:
C:\Program Files\Directory Lister\DirLister.exe /l c:\my documents\ftpdirs.dls c:\ftp\file_listing.html /o c:\my documents\myconf1.dlc
Shortcut keys:
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F5 - refresh folders view
F12 - Switch between 'Select directories' / 'Preview'
Include box:
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* Subdirs checkbox - this will display subdirectories apart from files.
* Name checkbox - this will display file / subdirectory name.
* Size checkbox - this will display the file size and
string for
subdirectories.
* Date checkbox - this will display file / subdirectory date.
* Time checkbox - this will display file / subdirectory time.
* Attributes checkbox - this will display file / subdirectory attributes,
where 'r' is readonly, 'a' is archive,
'h' is hidden, 's' is system.
* CRC32 checkbox - this will display the file CRC32 value (exactly the same as
in zip/rar archives).
WARNING! This could take a lot of time!
* Dir names checkbox - this will display directory name above the files /
subdirectories listing. If you also check Name
checkbox, directory name will be sourrounded with
two lines consisting of '-' chars.
* Dir size checkbox - this will display directory size above the files /
subdirrectories listing. If you set mask different
than "*.*" the size will be counted only from files
which match the mask.
* File path checkbox - this will display files / subdirectories with
full path, not only the file / subdirectory name.
* File count checkbox - this will display file count (in brackets) for each
directory just after directory name. This option works
only if 'Dir names' option is checked.
* Path should be radio buttons - this options concerns paths for files (if you
check 'File path' checkbox) and directories.
Full - will display whole path
No drive - will not display just the drive letter
No parent dir - will display the path starting from the
top-most white-checkbox selected directory.
Options box:
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* Generate HTML - this will generate HTML page with the listing or if
unchecked - ordinary text file.
* Listing for each folder - this will generate listing in each listed
directory under the name taken from 'Name:' edit. Extension
is automatically added (txt or html).
This file will NOT be generated if 'Sort files all together'
option is checked.
WARNING! This file is ALWAYS overwritten so be sure not to choose
a name that will delete your own files!
* Mask - only files / subdirectories which match the mask will be listed.
Subdirectories which don't match the mask will not be displayed
when Subdirs checkbox is checked.
You can specify multiple masks separating them with ";" e.g:
*.avi;*.txt
Wildcards (*?) are allowed as well as sets ([a-z] [!d]).
Example:
- Files not starting from a,b,c; having 4 characters in name and any
extension:
[!a-c]???.*
* Sort files all together - this option will sort files as if they were in one
directory. This option works only if 'Dir names' and 'Dir size'
options are unchecked. If any of them is checked, uncheck this
option to boost performance.
* Sort items - causes files to be sorted as well as directories tree.
If you uncheck this, directories tree will not be unsorted.
* Descending - this will list all items in one directory reversely, so the
subdirectories (if checked) will be at the end.
* Sort by - you can choose how to sort items in directory.
* Size display - displays file sizes in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes,
Gigabytes or - Dynamic - depending on the size, in proper
measure.
* Size precision - when you choose Size display other than Bytes this is the
number of decimal digits after the point.