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EDIR V1.36
________________________________
User Manual
(C) Copyright 1992-1994 MAWEK
All Rights Reserved.
20 November 1994
Marco van den Broek
Linde 71
2925 CE Krimpen a/d IJssel
The Netherlands (Europe)
Internet Email : bro@mh.nl
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
What is EDIR? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SHAREWARE 2
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
USING EDIR 4
Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Date Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FILE FORMATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BUGS REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Internet Email address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Also available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
EDIR INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTION
__________________________________________________________________
If you are using the DOS operating system, you know you're
limited to that filename consisting of 8 characters, a dot
and again 3 characters.
Well, those 3 characters (the extension) are used to make it
a lot easier for use to recognize file types.
But can you see that a .PCX is REALLY a .PCX ?
Sometimes this extension just isn't meaningful. After all,
there are only finitely many permissible file extensions, but
probably uncountable many purposes to use files for.
WHAT IS EDIR?
EDIR is a program that displays the directory.
But is does something more, it tries to identify the filetype
(it examines the file). It is hard to see which resolution the
file PICTURE.GIF has (and you don't wanna startup your
favourite picture-viewer). It is even harder to see that the
file WOW.VOC is really a .VOC file (the extension doesn't say
anything at all).
Well, EDIR tells you. Not only that but much more.
Underneath is a list of the file-formats which are recognized
by EDIR.
I will update this list as much as possible (except if nobody
likes this utility).
EDIR SHAREWARE 2
SHAREWARE
__________________________________________________________________
EDIR is Shareware and as such may be freely distributed for
no money other than those incurred in copying costs. If you
decide to use this program you are expected to pay a
registration fee of $10 (Dollars) or Hfl. 15 (Guilders).
If you are going to distribute it with a commercial project
drop me a line and get written permission before doing so.
I hope you find it a worthwhile addition to your software
library.
This program is freely distributable, all use is at your
own risk. I assume no responsability or liability for any
problems that might occur.
TRADEMARKS
All names of companies and products are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.
REGISTRATION
THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a 'public domain'
vendor for this program, you paid for the service of copying
the program, and not for the program itself. Proceeds from
such transactions would never reach the maker of this
product.
You may evaluate this product for a period of 30 days, but if
you decide to make use of it, you should register your copy.
To register : fill in the file REGISTER.FRM and return it
to me.
I offer several inducements to you for registering.
You are entitled to support for EDIR, which can be quite
valuable at times.
The unregistered version of EDIR does print a message every
time you use it.
Once you have become a registered user yourself, this message
will be gone and your name will be displayed in the help
screen (EDIR /?).
EDIR SHAREWARE 3
Registered users receive a registration key.
The registration key contains important information such as
the licence number and the name of the licensee.
It is NOT allowed to sell or give away the registration key.
When you enter the registration key in the REGISTER program,
a key file will be created.
EDIR searches for the key file in the current directory.
If it does not find it there, it searches the same directory
where the program file EDIR.EXE resides. If the key file is
corrupt or invalid, EDIR quits and an error message will be
displayed.
This registration key is valid for all future versions of EDIR.
So if you ever get a new shareware version (e.g. by modem,
through a computer network like Fido or Internet, or from a
CD-ROM), it will automatically become the registered version
again because of the registration key.
Although you are allowed to evaluate EDIR for a trail period
of 30 days, it is ILLEGAL to use EDIR in combination with
a key, produced without authorization of MAWEK, or generated
by any software not distributed by MAWEK.
EDIR USING EDIR 4
USING EDIR
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The minimum requirements of EDIR are :
■ 8088 processor or better (80286 is highly recommended)
■ MS-DOS 3.3 or higher
■ Videocard (For colorsyntax a colormonitor is recommended)
■ Diskdrive/Harddisk
COMMAND LINE
All the commands are entered on the command line at the DOS
prompt. These options tell EDIR to carry out certain commands
when the program is loaded. Below is the description of the
command line options.
The EDIR command line structure is:
EDIR [{/|-}options] [path]
Parameters lists in [] are optional. The path can contain
wildcard characters '*' and '?'.
[options] are the EDIR options that you can specify.
The following is a summary of all options available in EDIR.
/N Sort by filename
/Z Sort by filesize
/D Sort by filedate and time
/P Pause after every page
/S Display files in subdirectories
/Q Quick display (does not examine)
/H Heuristic scan
EDIR USING EDIR 5
COMMAND OPTIONS
All command options must be preceded by a '-' or '/'
character. The options are described below.
