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Welcome to DRIV-MAN, a utility program to assist you in your PC disk DRIVe MAN-
agement!
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U S E R M A N U A L
Version 1.0
Release January 23, 1993
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Copyright 1992-1993 by Micrometric.
All rights reserved.
DRIV-MAN is distributed as SHAREWARE and, as such, may be copied and shared on a
private non-commercial basis with others in its unmodified form. Liability is
limited to replacing the software for registered users. There is no liability
for any damage or loss caused by this software, directly or indirectly.
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If you have problems with this program, or want to send comments, manual correc-
tions, or enhancement suggestions, you may call or mail them to:
Micrometric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
Tech Support . . (813) 377-2515
FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091
Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490
The Micrometric Software Support BBS provides availability and technical support
for the Micrometric ■■■■-MAN series of shareware programs. First time callers
have access to the board and can leave messages or download replies/current
shareware releases. Registered users may also download the latest Beta test
software releases, when available.
Additionally, you can send routed E-Mail via the RIME(tm) network to David Groo-
me at the ->ACTION node in the ASP, Laser, Batch, Common, or Shareware confer-
ences. I also check CompuServe (71631,744), but only on an infrequent basis.
PKZIP, PKUNZIP and PKSFX are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
IBM PC, XT, AT and PC-DOS are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Manual Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
■■■■-MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
From a Diskette Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Registered Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
RUNNING DRIV-MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Command Line Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Command Line FIRST-LAST DRIVE Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MAIN DISPLAY ACTION KEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Help Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
General Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
HEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
DRIVE DATA GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
DRIVE DATA SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TOTAL DISK SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
TOTAL DISK GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
STORING THE DISPLAY DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RUNNING A FILE MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SHAREWARE REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
USING A CONFIGURATION FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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TABLE OF CONTENTS DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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INTRODUCTION
DRIV-MAN is a disk utility management tool that displays pertinent logical disk
drive data - up to twenty-six drives - on a SINGLE SCREEN for analysis/storage.
The DRIV-MAN display includes: DRIVE DATA SUMMARY with capacity, used and free
for each available/selected drive, DRIVE DATA GRAPH with the same data for each
drive, TOTAL DISK SUMMARY and GRAPH, and INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA displaying full
information on one drive at a time.
Program options include: Toggle any of six sort orders for the DRIVE DATA SUMMA-
RY, selectable/editable display DRIVE RANGE, disk storage of the DISK DRIVE
SUMMARY display, auto run, and the ability to run a file manager, FILE-MAN, from
within the program.
Major Features
SINGLE SCREEN data display of all selected/available disk drives.
Display SECTIONS include:
DRIVE DATA SUMMARY for all selected/available disk drives - A to Z - with
capacity(Mb), used amount(Mb/Kb)/percent and free amount(Mb/Kb).
DRIVE DATA GRAPH with a column(Mb/Kb) for each drive depicting capacity,
used and free.
TOTAL DISK SUMMARY(bytes) with capacity, used amount/percent, and free
amount/percent.
TOTAL DISK GRAPH with used percent and free percent.
INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA(bytes) of capacity, used amount/percent, and free
amount/percent. Drives may be scrolled through the full range of select-
ed/available.
Display DRIVE DATA SUMMARY in any of six sorted orders.
Selectable disk DRIVE RANGE - command line or data entry menu.
Detects monitor type and sets colors accordingly.
Display colors are coordinated to highlight the various types of data.
Display data may be stored/appended to a disk file for archiving, later com-
parison, etc.
May be run in automatic mode, such as in a batch file that runs as the first
job of the day, to display and save the drive data.
FILE-MAN, a file manager shareware utility, may be run directly from DRIV-
MAN.
Context sensitive help is available for all actions.
Registered users may suppress the shareware registration reminder message
displays and receive a printed/bound manual along with the ability set/change
the display colors and position the various display sections using a configu-
ration file..
System Requirements
IBM PC, XT, AT or true compatibles operating with PC/MS-DOS, version 3.0 or
later. It supports both NETBIOS networks and "huge" hard disk drives formatted
for more than 32MB. The program will determine what type of display monitor is
available and adjust itself accordingly.
