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- JB5Utils
- Version 1.0.1
- (c)JBSoft 1998
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- Overview
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- JB5Utils is for the Series 5 and Geofox palmtop machines. It is a
- small selection of utilities that search the drives for specific
- instances. Currently the options are to Search For or Within any file,
- Duplicate files, Large files and Temporary files. It is also possible
- to show the Space used by directories. There is also the possibility
- of expansion of the programs to be run.
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- Installation
- ------------
- The program is supplied as SIS files which will be installed from your
- PC using PsiWin or, assuming you have already installed an SIS file
- (such as the Message Suite), you can also install them on the Psion
- itself.
-
- At the moment there are two SIS files because Psion haven't correctly
- allowed for files that can be used by more than one application and
- removing the program may also remove the SYSRAM1.OPX even if this is
- used by other programs. So installation of the OPX is done separately
- to remove this problem.
-
- Running
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- The program gives you a choice of the various options on startup - on
- choosing the appropriate one you will then have to fill in some other
- details before the operation can commence. The least required
- information is the drives to look on but the more complex options
- require more information. If you prefer to use the keyboard rather
- than the wand then the Capital letter on the button is the hotkey.
- There is one exception to this rule - the Exit button is accessed with
- Escape.
-
- If Large Files is selected then a chance to specify the size limit
- over which files will be displayed is given and also an optional upper
- size limit for display. The default limit is 10k but this could be set
- to any required value and the upper limit is disabled.
-
- If Find is selected then you will first have to select whether to find
- a filename or to search within files for the string. At the moment
- only typeable strings can be searched for and wild cards are inhibited
- (but sub-strings will be found - e.g. "APP" will find any applications
- and any files with "APP" in their name or extension).
-
- You can then choose the drives to search or select a tree to look
- down.
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- The selected drives will then be searched and a display of the
- matching files is shown. Files can be selected from this list using
- Enter or Space and deletion will work from this selected list. It is
- also possible to show a file in a Hex editor and, in the case of the
- Duplicates option, compare two files and display their size etc. With
- Large files it is possible to make a sort to display in reverse size
- order (larger files at the top).
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- All these options are selectable from the Menu.
-
- Files can be marked for deletion by highlighting them and pressing
- <Space> or <Enter> (<Enter> will move down a line, <Space> will stay
- on the same line). Files have to be marked before they can be deleted.
-
- Wild cards are inhibited in Find at the moment, it is hoped to fix
- this problem in a later version but, as mentioned above, this isn't
- necessarily a problem.
-
- Other programs can be included to be run by creating a \SYSTEM\JBSOFT
- or \DOCUMENTS\TOOLS directory and placing OPO or APP programs within
- this. The detected files will be shown is a File selector and a new
- "Other" key will appear. Select the appropriate program and press
- "Other" to run it.
-
- It is possible to save the found list and also reload it. Once
- reloaded you should be able to do most of the things you were able to
- do before saving although this cannot be guaranteed as the lists are
- treated identically apart from the Space list.
-
- Release History
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- 1.0 First public release
- 1.0.1 Now works with Geofox
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- Contact
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- John Boyce
- CompuServe:
- 100014,1240
- CIX:
- jboyce
- Internet:
- john@jbsoft.c
- ix.co.uk