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- SSTAT - Quick & Tiny System Status
-
- February, 1992
-
- SSTAT and this document, Copyright 1990, Sydex. All rights
- reserved. See licensing terms at the end of this document.
-
- Sydex
- P.O. Box 5700
- Eugene, OR 97405
- Voice: (503) 683-6033
- FAX: (503) 683-1622
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-
- SSTAT is a program that summarizes memory and disk drive
- utilization. It is very small--about 2K, but we've found it to
- be indispensable.
-
- If the command:
-
- SSTAT
-
- is entered at the DOS prompt, a report is given of the utiliza-
- tion of all three types of memory (base, extended and
- expanded) and of all non-removable disks (hard disks and RAM).
- The report is enclosed in a nice-looking box, large numbers
- have commas inserted, and percentages relative to the overall
- size of disk or memory are given.
-
- If the command:
-
- SSTAT /D
-
- is given, the display described above is preceded by a brief
- summary of the physical characteristics of all hard drives,
- including total sectors, sectors per track, tracks per cylinders
- and number of cylinders. These numbers are obtained by means of
- BIOS calls, and so reflect the values reported by the BIOS
- routines.
-
- If the command:
-
- SSTAT drive1: drive2:...
-
- is given, where "drive1:" and "drive2:" are disk drive letters,
- the utilization of the specified drives will be shown.
-
- SSTAT normally shows its information on the video display and
- does MORE-like pauses when a screen has been filled. However,
- SSTAT's output can also be redirected to a file, in which case no
- full-screen pauses will be made. For example:
-
- SSTAT >MYDATA
-
- will write utilization figures to the file MYDATA.
-
- SSTAT supports Microsoft XMS and reads CMOS memory if Microsoft's
- HIMEM.SYS is installed to obtain total extended memory size.
-
- Version 1.03 expands the display to display very large drives of
- up to 4Gbytes in size.
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-
- This program and its attendant documentation remain the property
- of Sydex. License is hereby granted to copy and distribute this
- program and documentation without modification, provided that
- Sydex is acknowledged as the originator and owner of all rights.
- In no case does Sydex assume any responsibility for the
- performance or fitness for use or purpose of this product.
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