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INTRODUCTION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
Manual Format
This manual is divided into several introductory chapters followed by chapters
for operating DRIV-MAN. The format of these chapters and the information pre-
sented therein has been standardized using the following conventions.
Page layout - Each page has a header detailing the chapter and the program ver-
sion covered. A footer displays the manual page number.
Brackets and parentheses - Brackets, [...], are used in the manual and in the
help screens to specify what should be entered in response to the current
prompt. If a character string is to be entered, the type of character is noted,
such as ALPHA, NUMERIC, ANY, etc. Parentheses, (..), are used for comments.
Computer key conventions - Keys specified in the manual text that are not in
entry brackets are shown as reversed, such as ESCAPE . All key references are
in capital letters for clarity.
Action steps - Some procedures may require selection from a menu of options,
inputting data or following a sequence of steps. Most manual sections will first
give an overview of the function or task under discussion and then detail the
various action operating procedures. In order to make this manual easier to use
a symbol, , marks the beginning of each of these action operating procedures.
■■■■-MAN programs - The general group of shareware programs by Micrometric is
referred to by the name ■■■■-MAN. It may also be used in reference to a specific
program in that group.
Shareware distributed documentation manual - The documentation file included on
the shareware distribution diskette contains the same information as the printed
and bound manual, supplied as part of registration, with two exceptions, the
result of the word processor, formatting, and printer used. The first is that
all of the control display characters (ASCII 1-31) and the reverse print key-
board codes are NOT shown properly. Finally, bolding, underlining, and special
symbols are NOT present.
Shareware
DRIV-MAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE. The SHAREWARE concept allows users
to examine a program on a trial basis, at no (or minimal) charge, before pur-
chasing it. In addition, by decreasing marketing costs, professional quality
software may be distributed for a fraction of the cost of a comparable commer-
cial product. Regardless of whether you register the program, please help dis-
tribute DRIV-MAN by sharing unmodified copies of it and its files with others.
You are hereby granted the right to use the DRIV-MAN program for a thirty (30)
day evaluation period. If you find DRIV-MAN of value, and continue to use it
after this evaluation period, YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR PROGRAM USE. This will
provide you with:
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DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 INTRODUCTION
A 7" x 8 1/2" printed and bound manual.
DRIV-MAN phone or mail support for one year.
Notification of the next DRIV-MAN release.
Ability to suppress the shareware registration reminder message displayed
at the end of the program.
Ability to use a configuration file to specify the display colors and
position of data areas along with other program setup parameters.
An installation/update/registration branding program.
Sincere thanks for your support of the SHAREWARE concept.
A Single System Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the
DRIV-MAN program on a single computer.
A Site License Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the
DRIV-MAN program on all computers, including networks, at a single corporate
location.
Program Registration, Single System . . . . . $20.
Includes latest version diskette and manual
Program Registration, Site License . . . . .$100.
Includes latest version diskette and manual
Latest Version Diskette only . . . . . . . . $10.
Shipping - Surface (for outside of USA/Canada only)$5.
Shipping - Air (for outside of USA/Canada only) $10.
COD orders, add $5.
Florida residents, add 7% sales tax.
ADDRESS: Micrometric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
PHONE: Tech Support . . (813) 377-2515
FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091
Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490
Order Line . . . (800) 929-0184
For ease in program registration, a registration order form may be printed at
the program exit or there is a quick registration form that is available with
the program F1 help key.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Profession-
als (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal works for you. If
you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427, send a CompuServe message via easyplex
to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536, or by FAX to the ASP FAX number: (616) 788-2765. In
communications with the Ombudsman please include a telephone number and/or FAX
if available.
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INTRODUCTION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
From a Diskette Vendor
If the DRIV-MAN program has been obtained from a diskette vendor, you should
follow any of their instruction on unpacking/installing the programs (if indeed
they have separate instructions.) The program, and its files, is normally sup-
plied as a self extracting file whose name is "DRIV@xxx.EXE" (xxx is the ver-
sion, such as "DRIV@100").