/N Sort by filename
This option will display the files sorted on name.
/Z Sort by filesize
This option will display the files sorted on filesize.
/D Sort by filedate and time
This option will display the files sorted on date and time.
/P Pause after every page
This option pauses after each screenful of information.
/S Display files in subdirectories
This option will browse through all subdirectories.
Example : EDIR C:\WP\DATA /S
EDIR USING EDIR 6
/Q Quick display (does not examine)
This option does not display the examine information and is
because of this much faster. Use this when you want a quick
view of your complete harddisk (in combination with /S)
Example : EDIR C:\ /Q /S
/H Heuristic scan
If you use this option EDIR will try to identify files
which have not always a MAGIC number. For example a
C++ source file. Normally these files start with something
like " /* TEST.CPP */ " or " #include <stdio.h> ".
Most times EDIR has it right but it is not always reliable.
EDIR uses " >> description " to identify these files.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
EDIR will first look for an environment variable named
EDIR and use its value as switch options for EDIR.
SET EDIR=<options>
Example : SET EDIR=/N /P
Do NOT add any blanks after the variable name EDIR.
DATE FORMAT
EDIR chooses the date format for you.
So, if your country uses the European date format, then
EDIR will use this one.
EDIR knows three date formats : DD-MM-YY (Europe),
MM-DD-YY (USA) and YY-MM-DD (Japan).
EDIR FILE FORMATS 7
FILE FORMATS
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EDIR recognizes the following file formats.
Extension Remarks
--------- ---------------------------------------------------
669 669 Sound Module file
ABM DeLuxePaint Animation brush
'ADEX' ADEX ChromaGraph graphics cards image file
ADP ADPCM compressed audio file
AMF AMF Sound Module file
ANM DeLuxePaint Animation file
'AR7' AR7s E-Mailable archive
ARC ARC archive file
ARJ ARJ archive file
AU Audio data file
AVI Audio/Video file (Video for Windows)
BGI Borland/Binary Graphic Interface file
BMP Windows and OS/2 BitMapped pictures
BMP Alpha BMP picture
CHR Borland Character file
CMF Creative Music File (Sound Blaster)
DDI DiskDupe Image file
DIR PCBackup directory file
DRW MicroGrafx Draw file
DWG Autodesk AutoCAD .DWG file
DXF Autodesk AutoCAD .DXF file
'EPSF' Encapsulated PostScript File
EXE Executable files
LZEXE compressed executables
PKLITE compressed executables
DIET compressed executables
PGMPAK compressed executables
STIRLING compressed executables
PROPACK compressed executables
ARJ, LHA, PKZIP and RAR SFX archives
Windows executable files
FLI Autodesk Animator FLI animation
GIF Graphics Interchange Format picture
GIS Erdas image file
GM Autologic image file
GRP Windows Group file
HAP HAP archive file
HLP Windows help file
Norton Guide help file
HPK HPACK archive file
HYP HYPER archive file
IFF Interchange File Format
IMG GEM Image file
JPG JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
KFX Kofax file
LAN Erdas image file
EDIR FILE FORMATS 8
Extension Remarks
--------- ---------------------------------------------------
LBM ILBM InterLeaved BitMap
LHW LHWARP compressed disk-image file
LZH LZH archive file
MID MIDI music file
MIF MAWEK Image Format (pictures/sound/text/animations)
MOD Music Module file
MOV QuickTime movie file
MPG MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MSP MS Paint file
MTM Multi Tracker Module file
MTS MTS music file
ORG Organ data file (Sound Blaster)
PAK PAK archive file
PAL DrHalo palette file
PCD PhotoCD picture
PCK MAWEK PACK archive file
PCX PC Paintbrush picture
PUB Microsoft Publisher file
QT Quick Time movie
RAR RAR archive file
RAS Sun Raster file
RIF RIFF Reversed IFF format
RLE Windows RLE picture
RNC ProPack archive file
ROL ROL music file
RTF Rich Text Format file
S3M Scream Tracker 3 Music file
SCX ColorRIX file
SGI Silicon Graphics Image
SNG Voyetra music file
SQZ Squeeze It! archive file
STM Scream Tracker Music file
STS Scream Tracker Song file
SYS System Device Driver
T64 C64 Emulator tape file
TD0 TeleDisk disk image
TGA Targa picture
TIF TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TPU Turbo Pascal Unit
TTF True Type Font file
UC2 UltraCompressor II archive file
VI Jovian VI image file
VOC Sound Sample
'WP' WordPerfect file
WAD DOOM .WAD file
WKS Lotus/Symphony Worksheet file
WK1 Lotus/Symphony .WK1 file
WMF Windows Metafile
WQ1 Quattro .WQ1 file
EDIR FILE FORMATS 9
Extension Remarks
--------- ---------------------------------------------------
WRI MS Write text file
WRK CakeWalk music file
ZIP PKZIP archive file
Extensions between quotes are not the 'real' extensions.
