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INTRODUCTION
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THE DEMO VERSION HAS THE 'ACTION' FEATURE DISABLED FOR BOTH CHIP &
FAST MEMORY. THE REGISTERED VERSION WILL INCLUDE THIS FEATURE.
For BBS owners or graphic artists that consume large quantities of
disk storage 'DiskMonitor' can help you keep an eye on your primary
storage devices, prompting a warning when they 'get too full'!
Upto ten seperate devices can be monitored by 'DiskMonitor' with
only those devices going beyond the set limits being displayed.
Information on all devices can also be displayed by using the pull
down menus. This prevents, your system from 'halting' with a
'disk full' message, by providing a early warning system for such
problems. Cleanup scripts can also be started automatically to
cleanup temporary files for any monitored device(s).
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FEATURES
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Standard features include:
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o - Multitasks.
o - Uses standard INTUITION interfaces.
o - Adjusts to different WORKBENCH environments.
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Special features include:
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o - Uses the 'SOFTCONFIG' environment.
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Program features include:
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o - Monitors both CHIP & FAST memory for low memory limit breaches.
o - Uses memory efficient warnings when memory gets low.
o - Can monitor two different memory types (largest or total) and
three different sizes (bytes, kilobytes or MEGS).
o - Can automatically 'launch' cleanup scripts for each device(s).
o - Has a low system 'overhead' while running.
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USING DISKMONITOR
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Getting Started:
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You can start 'DiskMonitor' from the supplied icon, or from the CLI/
Shell using:
>Run DiskMonitor
... you will be presented with the preferences window.
(Please refer to the online help file for more information.)
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Options:
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The following options are available from the CLI/ Shell.
-w<value> .......... Specify warning limits in a %: ie., 80.
-c<value> .......... Specify critical limits in a %: ie,. 90.
-p ................. Edit prefereneces when 'hidden'.
-q ................. Exit 'DiskMonitor' when 'hidden'.
(For information on 'TOOLTYPES' please refer to the online help file.)
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Pull-Down Menus:
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Projects Menu:
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Preferences/Edit ... Edit monitoring preferences.
Preferences/Save ... Save & use current monitoring preferences.
About .............. Program credits & info.
Quit ............... Exit 'DiskMonitor'.
Device Info Menu:
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<DEVICE> ........... Specific device information.
(By selecting a specific device, you can obtain more detailed
information about the device.)
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Preferences:
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You can edit the preferences any time the warning window is open
by selected the "Projects/Preferences/Edit" option.
If 'DiskMonitor' is 'hidden' you can use either:
>Run DiskMonitor -p
(...or...)
>Run CCFQ ?
... then enter the task# for 'DiskMonitor' followed by PREF.
(Ie., 'CCFQ 2 PREF')
You can enter upto ten (10) devices to monitor. However, if
device monitoring has not 'activated' by clicking on the box just
left of the device's name (the empty box now has an 'X' in it),
the device will not be monitored.
As of this release, the WARNING & CRITICAL levels are the same
for all devices being monitored.
After changing the preferences you can select:
SAVE ..... Use changes for all sessions.
USE ...... Use changes for this and other sessions.
DONE ..... Use changes only for this session.
If you click on the close window gadget (button) when editing the
preferences for 'DiskMonitor' then 'DiskMonitor' will exit.
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Monitoring:
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You can monitor upto ten (10) devices in a single session. Each
device in checked in order of entry (from the preferences window)
in a 1/2 second interval. Therefore, if four (4) devices are
being monitored, it will take two (2) seconds to complete the
monitoring cycle: 4 * .5 = 2.
When the warning window is displayed, any 'CCFQ' commands will be
ignored.
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Warning:
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When a device(s) goes beyond the set WARNING limits, a small status
window is displayed showing the device & it's current capacity.
When the capacity(s) drops below the WARNING limits, then this window
will be closed, and 'DiskMonitor' is considered to be 'hidden'.
If the CRITICAL limits are exceeded, then the action specified
from within the preferences window ACTION will be taken until
the capacity(s) drop below the set limits.
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CCFQ:
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The following 'ccf' commands are recognized when 'DiskMonitor' is
'hidden':
PREF
QUIT
(Please refer to the help file(s) for 'CCFQ' for more information.)
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Software Configuration:
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The following variables (flags) are used:
SCREEN TO FRONT
USE PUBLIC SCREEN
(Please refer to the help file(s) for 'SoftConfig' for more information.)
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FOR ADVANCED USERS
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'WBSTARTUP' startup:
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Place 'DiskMonitor' and it's icon into your current 'SYS:WBSTARTUP'
drawer to automatically start 'DiskMonitor' each time your system
is booted up.
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Final Note:
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'FKEY' can be used to 'launch' this program via pre-determined
keystroke(s).
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CREDITS
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This program was designed and coded by Michael Thomas Hurt of
MIKE HURT SOFTWARE!, coded in & compiled using Blitz Basic 2.0
available from Acid Software.
Software testing was done using:
o - Amiga 500 : AmigaDOS 2.1, GVP HD 500+ w/ 2MEGS.
o - Amiga 2000: AmigaDOS 2.1, Microbotics VXL030 w/MMU,
Microbotics VXLRAM 2MEGS, Microbotics 8-UP! 4MEGS,
GVP Series II hard card w/ 100MEG HD.
o - Amiga 3000: AmigaDOS 2.1, 6MEGS.
o - Amiga 4000: AmigaDOS 3.0
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PROGRAM HISTORY
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v1.0 07/06/1995 Original program.