This file should first be copied to a directory on your hard disk. This direc-
tory may be a new one, such as one named "DM", and created specifically for
DRIV-MAN, or a current one, such as "UTILITY", that has other programs/files.
For information on creating a separate directory, see your DOS manual.
Once the file is copied to the desired hard disk directory, at the DOS prompt
change to this drive directory, and then type the EXE file name (such as "DRIV@-
100") and press ENTER . This will unpack all of the DRIV-MAN files.
From a BBS
If the DRIV-MAN file was downloaded from a Bulletin Board, it should first be
copied to a directory as defined above, and then unpacked, using whatever pro-
gram is specified by the Bulletin Board. It is normally distributed with a name
of "DRIV@vvv.ZIP" (vvv is the version) or "DRIMAN.ZIP".
Registered Version
Registered users should use the program "INSTALL", that is supplied upon regis-
tration. This program will create a registration file which will, in turn, sup-
press the shareware registration reminders.
To install DRIV-MAN on your hard disk, follow the steps detailed below:
1. Place the DRIV-MAN distribution diskette in your floppy diskette drive.
2. At the DOS prompt, change to the drive in which the distribution diskette
is located. For example, if the diskette was placed in drive A, type A
: and press ENTER .
3. Type I N S T A L L and press ENTER . The installation pro-
gram will then be loaded, and its display should be as shown below.
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╘╡ INSTALL/1 Version 3.00 Copyright 1990-92 Micrometric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1 Help│ESC Exit│ENTER/[char] Select│ HomeEnd│
NOTE Context sensitive help is available from this point in the installa-
tion program on, by pressing the F1 key.
4. If a color video card is detected, the following prompt will be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ Color Monitor Card Detected ╞═╗ │
│ ║ Use the color display ║█ │
│ ║ Force a monochrome display ║█ │
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
If your system has a color monitor, press U .
If your system has a monochrome or LCD display, press F .
5. A selection list of all path referenced directories is next displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Select the INSTALLATION DIRECTORY ├─┐ │
│ │ C:\BAT │█ │
│ │ C:\DOS-500 │█ │
│ │ C:\UTILITY │█ │
│ │ C:\ZIP │█ │
│ │ C:\ │█ │
│ │ User Defined Drive-Directory Path │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To cancel the installation program at this point, press ESCAPE .
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DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
To select one of the path referenced directories on which to install
DRIV-MAN, move the highlight bar to the desired one and press ENTER .
To specify a non-path referenced directory on which to install DRIV--
MAN, press U and then press ENTER . A data entry window for the
installation path will then be displayed, as shown below (with an exam-
ple path already entered). Enter the desired drive and directory path
on which to install DRIV-MAN, using the control keys described on the
bottom help line.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Enter Path ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\DMΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To cancel defining the path, press ESCAPE . The program will return
to directory selection.
To accept the path as entered and edited, press ENTER . If the
specified directory does not currently exist, the following message
will be displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ The drive-directory path as entered DOES NOT currently exist. │█ │
│ │ This directory WILL NOW BE created. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To cancel creation of this directory, press ESCAPE .
To create the specified directory, press ENTER . If the speci-
fied drive is invalid or the requested installation directory's
parent does not exist, an error message will be displayed. Press
any key, and then re-edit the installation path.
6. If more than one system is available for installation, a SYSTEM TO INSTALL
selection menu will be displayed, as shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═══╡ Select the SYSTEM TO INSTALL ╞═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN data/graphical summary all disk drives ║█ │
│ ║ ENVI-MAN Environment data summary, environ. space remaining ║█ │
│ ║ FILE-MAN Menu driven DOS file manager, directory tree ║█ │
│ ║ LASR-MAN Print text files on a laser printer, 36 print styles ║█ │
│ ║ MENU-MAN Display custom user selection menus from batch files ║█ │
│ ║ DRIV-MAN Determines if a file is on a PATH directory ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To terminate the installation program at this point, press ESCAPE .
