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U1-05:  Directory Listers / Editors


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0434 Sorted Directory Listers          Small Programs Disk
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BDIR 2.0
   Hexagon Products
   $0
displays sorted directory listings in your choice of large fonts. Although the
point is to make it easier to read the screen (for the vision impaired or for
group demos), the author did not skimp on features. BDIR allows quite a bit of
control over how the listing is sorted and which fields are displayed. The
default large font is done in blocky ASCII characters, but other fonts, which
can be toggled with F2, use graphics for smoother characters.

Directory-Attributes 1.1 (DA)
   Meyer, Eric
   $?
replaces the DOS DIR and ATTRIB commands.

Directory Enhancer 1.31 (DIR-ENH)
   Maland, Philip
   $5-$10
is a 1.3k TSR that adds color directly to DOS's DIR command. We were ready to
toss this when we thought it was yet another sorted directory utility, but
instead, this is a utility that adds functionality to DOS's own DIR command. You
may specify what kinds of files should be which colors when you type DIR. It
also causes DIR to display the total number of bytes in the files

DirPrompt 2.1 (DIRPRMT)
   Ford, Nelson ASP
   $15
keeps a sorted directory listing displayed above the "DOS prompt". This lets
you see a listing of the files you are copying, moving, viewing, deleting,
archiving, etc. You can specify different colors for different file types,
change filename colors from the prompt, scroll back through and edit commands
and more.

Full-blown file managers are useful, but some people feel that they slow you
down. The problem is that without one, you have to keep doing a DIR after every
command bring back the directory listing. With DirPrompt, you can still work at
a DOS prompt and see a scrollable directory listing above the prompt that
returns automatically after each command you enter.

HotDIR Plus 7.3 (HOTDIR) 08-93 CD
   Woeger, Robert
   $15-$25
is an excellent sorted directory utility. It displays files with
different extensions in different colors in a 1, 2, 4, or 6 column
format. Other features include color customization, clear screen
options, DOS 5.0 support, and more.

KRFList
   MacDonald, Kevin
   $0
will search through a disk drive and create a list of all files in all
directories.  The list will be stored in a disk file that could be used for a
quick and dirty catalog or to help in cleaning up a hard disk, for example.

L
   Bhavnani, Ravi
   $10
is a substitute for the DOS DIR command at the expense of slightly slower
operation.  For example, you can get a list of sub-directories only or exclude
them completely.  L even allows you to get a list of files created within a
certain time span.  Long displays automatically pause between each screenful
(you can disable this pause when redirecting L's output to a file).  Displays
may be sorted and can be brief or verbose.  L's error messages are a shade more
informative than those provided by the DIR command.

LS (LS-H)
   The Hutchison Company
   $0
is a directory and file listing program with several handy features.

SDIR 2.0
   C-Soft
   $5
a DOS directory viewer and program shell. A full-screen, page-able listing
quickly comes up and you can just as quickly select other directories to view.
You can also select a program to run from the list.

SDL
   Bodycomb, W. C.
   $?
offers a sorted directory list with the following options erase screen, pause
when screen full, 4 column format (2 if width 40), sort by file size, sort by
date and time, sort by file type (ext), sub-directory names, use with T to list
file names by directory, use with TF to indent file lists (not supported on
width 40 screens) and use with T to list all file names together.

ZanySoft Dir 1.4 (ZDIR)
   Kirmse, Christopher
   $10
is a colorful sorted directory lister. Okay, we know we said no more sorted
directory listers, but this one has such an interesting feature - it
automatically adjusts the number of columns in the display for the number of
files.

For just a few files, it will use a one-column display that shows all the
directory information available for each file. If you have too many for a
one-column display, it will use two, three, four or six columns.

In addition to all the usual directory listing options (which these days
includes your choice of colors for highlighting different types of
files), it will optionally change file attributes (eg: make hidden/
visible) and will find a file anywhere on a hard disk.


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1944 Resident And Compare DIR Listers          Small Programs Disk
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DirCmp 1.3
   Mount, Steve
   $5
tells you what changes have been made to a directory listing from one time to
the next. It creates a log of the directory and the next time it is run on that
directory, shows what files have been added, deleted, or changed.

