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EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE DOCUMENTATION, PLEASE READ THIS FILE.
IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SETTING UP AND USING DF!
Directory Freedom (DF) Version 4.61
Copyright 1989 - 1993 by Gordon Haff. All Rights Reserved.
Shareware: $25 registration w/ diskette; See REGISTER.DOC for
complete ordering information and manual/disk/update pricing .
Gordon Haff is a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals.
A product of Gordon Haff and Bit Masons Consulting
3205 Windsor Ridge Dr.
Westborough MA 01581
Compuserve ID: 72561,2637
Phone: (508) 898-3321 (no collect calls please)
Descriptions for BBS operators and Vendors:
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Short: Directory Freedom 4.61: Small, fast, configurable file manager
Long: See FILE_ID.DIZ
Feature Summary:
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Directory Freedom 4.61 offers users a fast, compact alternative to DOS
Shells and a wide range of features including:
A scrollable environment for examining files and directories
Selective file and directory operations such as Copy/Move file;
Rename/Delete file or directory; Change file/directory
attribute; Create directory
User-defined keys which can operate upon highlighted
files (such as defined editors)
SmartViewers which call different user-defined viewers depending on
the highlighted file's extension
Archive (e.g. .ZIP) creation
File date/time modification
Volume label editing
Support for extended screen modes (e.g. 43/50 line)
Extensive configuration through an external, user-friendly
configuration program
A very complete system information screen
There are many DOS shells on the market, but DF is small and fast. Yet at
the same time, DF is powerful and highly configurable. DF lets you
continue to use the utilities (such as file viewers) which you have become
comfortable with but it ENHANCES those utilities by providing a scrollable
environment from which they can be called.
Important operational notes for 4.61:
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If you are a 4.50 or 4.60 user, you can bring over your user-defined
settings. Please read the installation section of the manual!
Files in DF461.ZIP:
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DF.COM Directory Freedom program file
DF460.TXT Documentation (version 4.60)
DF461.NEW Info on DF 4.61 new features
DFCONFIG.EXE Configuration program
DFCONFIG.HLP Hypertext help file for DFCONFIG
DFHELP.TXT New help text in a text file
DF.ICO Windows 3.0 icon
LIBERTY.ICO Another Win3 icon (from Phil Baltzer)
READ_ME.DF This file
REGISTER.DOC Registration and update info
VENDOR.DOC Distribution info for vendors and BBS's
FILE_ID.DIZ File description for BBS systems
(The X-Ray file viewers version 1.03.)
ZR.COM Zip X-Ray
AR.COM ARJ X-Ray
LR.COM LHA X-Ray
ZOR.COM ZOO X-Ray
UNARJXR.EXE ARJ listing file generator
XR103.TXT Archive X-Ray documentation
ZR.ZIF Patch files
AR.ZIF
LR.ZIF
ZOR.ZIF
PATCH.COM Patch program file
PATCH.DOC
Note: in the interests of providing smooth integration, the current
revision of the X-Ray file viewers is included as part of the DF461.ZIP
archive. Updates to the X-Ray viewers may be made available through
electronic distribution as XRAYxxx.ZIP where xxx is the version number.
The DF archive available through electronic distribution may not be
updated solely to include new versions of the X-Ray utilities.
Hardware Requirements and Important Information:
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Directory Freedom does not require any special hardware to operate. It has
been tested across a wide range of IBM compatible hardware. Graphics cards
and hard disks are NOT needed to use this program.
The Directory Freedom user-defined commands and archive creators come
preconfigured with command lines which use some common shareware and
freeware software. Most of this software is NOT supplied with DF. If you
do not have the appropriate programs on your system and accessible through
your PATH statement, the pre-configured commands WILL NOT WORK out of the
box.
DF will function with DOS 3.0 and later (DOS 3.3 and later recommended).
To run DF, you must set the DOS COMSPEC variable (e.g. SET
COMSPEC=c:\command.com). This requirement is discussed in detail in the
manual.
Directory Freedom is a shareware program. If you use DF and find it
useful, registration with the author is required. Please see the
REGISTER.DOC file for more information on registering.
Known Incompatibilities:
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A very few older systems have experienced a condition whereby certain
actions such as swapping the source and target directories can result in
DF going "blind" and being unable to read the directory contents. This
blindness persists even after dropping to DOS and doing a 'dir' from the
command line. NO DATA CORRUPTION OCCURS. Rebooting the system clears the
"blindness." The cause of this problem is unknown but started with
revision 4.60. The only current workaround is to use DF 4.50.
Versions of PKUNZIP 2.xx prior to 2.04g should not be used. EMS and XMS
corruption caused by earlier PKUNZIP 2.xx revs has been reported in
conjunction with a variety of programs. In the case of DF, this
corruption can clobber the XMS or EMS memory used to store the active
directory while shelled out to DOS or a user-defined command such as one
which UNZIP's a file. There are no known issues either with PKZIP/PKUNZIP
1.xx or with 2.04g.
The patch files for the X-Ray utilities contain an undocumented option
for enabling mouse support. Enabling this mouse support has caused
problems on a number of test systems and was therefore removed from the
documented features of this release. You are welcome to try enabling
this feature on your system but be aware that it may not work.
Distribution Points:
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I frequently am asked: "Where can I download future versions of DF when
they appear?" DF actually makes the rounds pretty well -- you can usually
pick up a copy on most major BBS's. To make certain of a few specific
locations, however, I will try to make sure DF gets to the following
boards. The name is always DFxxx.yyy where xxx is the revision number and
yyy is the archive name (typically ZIP for now). So, for example, this
version is DF461.ZIP.
I don't guarantee DF will make it to all these boards immediately, but
they are all on my distribution list.
Channel 1, Cambridge MA (617) 354-8873
Xevious, Cambridge, MA (508) 875-3618
Kandy Shack (714) 636-2667
Chips (714) 760-3265
(To the best of my knowledge, at the time of this writing, the above
boards allowed downloads without membership -- although membership may be
available to offer access to more nodes and other benefits.)
and on Compuserve in the IBMSYS area, LIB 5 (DOS Shells).