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.

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