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Disk Storage Tiny 1.10 By: Khalid Aldoseri.
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This is a tiny version of 'Disk Storage' also by the same author.
This is a small program that will run from either the WB or CLI.
It will display a list of ALL currently mounted devices, including hard disk
partitions on the Workbench screen, i.e. it does not have its own window,
so you have no way of communicating with it. That also means that it
takes very little memory (no chip mem at all) and very little processor time.
The display looks something like this:
12:04 12/18/1988
Name: Used Free Size
DF0: 15.4% 10 837
DF1: 1.9% 129* 837
DF2: - No Disk Present -
DH0: 33.9% 6742 19864
DH1: 56.6% 1118 19734
--CHIP-- --FAST-- --TOTAL-
344176 1412104 1756280
RAM Disk Size: 34 k
Description of columns:
Name : Name of Device.
Used : Gives the percentage 'disk full'.
Free : Amount of free memory in device in Kilobytes.
Size : Total device storage in Kilobytes.
Chip : Amount of free Chip memory.
Fast : Amount of free Fast memory.
Total: Total free memory.
RAM : Size of RAM: Disk in Kilobytes.
To run the program, just click on its icon or run it from the CLI.
If you want to quit the program, run 'Quit_DST'. That will signal DST
that you want to quit it. You cannot run more than one copy of DST.
If you try to do so, it will complain about it and quit.
If the amount of free memory in a device is less that 5% of total
storage, DST will highlight that device. (Minimum alarm level is 50k).
If the storage in any device drops below 5% during usage, DST will
bring up a small box that warns you of the fact. Just click into that
box to get rid of it. This box will come up on the front, regardless
of what it is.
If a floppy disk has the write-protect tab on, an asterisk (*) will
appear next to the 'Free' number corresponding to that disk.
Also, if AmigaDOS is currently validating a disk, a 'V' will appear
next to the 'Free' number corresponding to that disk. If the 'V' appears,
the info for that disk might not be correct. Be careful. Anyway, you
should not write to a disk as long as it is validating.
NOTES:
- DSt will update its display 'at least' every 2 seconds.
- The limit for that is 15 devices.
- This program takes very little processor time. For example,
with three disks displayed, DSt will only consume less than .3 %
of processing time at the most. Its memory usage is around 14k.
- DSt will correctly reflect the size of the WB1.3 Fast File
System (FFS) hard disk partitions, and any other new disk formats.
- Since DST uses the WB screen for its output, any window that is
placed on top of its display will destroy the part of the display
it is covering. This will be restored at the next update.
- If the WB screen is closed by any program, DST will keep running
but will not display its output. It will however still warn you
if any device triggers the storage alarm.
Any comments, suggestions, complaints, etc. should be sent to me on
Compuserve ID number 75166,2531.
This program is placed in the Public Domain. You can do with it
whatever you want.
I hope you find this program as useful as I do.
By: Khalid Aldoseri.
CIS: 75166,2531.
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Version 1.10:
- Fixed nasty bug in previous version.
- Added time/date display.
- Slightly smaller size and a bit faster.
- Set Task Priority to -5 to make it take even less processor time.