To select the SYSTEM TO INSTALL, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to in with the arrow keys and press ENTER .
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INSTALLING THE SYSTEM DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
7. A list of all DRIV-MAN files is next displayed, along with an INSTALLATION
FUNCTION menu. The normal sequence of operations is to first "Install" the
DRIV-MAN program and files, and then "Brand" the system with your name and
serial number.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Select the INSTALLATION FUNCTION ╞═══════════════════╕ │
│ │ Install system Brand system eXit │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ File Name Status Hard Disk Path/File Description DRIV-MAN FILES ╞═╕ │
││ System═ DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN data/graphical summary all disk drives │█│
││ DRIV-MAN.EXE PROCESS Utility program │█│
││ YYYY.YYY PROCESS Other files │█│
│╘═╡ INSTALLATION PATH═ C:\PATH ╞════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To install DRIV-MAN on the hard disk, insure that the highlight bar is
on the "INSTALL SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press ENTER . Each of the file(s)
will be copied to the selected installation drive-directory.
NOTE A happy face symbol after any of the system's file names de-
notes that this file is already on the hard disk. During in-
stallation it will be replaced, on the directory where it
currently resides, not the INSTALLATION DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH.
When all files have been copied to the hard disk, a copy complete mes-
sage is displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ FILE COPY COMPLETED. │█ │
│ │ All of the required DRIV-MAN files are on the hard disk. │█ │
│ │ ═══ DRIV-MAN IS READY TO RUN. ═══ │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To cancel the installation at this point, press ESCAPE .
To continue with the installation, press any other key. The high-
light bar will then be on the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION.
8. To brand the system with your name and serial number, move the high-
light bar to the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press ENTER . A REGISTRA-
TION INFORMATION data entry window will be displayed, as shown below,
with sample data already entered.
NOTE This step is REQUIRED for DRIV-MAN to be registered. Also, if
you move the DRIV-MAN files to another drive-directory you
will need to "BRAND" the system again.
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DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
Enter your company and/or your name, and then the system registration
number. Your registration number is located on the back of the front
cover of this manual.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ REGISTRATION INFORMATION ├────────┐ │
│ │ Name ABC COMPANY, George Jones │█ │
│ │ Registration number 12345678 │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
To accept either the name or registration number after entry and
editing, press ENTER . A message will be displayed after the regis-
tration number is entered. It's contents are dependent on whether
the registration number is valid. Both messages are shown below.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ DRIV-MAN serial number entered is VALID. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ DRIV-MAN serial number entered is INVALID! │█ │
│ │ Please try again. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To continue with the installation program, press any key. If the
registration number was valid, the "EXIT" option is highlighted.
If it was invalid, select the "BRAND SYSTEM" option again.
9. To exit from the installation program, move the highlight bar to the
"EXIT" FUNCTION and press ENTER . If the system has been properly
branded, the program will exit, and DRIV-MAN is ready for use. If the
system has not been branded, an error message is displayed, as shown
below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ This system has not been 'BRANDED'. │█ │
│ │ In order to be registered, it must first be 'BRANDED'! │█ │
│ │ To exit without BRANDING, press ESCAPE. │█ │
│ │ To continue with the INSTALL program, press any other key. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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INSTALLING THE SYSTEM DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
14
RUNNING DRIV-MAN
Command Line Parameters
The syntax for running DRIV-MAN is:
[drive:path]DRIV-MAN [[first_drive][-][last_drive]][/a][/c][/gxxx][/m]
where:
first_drive default = C
last_drive default = LASTDRIVE as defined in DOS
CONFIG.SYS
/a = Automatic execution of DRIV-MAN and storage of the display. This
method is designed for use in batch files, such as a batch file that
runs once a day.
/c = Force CGA monitor.
/gxxx = Optional configuration file extension (default is CFG). USE OF
THE CONFIGURATION FILE IS LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY.
Example: /gcg2 will use "DRIV-MAN.CG2".
/m = Force monochrome monitor.
NOTE Command line parameters may be in either lower or UPPER case.
Spaces between the program name and each of the parameter(s) are
optional.
