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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Copyright (c) R.A. Pabst 1990 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
=================================================================
This is the documentation file for DiskUse.EXE, version 2.0.
The program and this documentation are CopyRight 1991 by
R.A. Pabst. Permission to use this program, transfer it to
others, and copy it without restriction is hereby granted
PROVIDING that this file and DiskUse.EXE are not modified in any
way.
Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcomed. Please
forward to:
R.A. Pabst
18 McAdams Road
Framingham, MA 01701
DiskUse is shareware; if you like it, a $10.00 registration
fee is requested to encourage the elves. All registered users
will be notified of any upgrades.
================================================================
Release Notes
------- -----
Release 2.0
Corrected problems causing 'run time error' on some drives.
Program has now been tested on 40 Meg hard drives, 1.2 Meg 5.25"
floppies, and 1.4 Meg 3.5" floppies.
Modified bar graph display routine to adjust dynamically to
different display types. The number of bars displayed will
increase as display resolution increases.
Release 1.2
DiskUse now defaults to a path name of 'C:\' if none is
provided on the command line.
"Press Any Key" message now allows almost any key to
continue program execution.
Improved readability through use of commas in size
figures, modified bar graph form factors.
Added total disk size, free space numbers to help user
visualize how usage of this group of directories relates to
overall usage.
Release 1.1
Fixed problem which caused diskuse to report exactly
twice the actual size of certain files and sub-directories.
PURPOSE
-------
DiskUse is intended to answer the hard disk user's question,
"Which directories are taking up the most storage?". To make room
for new programs- and for general cleanup- we have to perform
hard disk housekeeping, deleting unnecessary files. Rather than
laboriously checking every directory and subdirectory, knowing
where the bulk of the files are stored can focus efforts where
largest benefits will be realized.
DiskUse shows the utilization, in bytes and percent of
total, of all files and subdirectories at any user-specified
directory level. Subdirectory totals include ALL subdirectories
and sub-subdirectories below them. Note that the percent
utilization is a percent of the *used* space, not of the entire
disk.
Thus, 'DiskUse C:\' will show you (a) the cumulative sizes
of all normal files in the root directory, and (b) the effective
size of each subdirectory. The total will be the total bytes
utilized reported by utilities such as CHKDSK. If one of the
subdirectories is, for example, DOS, then 'DiskUse C:\DOS' will
show you which subdirectories of C:\DOS are largest.
FILES
=====
Files included are DiskUse.EXE, DiskUse.DOC, and *.BGI files
to support the bar graphs. These *.BGI files *MUST* be either in
the directory from which you invoke DiskUse, or in a directory
specified using the '/d' parameter. You do not need all the *.BGI
files, just those for your display; file names should indicate
which is which. Unneeded *.BGI drivers may be deleted.
If bar graphs are requested (default or '/G' options) and
DiskUse cannot locate the .BGI file for your display, an error
message will be issued identfying the missing driver.
DISPLAY
-------
DiskUse provides, as a default, tabular display followed by
graphical (bar chart) display. The tabular display may be
redirected to file or printer, if desired; format is such as to
allow Quattro or 1-2-3 to easily import and process such a file.
SYNTAX
------
Syntax is:
DiskUse [/Option]
or
DiskUse [/Option] [pathname]
If a command letter, prefixed by '/', precedes the directory
specification, either type of display may be disabled or a HELP
message can be displayed, where Option is
OPTION USE
========== =========================
/T,/t Tabular display only
/L,/l Tabular (list) display only; same as /t.
/G,/g Bar Graph display only
/B,/b Both Tabular and Bar Graph display (default)
/Dbgipath, *.BGI files are in directory specified by
/dbgipath 'bgipath'
/P,/p pause after each screen of data
/H,/h displays HELP message
and pathname is any legal DOS pathname with optional drive
specifier:
pathname ==> [d:\]path ==> C:\ (default)
USE
---
An easy way to call diskuse from any disk or directory is to
set up a batch file containing your default preferences. One
possibility is:
rem DISKUSE.BAT
diskusepath\diskuse /dpath_where_bgi_files_exist /t %1
which will tell DISKUSE where the BGI files are, set for text
output only, and acept a command line parameter to define the
disk and directory to be checked. It assumes that DISKUSE.EXE is
in the drive:directory defined by 'diskusepath'. This batch file
should be placed in a directory included in your PATH command.
ENJOY!!