Notice that EDIR doesn't look at the extension at all to
identify a file, it examines the file.
EDIR HISTORY 10
HISTORY
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V1.00 01-AUG-'92 First release of EDIR.
Recognizes : PCX, MIF, GIF, ILBM/IFF, EPSF,
WP, BMP, EXE.
02-AUG-'92 Added : LZEXE, TIFF, ARJ, PKZIP, PAK/ARC,
LZH, GRP, RIFF Wave.
V1.06 07-AUG-'92 Straightened the code out a bit and added
a very simple help screen (EDIR /?).
09-AUG-'92 Small bug in PCX file recognition corrected
(16 colors PCX file was seen as 256 colors
PCX file).
19-AUG-'92 Added SB .VOC files.
V1.07 30-AUG-'92 The "could not EDIR another sub-dir in a
sub-dir" bug fixed.
03-SEP-'92 Added JPEG recognition.
05-SEP-'92 Added Windows RLE & DrHalo PAL recognition.
Added PCX and ILBM/IFF resolution and
colors info, IFF Anim (and info) and
Anim-brush.
Fixed problem with finding files like *.XXX
or something like this.
V1.10 08-SEP-'92 Added /P (Pause after page) option.
Fixed problem with reading file like
XXXXXXXX.* or something like this.
09-SEP-'92 Added an Turbo C routine for calculating
the X and Y coords for GIF pictures.
Added .BGI and .CHR recognition.
21-SEP-'92 Added Executable Fonts from Michael J.
Mefford's FontEdit.
25-SEP-'92 Added "version need to extract" for .ZIP
archives.
V1.14 02-OCT-'92 Added FLIC animation from Autodesk Animator
with frame info.
04-OCT-'92 Added AutoCAD DWG files.
25-OCT-'92 Added Microsoft Publisher files.
EDIR HISTORY 11
30-OCT-'92 Added JPEG JFIF standard.
Changed PCX recognition.
31-OCT-'92 Added ROL files.
10-NOV-'92 Added TPU files.
V1.15 14-NOV-'92 Fixed problems with *.* and HELP92??.TXT
and so on. Rewrote the 'search-directory'
part of the program.
Fixed GIFXXX color problem.
30-NOV-'92 Added non-expanded Microsoft compressed
file recognition.
V1.16 02-DEC-'92 Added Colorsyntax (/C option). Some files
can now easily recognized by their color.
The Colorsyntax checks only the extension
of a file.
V1.17 06-JAN-'93 Added subdirectories search (/S option).
Added File attribute display and volume
label.
V1.18 07-JAN-'93 Added Quick option (/Q).
Fixed some little bugs.
Changed Month display in '01' instead of
'Jan'.
09-JAN-'93 Fixed Read-only bug.
Changed "Press [ENTER]" to "Press any key".
16-JAN-'93 Added CMF, MID and ORG file recognition.
V1.19 31-JAN-'93 Added /Y American-style date display.
Displays volume name without that stupid dot.
28-FEB-'93 Added HPACK, HYPER and SQZ archive recognition.
02-MRT-'93 Added ADEX, Erdas and Jovian IV image formats
and optimized some routines.
16-MRT-'93 Added some new OS fields to ARJ recognition.
V1.21 23-APR-'93 Added MPEG recognition and registration key
functions.
24-APR-'93 Final fix for registration functions.
27-MAY-'93 Added the options to the doc file.
EDIR HISTORY 12
20-JUN-'93 Added DIET compressed EXEs recognition.
V1.22 31-JUL-'93 Added .WRK and .MTS recognition and more
MIDI and MIF info.
30-AUG-'93 Added Imagine Raytrace IFF picture, newer
EPSF versions and IFF 16.7M colors
recognition.
01-SEP-'93 Added AR7 archive recognition.
02-SEP-'93 Added Autologic and Sun Raster files
recognition.
V1.23 03-SEP-'93 Added Alpha BMP, Silicon Graphics and
ColorRIX file recognition.