Command Line FIRST-LAST DRIVE Examples
SYNTAX DRIVES DISPLAYED
════════════ ═════════════════
DRIV-MAN C D . . LASTDRIVE
DRIV-MAN D D
DRIV-MAN D- D E . . LASTDRIVE
DRIV-MAN - C D . . LASTDRIVE
DRIV-MAN D-F D E F
DRIV-MAN B-F B C D E F
DRIV-MAN C-C C
DRIV-MAN -E C D E
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RUNNING PATH-MAN DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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MAIN DISPLAY ACTION KEYS
Operation Keys
These keys are active when DRIV-MAN is waiting for input at the main display.
F1 . . . Display the Help Information. (See the HELP Key section below)
F2 . . . Change the range of the displayed drives.
F3 . . . Store the current at the end of the file DRIV-MAN.DAT.
F4 . . . Shell out to the specified file manager.
ENTER ESC Exit the program.
RIGHTARROW LEFTARROW Sort the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY information. The order
that will be toggled through is:
Drive Letter
Capacity
Utilization
% Utilization
Free
% Free (reverse of % Utilization)
char HOME END UPARROW DOWNARROW PAGEUP PAGEDOWN Change the INDI-
VIDUAL DRIVE DATA display.
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MAIN DISPLAY ACTION KEYS DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
Help Key
Pressing the help key, F1 , displays a context sensitive help page window such
as shown below. The help page shown below is the first one available as shown by
the page number 0 in the upper right corner. Page 0 acts as a help page menu for
this program. The help page actually displayed when the help key is pressed
depends on the actions of the program and will be the most appropriate for the
program at that point. The bar shown on the right edge of the help window de-
picts the position of this screen with regard to the total text of the current
help page.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ Help Page 0 ═ HELP INDEX ╞═╕ │
││ SECTION HELP PAGE █│
││ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒█│
││ INTRODUCTION........................................................ 1 ▒█│
││ COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS............................................. 2 ▒█│
││ ACTION KEYS and DISPLAY INFORMATION................................. 3 ▒█│
││ [F2] EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE................................... 4 ▒█│
││ [F3] STORING THE DATA............................................... 5 ▒█│
││ [F4] RUNNING THE FILE MANAGER....................................... 6 ▒█│
││ CONFIGURATION FILE.................................................. 7 ▒█│
││ SHAREWARE REGISTRATION, SUPPORT INFORMATION......................... 8 ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ The bottom line of the display is used for help key information, showing ▒█│
││ the currently active help action keys and their function. █│
│╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
│ ┘/ESC ExitHelp│[F1] HelpIndex│[1 9 A Z] HelpPage│Pageup Pagedown Home End │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To display context sensitive help information while the program is waiting
for a response to a prompt, press F1 . The help window control keys are
covered below.
F1 0 . . Display Help Page Index Menu, Page 0
ESC ENTER Remove Help Window & return to the program
HOME . . . Display first screen of the current Help Page
END . . . . Display last screen of the current Help Page
PAGE UP . . Display previous screen of the current Help Page
PAGE DOWN . Display next screen of the current Help Page
1-9 A-Z . Display the corresponding Help Page
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MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION
The DRIV-MAN display has been designed to present the maximum amount information
on all of the disk drives on a system - up to twenty-six - on a single screen.
The example shown below is from a network with three servers:
SERVER 1 has logical drives C-L with Ram drive M,
SERVER 2 has logical drives O-X and
SERVER 3 has logical drives Y and Z.