There are many possible uses for a utility like this. A typical one would be if
you have unintentionally dearchived a lot of files into an already crowded
directory and want to see what those files are so that you can delete them.

Drlukus 0.1
   Masaaki Sawada & Assoc.
   $10-$20
allows you to look at a directory listing while inside another program.
Features include changing the drive and directory to view, deleting and renaming
files, and displaying a table of ASCII codes.  An option on quitting is to leave
the list in the corner of the screen when you go back to your program.  (It
eventually disappears.)  (res:20k)

MDir
   is a small (assembly language based) memory resident routine that will
display directory entries. MDIR gives both an "automatic" mode, where the
current directory is shown sorted alphabetically, and a "command line" mode,
where MDIR will "screen" files (like the DOS DIR command does), and display
the file list with your choice of sort mechanism (by date/time, name,
extension, unsorted). This is a very helpful utility if you are running a
program that asks you for a file name, but won't let you see the directory.

NewxDir
   is a corrected version of PC Magazine's resident utility for displaying
directories.  Press Alt and "." to pop it up and then enter a drive and path for
it to display.  Press Esc to enter another drive\path and Esc again to exit.
(res:7k)

TFiler 1.1
   London, Steven
   $20
is a file loading utility.  Actually, the effect is about the same as having a
pop-up directory lister, except that you can specify using wildcards what
kinds of files to display and when you select a file from the list while in
another application (1-2-3, for example), TFiler will automatically execute
the keystrokes to get the selected file to load.  This appears to be very
handy.  The only drawback is that 57k of DOS RAM seems a rather high price to
pay for this convenience, especially since there are some pop-up directory
listers that only take a little memory in exchange for having to type in the
loading commands. (res:57k)


1944 Compare Two DIR's
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CDir
   lets you compare directories of two disks with a three-column display
showing files unique to the first disk, matching files, and then files unique
to the other disk. Only works on drives A: and B:.

CmpDir
   compares two directories.  It will show files exclusive to either of the
directories and/or files that exist in both but have different modification
times.  The output can be redirected to a file.

DD
   Grunin, Eric
   $15
shows two sorted directories side-by-side, letting you scroll through them and
compare files.  You can also alter file attributes and copy, move, rename or
delete files.  As a disk directory utility, DD is terrific; as a file manager,
it's weak.  To change the attribute of a file you have to type in the full file
name.  Then the change in attribute is not indicated until you reread the
directory.  Qfiler [2-UT-665] is an excellent full-blown file manager that shows
two directories side-by-side, but DD is very much smaller and faster to load.

DirCmp 1.2 (DRCMPEM)
   Meyer, Eric
   $0
is a small, fast and simple directory comparison utility.  It lists files common
to both of the specified drives\directories, then the files just in one, then
the files just in the other.  The display format used is the same as used by DIR
/W in DOS. The maximum number of files increased to 1024, and the second
argument defaults to the current directory.

Pathcomp (PATHCMP)
   John Stedjee, John
   $25
displays two directories side by side in order of file name and allows the
files to be copied and moved between the paths. Files can also be deleted,
edited and renamed. Directories can be printed side by side or individually in
name, size or date order. The program highlights files with the same name and
different time/date stamps. A mouse is optional.

TwinView 1.20 (TWINVU)
   Advance Systems
   $0
displays two directories side by side. You can scroll through each directory
to Copy, Move, Delete, and Print files. You can also Sort and Switch
directories or make new ones.

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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1944
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2604 Special Directory Listers          Small Programs Disk
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D
   Christensen, Ward
   $?
lets you "register" a directory so that you can go back later to quickly and
easily see what new files have been added to it. Before downloading files into
a crowded directory, you can first type "D SET". Then when you are through
downloading and ready to look at your new files, just typing "D will
display only the new files.

Diff 1.2 (DIFF-DM)
   McKay, Doug
   $0
checks to see if any files in a specified directory tree have changed since
the last time the utility was run. It supports up to 3000 directories with
2500 files in each directory. This could have many uses, from finding which
files anywhere on a hard disk need backing up to serving as a crude anti-virus
device.