I made the Read-Ahead buffer bigger.
10-SEP-'93 Added AVI recognition.
08-OCT-'93 Added LHWARP Disk-Image recognition.
09-OCT-'93 Added RTF, MS Word, WordStar and DiskDupe
file recognition. Added more WP info.
V1.24 10-OCT-'93 Added Heuristic scan.
30-NOV-'93 Added more PCB Dir information.
04-DEC-'93 Added AMF recogition.
V1.25 14-DEC-'93 Added ARJ archive version recognition.
Notice : archives created with ARJ 2.10,
2.20, 2.21 and 2.22 are recognized as
ARJ 2.00 archives!
29-DEC-'93 Added GWSWIN Thumbnail recognition.
03-JAN-'94 Added Windows .EXE recognition.
V1.26 04-JAN-'94 Added QuickTime files and System device
driver (.SYS) recognition.
Added environment variable.
V1.27 08-FEB-'94 Added MultiTracker Module (MTM) and .669
module recognition. Added auto date format
recognition.
02-MRT-'94 Added more JPEG information.
V1.28 05-MRT-'94 Added more WP information and ARJ & LHA SFX.
EDIR HISTORY 13
V1.29 15-MRT-'94 Added C64S tape file and HAP archive
recognition.
Added new option (/O) to redirect output.
Fixed some small 'BEAUTY' bugs.
23-MRT-'94 Added .VOC KHZ information and REGISTER.NL
02-APR-'94 Changed maximum dir size from 512 to 1024.
V1.30 02-MAY-'94 Added Internet Email address.
13-MAY-'94 Changed detection JPEG routine.
21-MAY-'94 Added more .WPG information.
V1.31 25-MAY-'94 Changed PAK/ARC and JPEG detection. Added MPEG
resolution information and True Type font
recognition.
V1.32 23-JUN-'94 Added more .WAV information, Norton Guide,
UltraCompressor, S3M, STM, STS & MOD recognition.
Straightened the code out a bit.
08-JUL-'94 Added beter MPEG recognition.
14-JUL-'94 Corrected some recognition problems.
V1.33 18-JUL-'94 Added ADPCM, PBM, PPM and PGM recognition.
29-JUL-'94 Fixed 'Error reading file' bug.
V1.34 30-JUL-'94 Added IMG, WKS, WK1, WQ1 and WAD recognition.
V1.35 08-SEP-'94 Removed /C (color-syntax) and /O (output)
option. EDIR now uses standard DOS redirectable
output (EDIR > TEST.TXT).
Added more Hyper information, RAR and TGA
recognition.
V1.36 17-SEP-'94 Added .KFX, .MSP, .CAL, .WMF, .DRW and .DXF
recognition.
25-SEP-'94 Added PKZIP & RAR SFX, PGMPAK .EXE and
Crush archive recognition.
23-OKT-'94 Fixed some bugs and added ProPack, Stirling,
.AU and .TD0 recognition.
EDIR BUGS REPORT 14
BUGS REPORT
__________________________________________________________________
Please send the following information to me :
■ Version number of EDIR
■ Type and brand of computer, hard disk, plus any peripherals
■ Version number of DOS and any TSRs or device drivers in use
■ Printouts of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files
■ A printout of what is in memory from the MEM command
(DOS 4 and above users only) or a similar utility.
■ The exact problem you are having. Please be as specific as
possible. Having a printout of the screen will be helpful.
For bugs (or features) or just to say hat you REALLY LOVE my
program, write to :
Marco van den Broek
Linde 71
2925 CE Krimpen a/d IJssel
The Netherlands (Europe)
or via Internet Email : bro@mh.nl (via Internet backbone)
NOTICE : THIS ADDRESS IS AVAILABLE TILL 1 JUNE 1995
INTERNET EMAIL ADDRESS
If you have an Internet Email address, you can reach me via
Internet.
My Internet Email address : bro@mh.nl (via Internet backbone)
NOTICE : THIS ADDRESS IS AVAILABLE TILL 1 JUNE 1995
I read the mail once a week, so be a little patience.
If you decide to register your version of EDIR, don't forget
to write down your Internet Email address.
I can mail your "registration number" via Email and even the
latest version of EDIR (UUEncoded of course).
ALSO AVAILABLE
I also have a Unit (for Turbo Pascal 6.0) with the basic
routines to identify a file. With this Unit you can use
the power of EDIR in your own programs.
Contact me for more information.