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New for DOSNIX version 2.4c
1. The '-i' option of DF has been modified to provide percentage
of disk space used and percentage of disk space free.
2. For people who want to save the latest version of Netscape
or Internet Explorer on floppy disk, a new option has been
added to the SPLIT command to handle binary files. A JOIN
command has been added to restore split files.
3. DOSNIX is now ready for the next century. TOUCH has been
modified to accept years later than 1999. Two digit years
greater than or equal to 80 will be interpreted as belonging
to this century. Two digit years less than 80 will be
interpreted as belonging to the next century. Ie. 84 will
refer to 1984 and 01 will refer to 2001. The file date displays
of LS, FFIND and GET have been modified accordingly.
4. Using "sgrep (string) *.*" in directories containing large
executable files could result in the system hanging up. This
problem has now been fixed.
5. Previous versions of DOSNIX would not recognize hidden
directories. Because DOS never officially supported hidden
directories this was not a problem for most users. Windows 95
makes extensive use of hidden (and even system) directories and
DOSNIX was almost unusable on Windows 95 partitions. This
problem has now been corrected with two exceptions. CPDIR
and MVDIR will copy and move hidden directories but will not
preserve the hidden attribute.
6. Three additional small utilities have been added to DOSNIX.
DETAB, DOS2UX and UX2DOS.
7. You can now shell to DOS from DMI by pressing F7. Helpful
hint: if you are using Windows 95 or OS/2 you can put DMI
on your desktop for quick access to DOSNIX.
8. Option handling for VF has been greatly improved.
New for DOSNIX version 2.3b
1. EDC, LS and VF have received some more cosmetic changes.
New for DOSNIX version 2.3a
1. This is the first version to incorporate the Dosnix Menu
Interface. DMI is a handy shell program that will allow you
to scroll through the entire command set and get help with
any command before executing it.
2. VF has been extensively reworked and now has a more attractive
user interface and easier to read help screens. Line wrapping
and BIOS screen writes can now be toggled from within the program.
Tab stops can now be adjusted but line wrap has to be disabled
before this feature will work. Once you have adjusted your tabs
you can re-enable line wrap. The left and right arrow keys
now move the screen only one space at a time. Use Tab and
Shift Tab to move the screen one tab stop.
3. EDC will now give you an opportunity to rescan your drive if
it fails to locate a directory. You can also rescan your drive
by pressing F1 from the matching directory menu. If VFCOLORS
is set EDC and LS will use these colors for their menu screens.
4. A recent bug report pointed out that CP had some problems
with pathnames such as "." and "..". It turned out that
"." would not work in the root directory and ".." would not
work if you were one level deep. These have now been fixed.
There was also a problem with things like "cp foo a:.".
Personally I prefer "cp foo a:" which does the same thing
and saves one keystroke, but for the sake of consistency
with the DOS COPY command I have modified CP and MV to
handle these constructions.
New for DOSNIX version 2.2c
1. VF now has a -w option for wrapping lines which are too
long to be displayed on the screen. With some files wrapping
is preferable to using the arrow keys and users are free to use
either method.
2. The documentation for VF now includes extended text modes
for most VGA adaptors. I would like to thank
Mr. Xavier de Gelis
University Paris X
Cered / Forum
for providing the information.
New for DOSNIX version 2.2b
1. The escape key can now be used to terminate searches
when using FFIND and GET.
2. An enhanced version of EDC previously provided to registered
users is now standard. Also the escape key can now be used to
interrupt scans.
3. SGREP can now search for regular expressions using the -e
option. Users who register will be sent a copy of VF which
can also handle regular expressions.
New for DOSNIX version 2.2a
1. I have spent the last few months working in a UNIX
environment where I am constantly using VI for reading
and editing files. I discovered that switching back
and forth between VI and DOS style editors and file
viewers can be very aggravating. So I have taken the
large version of READ, modified it to accept VI commands,
and renamed it VF. The big differences for READ users
are:
The string search commands have been modified for VI
compatibility. About the only thing that works like it
used to is '\' for case insensitive searches.
Because 'N' and 'n' are used by VI to continue string
searches you now have to use ':n' and ':p' to move back
and forth between files.
I have also added a few "modern" features. Pressing
F5 will now allow you to read in a new file and pressing
F5 from the directory screen will allow you to change the
file mask.
What used to be the '-f' option is now standard and
piped input will automatically be stored in a temporary
file. This executes much faster than it used to.
Video mode can be specified as an option if you know
the correct modes for your display adaptor.
I always thought line numbering would be a neat feature
so you can now toggle line numbers by pressing F6. Unlike
VI the line numbers appear at the right hand side of the
screen and you can use the Right Arrow key to shift the screen
and read any text in the last few columns.
Screen colors for VF can be set from the environment using
the environment variable VFCOLORS. If VFCOLORS is not set
VF will use existing screen colors.
2. I have added a "-b" option to DU to display disk usage in
bytes.
Gerald M. Vrooman
Chenango Shoreware
NOTE: DOSNIX is a trademark of Gerald M. Vrooman