Disk
   MJH Consulting
   $?
lists information concerning all requested files in whatever directory they may
reside anywhere on the disk.  Based on command parameters, the information may
optionally include the file size, the disk space allocated to the file, its
percent slack space, the date and time the file was last written to, and the
file attributes.  The information may include subtotals by directory and a grand
total concerning the files located, and the total amount of free space left on
the disk.  A command parameter is available to list the total allocated space
required by the requested files if they were to be copied to a target disk.  The
output information may be formatted and redirected to a file usable as a batch
command file.  Although not normally listed, files with the hidden or system
attribute may be included in the list.

Disk Usage (DU)
   shows files sorted by name and space each uses.

EXT (EXT-DPG)
   Gibson, Don Phillip
   $0
quickly categorizes disk space used by files based on 10 common filename
extensions: EXE, COM, SYS, BAT, DOC, TXT, ARC, LZH, ZIP, and no extension.
Optionally, you may request tabulation for up to 25 additional extensions from
the command line.

Findupe
   Morrison, Karson
   $?
will give you a list of all files sorted by filename, date, time, size and
directory there in.  It will also tell you if the file is read only, hidden,
system or a subdirectory and it will give you a list of all duplicate files and
a Sorted Tree Directory of the files on your disk with the same information.

FLS
   creates/modifies list of file names.

GDir
   Frontier Technology
   $20
displays a 43-line directory on a Hercules or compatible monochrome graphics
card.  Approximately 250 files can be displayed on each screen.

HideSeek
   lists hidden files only.

Larch
   lists all files whose archive bits are clear.

List2Day
   lists all files with a date greater than or equal to the system date.

ListPast
   lists all files with a date less than the system date.

New
   Jervey, Jay
   $?
lists files dated within X number of days of today.

NewDIR 1.74
   Miller, Daniel D.
   $10
is a sorted directory lister. Ok, so this is the classic example we always give
of a utility that has been done to death. A PsL associate was ga-ga over this
one, and it does have some new features, such as easy customization of all
features, the ability to list exectuable files (COM, EXE, BAT) only, to list all
files except [whatever], and up to 50-line support. We also liked the way it
groups all the directories together apart from the file names. Downside: it's
output bypasses standard video, so you cannot look back at it with a backscroll
type of utility unless you choose an ugly, colorless display option.

Newer
   "NEWER basefile filespec [filespec...]" produces a list of all files which
match one of the specified filespecs and whose modification dates are after
that of the specified basefile. Since files in a set often have the same file
date, this is a convenient way to look for those files in a crowded directory.

PC-Dir
   Rink, Bill
   $?
lists either all the directory entries, or only those specified files.  Files
can be those of either the current directory or from all directories on a disk.
The format of the directory listing can be specified to provide for as much
detail as desired and in what order the files should be sorted.  In addition, it
can be used to locate a specified file(s) from anywhere within a directory tree,
to graphically display the tree structure of your disk, or to delete specified
files from within a directory after having listed them, optionally prompting for
each file prior to erasing.

SL-Dir
   SL-EASY Software
   $0 (pd)
will display a sorted directory list and file statistics.  The sorted
directory list is not very fancy, but the statistics summary provides
worthwhile information: how many diskettes it would take to hold the files;
the number of read-only, hidden and system files; the number of files not
backed up; total number of files and their total and average size; and the
number of files of less than 1k.

Today, Yesterday (TODAY)
   Curtis, Ron
   $0
is a pair of utilities that will display all files in a directory that were
updated today or yesterday. They will help you locate temporary files for
deleting or important new files that should be backed up.

WildFile 1.2 (WILDFIL)
   Kercheval, J.
   $0
displays a directory listing using UNIX-like wildcards, which are more flexible
than DOS wildcards. For example, *L* would match any file with the letter L
anywhere in the name. MY[A-CX].* match files with any extension that start with
MY followed by A, B, C, or X. Source code (in C) is included.

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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2604
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1675 Directory Editors          Small Programs Disk
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CSap 4.0 (CSAP400)
   Williams, Don A.
   $0
will sort and rewrite directories by name, by extension, or by date/time and
size, in ascending or descending order. It will also optionally remove deleted
entries from the directory. It can can handle DOS 4, 4.01 and DR DOS 3 large
partitions. It has the optional ability to truncate directories. C source code
is included. DOS 5.0+, DR DOS 3.0+, 5.0+, and 6.0+ are supported.