╒═╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞══════════════════╡ 01/23/93 01:00 ╞═╕
│ 130▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Z░░D Cap Utilized Free│D Cap Utilized Free│
│ 123░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│
│ 116▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│ 109░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│O 35 32.1m 92 2.9m│
│ 102▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░C 33 16.2m 48 17.2m│P 70 60.7m 87 9.2m│
│ 95░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░D 67 42.3m 63 24.5m│Q 70 43.8m 63 26.1m│
│ 88▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░E 67 28.1m 42 38.8m│R 70 33.4m 48 36.5m│
│ 82░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░F 67 37.1m 55 29.7m│S 70 56.3m 81 13.6m│
│ 75▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒K▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░G 67 26.7m 40 40.1m│T 70 48.4m 69 21.5m│
│ 68░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░PQRSTUV░░░│░░H 67 52.7m 79 14.1m│U 70 33.3m 48 36.6m│
│ 61▓▓▓DEFGHIJ│▓▓▓▓│││││││▓▓▓│░░I 67 39.5m 59 27.3m│V 70 32.8m 47 37.1m│
│ 54░░░││││││║│░░░░║││║│││░░░│░░J 67 57.2m 86 9.6m│W 35 34.0m 97 970.8k│
│ 47▒▒▒││││║│║│▒▒▒▒║││║║││▒▒▒║░░K 80 38.6m 48 41.6m│X 11 7.2m 64 4.1m│
│ 41░░░║│││║│║│░░░░║║│║║││░░░║░░L 19 12.2m 64 6.8m│Y 15 10.8m 73 3.9m│
│ 34▒▒▒║│║│║║║║▒▒▒O║║│║║││W▒▒║░░M 1 0.0k 0 520.2k│Z 130 51.3m 39 79.1m│
│ 27░░C║║║│║║║║░░░║║║║║║║║║░░║░░┌Total Bytes CAPACITY = 1,316,579,328───────┐│
│ 20▒▒│║║║║║║║║▒▒▒║║║║║║║║║▒▒║░░│Total Bytes UTILIZED = 794,632,192 (60%) ││
│ 13░░║║║║║║║║║L░░║║║║║║║║║░Y║░░└────Total Bytes FREE = 521,947,136 (40%)───┘│
│ 6▒▒║║║║║║║║║║▒▒║║║║║║║║║X║║░░┌0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100┐│
│Mb 0░░CDEFGHIJKLM░OPQRSTUVWXYZ░░└▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀┘│
│░░╒╡ DRIVE C ╞═════╡ CAPACITY ╞═════╡ UTILIZED ( 48.4%) ╞╡ FREE ( 51.6%) ╞╕░░│
│░░╘╡ UTILITY-4C ╞╡ 33,431,552 ╞╡ 16,183,296 ╞════╡ 17,248,256 ╞╛░░│
╘╡ DRIV-MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1992-93 Micrometric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1 Help│F2 Range│F3 Store│F4 FILE-MAN│ ┘/ESC Exit│ Sort(DR)│[char] Drive│
To exit from the program, press ESCAPE or ENTER .
To execute any of the DRIV-MAN functions shown on the bottom help line, press
the desired key. These functions are described in detail in the following
chapters.
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MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
General Display Information
The DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN display is divided into several SECTIONS - DRIVE DATA
GRAPH, DRIVE DATA SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK GRAPH, and INDIVIDUAL
DRIVE DATA - as depicted in this diagram.
╔═══════════════════════════════╗
║<──────────HEADER─────────────>║
║┌DRIVE DATA┐┌DRIVE DATA───────┐║
║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║
║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║
║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║
║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║
║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║
║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║
║└─────GRAPH┘└────────────GRAPH┘║
║┌INDIVIDUAL───────────────────┐║
║│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║
║└───────────────────DRIVE DATA┘║
║<──program/registration info──>║
║<─────────help line───────────>║
╚═══════════ SCREEN ════════════╝
Data for each logical drive is shown, if: 1.) It is included in the selected
drive range, and 2.) it exists.
Color is used extensively in the display to differentiate the different data
types, such as Drives, Capacity, Utilization, and Free.
The display, color, and position of each SECTION can be controlled by registered
users with the use of the optional configuration file. For detailed information
on this feature, see the chapter "Using the Configuration File".
HEADER
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞══════════════════╡ 01/23/93 01:00 ╞ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The left portion of the header line denotes the first and last logical disk
drives included in the display summary. These drives may range between A and Z.
Unless they are initially specified on the command line they will be
C-LASTDRIVE, as defined by DOS. This range may be changed by pressing F2 .
