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- DFL v3.01 William Ataras Registration $35.00
- UTIL JUL91 DUPLICATE FILES ALIAS HARD DRIVE MAINTENANCE
- FILES: dfl301.sdn
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- Update
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- The DUPLICATE FILE LOCATOR (DFL) program is used to locate
- all duplicate files which are on one or more disk drives of
- any size. With this version of DFL, we introduce a virtual
- memory system to allow processing ANY size disks. Also, for
- registered users, we provide complete archive support using
- up to 10 different archive program systems of your choice.
- Internally, we handle archives as though they were subdirec-
- tories.
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- There are several modes of operation. The first -NAME MODE-
- searches for dups like any other similar program does. It
- looks for files with matching names. DFL then sorts the list
- alphabetically. Files with the same name will be adjacent
- when this is done. DFL then puts up the list of all
- duplicates in a window, arranging files with the same name in
- distinct groups.
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- The second primary mode - ALIAS MODE - is unique with DFL. In
- this mode, the internal list is built and then sorted by file
- size. Then DFL compares the data in files of the same length.
- In this way, files with the same information, regardless of
- the names, will be reported in the duplicate window.
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- After DFL has built the list of duplicates and displayed it
- in the window, the user can view the files, write the list to
- a file, compare files, or delete one or more files. All of
- these functions are explained in the on-line help system.
- Just press F1 whenever DFL is waiting for user input and a
- large help window opens. You can scroll through the help
- window to find whatever information you are seeking.
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- This version has many features not present in earlier ver-
- sions:
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- 1. Virtual memory allows us to handle unlimited capacity disk
- systems, as long as there is about 1 meg of free disk space
- for every 25,000 files.
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- 2. A pull-down menu system with context sensitive help for
- all functions is provided.
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- 3. Support for archive file systems is provided for regis-
- tered users.
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- 4. A user manual in file form is provided.
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- DFL was written because I found no acceptable programs on any
- of the BBSs I tried. While there were similar programs, some
- had bugs, others ran out of memory when processing my 330 Meg
- drive, none had a file view feature, and none had an ALIAS
- mode. DFL is the solution to all of these problems.
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- Operating systems Requirements: DOS 3.0 or later
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- System Requirements: 512K
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