Directory Arrange 2.1 (DA2)
   Roub, Paul
   $0
lets you rearrange the order of file names in a directory, including sorting the
directory.

Diredit 3.06
   Fletcher, Peter
   $20
lets you move filenames around in a directory to get them into a specific order.
Works with DOS versions up to and including 4.01.

DSort
   Babyok, Al
   $20
is a very useful directory editing tool.  DSort starts by prompting you for a
drive letter, then it displays the directory tree for that drive.  From there,
you can make, delete or "transplant" directories.  Transplanting allows moving
a directory, including all of its contents, to another parent directory.

     If you press Enter on a highlighted directory name, its contents are
displayed, which you can sort in various ways or in which you can move file
names about manually to get in the desired order.  Then you can save the new
directory listing back to the disk if you wish.  You can also change a file's
or directory's name, time or date.

Edir
   Rose Development
   $15
is a directory editor that will let you move files around in and otherwise
clean up a directory listing. This would normally be done in order to group
certain files together in a DIR list. It can sort directories by filename,
extension, date, size or any other arbitrary order that may seem logical to
you. NOTE: The authors of this program are no longer at the address listed in
the documentation.

Order 2.12
   Unique Software ASP
   $20
is a directory utility which can speed up the loading time of your most often
used files by allowing you to change the order of files in the directory.

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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1675
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Disk-At-A-Glance 3.2
    Leonard, Steve
    $17
    #12233
displays a scrollable list of directory names showing the bytes used,
number of files and percent of total disk space used and available disk
space. Also included on this disk:

Delta DAAG 1.0 ($17) keeps track of file changes over time. It shows the
files added, deleted, or those which changed size since the last
snapshot. A 3-D stacked bar graph summarizes disk activity over the last
10 snapshots. Auto-scaling historical bar graphs display file counts and
sizes for the last 250 months. Clicking on any bar gives file details
for that month. Requires VGA.

DAAG Front End 1.2 ($17) displays a graphic snapshot of the system's
hard disk capacities, and launches DAAG on the desired drive with one
click.


Eddy 7E [EDDY7E]
   Scofield, John ASP
   $20
   #3862 (12-93 CD)
is a full-screen directory editor and general purpose disk utility. You can edit
directory entries, including name, date, time and attributes of files; sort
directory display by file name, extension, size or date/time; copy, move, and
delete files; look at or patch data in files, in RAM, or by physical disk
sector; find strings of data in files, in RAM or by physical disk sector; locate
files anywhere on your disk, by name with wildcards, by file attributes, and/or
by file timestamp; and recover files safely.


TwoDisks
   Campbell, Barry L. ASP
   $25
   #1771
is a directory comparison and update utility. It will read the directories of
two different disks or two different directories on the same disk and compares
the directories for you. The program will then separate the files into five
categories: files on drive 1 NOT on drive 2; files on drive 2 NOT on drive 1;
files on both that are NEWER on drive 1 than on drive 2; files on both that
are NEWER on drive 2 than on drive 1; and files on both that are IDENTICAL.

You can easily view a list of the files in each category and COPY or MOVE all
or selected files between the directories or DELETE files from one or both of
the directories. It also includes a fast byte-by-byte file compare facility,
on-screen help, user setup of defaults for filespec, file sort field and more.
It is limited to 500 files per directory and 250 directories per disk. The
program is fast and easy to use and understand. Help is available on-screen.
We think this is an excellent tool if you have two disks or directories that
you are trying to keep parallel.


WinDir
   Yoder, Gil ASP
   $15-$20
   #3948
is a simple, but intelligent, directory and file viewing utility. It displays
the current directory, but you can easily move to other directories. If you
press Enter, it invokes your specified file viewer (eg: LIST) to view the file
unless the file is an archive, in which case it invokes the proper archiving
utility to list the contents. You can also view (LIST) files that are inside
an archive.

WinDir takes full advantage of 4DOS, including its ability to place multiple
DOS commands on a single line, and awareness of the 4DOS description feature.
Mouse support is included.

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