The date and time displayed are that when disk data was last obtained, in 24
hour notation, are shown in the right portion of the header.
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DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION
DRIVE DATA GRAPH
┌────────────────────────────────┐
│ 130▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Z │
│ 123░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │
│ 116▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │
│ 109░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │
│ 102▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │
│ 95░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │
│ 88▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │
│ 82░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │
│ 75▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒K▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │
│ 68░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░PQRSTUV░░░│ │
│ 61▓▓▓DEFGHIJ│▓▓▓▓│││││││▓▓▓│ │
│ 54░░░││││││║│░░░░║││║│││░░░│ │
│ 47▒▒▒││││║│║│▒▒▒▒║││║║││▒▒▒║ │
│ 41░░░║│││║│║│░░░░║║│║║││░░░║ │
│ 34▒▒▒║│║│║║║║▒▒▒O║║│║║││W▒▒║ │
│ 27░░C║║║│║║║║░░░║║║║║║║║║░░║ │
│ 20▒▒│║║║║║║║║▒▒▒║║║║║║║║║▒▒║ │
│ 13░░║║║║║║║║║L░░║║║║║║║║║░Y║ │
│ 6▒▒║║║║║║║║║║▒▒║║║║║║║║║X║║ │
│ Mb 0░░CDEFGHIJKLM░OPQRSTUVWXYZ │
└────────────────────────────────┘
The DRIVE DATA GRAPH is scaled to the largest logical drive selected/available.
Each logical drive's data is displayed in a single column, from A-Z.
The drive's CAPACITY is denoted by the display of two drive letters. The lower
bar depicts the portion of the drive currently utilized and the upper bar is for
that amount which is free. On color monitors, the utilized and free bars are
displayed in different colors.
The example above shows Drive C has a CAPACITY between 27 and 34 Megabytes(Mb)
and a UTILIZATION between 13 and 20 Mb. Drive M has both figures - CAPACITY and
UTILIZATION - between 0 and 6 Mb.
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MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
DRIVE DATA SUMMARY
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ D Cap Utilized Free│D Cap Utilized Free │
│ R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│O 35 32.1m 92 2.9m │
│ C 33 16.2m 48 17.2m│P 70 60.7m 87 9.2m │
│ D 67 42.3m 63 24.5m│Q 70 43.8m 63 26.1m │
│ E 67 28.1m 42 38.8m│R 70 33.4m 48 36.5m │
│ F 67 37.1m 55 29.7m│S 70 56.3m 81 13.6m │
│ G 67 26.7m 40 40.1m│T 70 48.4m 69 21.5m │
│ H 67 52.7m 79 14.1m│U 70 33.3m 48 36.6m │
│ I 67 39.5m 59 27.3m│V 70 32.8m 47 37.1m │
│ J 67 57.2m 86 9.6m│W 35 34.0m 97 970.8k │
│ K 80 38.6m 48 41.6m│X 11 7.2m 64 4.1m │
│ L 19 12.2m 64 6.8m│Y 15 10.8m 73 3.9m │
│ M 1 0.0k 0 520.2k│Z 130 51.3m 39 79.1m │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Drive data for each selected and available logical disk drive is shown in
two groups: A-M on the left and N-Z on the right, in Drive Letter Order.
The data columns displayed are:
Logical disk DRive letter.
Drive Capacity, rounded to the nearest Megabyte.
Drive Used Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m), rounded to the nearest
tenth.
Drive Used Storage, rounded to the nearest Percent(%).
Drive Free Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m), rounded to the nearest
tenth.
By default, the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY is initially displayed in Drive Letter order.
The current display order data is highlighted and is also shown on the bottom
help line. There are also five other orders that it may be displayed in. The
available display orders are:
Drive Letter
Capacity
Utilization
% Utilization
Free
% Free (reverse of % Utilization)
To toggle the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY display order, press either the LEFTARROW
or RIGHTARROW keys.
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DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION
TOTAL DISK SUMMARY
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌Total Bytes CAPACITY = 1,316,579,328───────┐ │
│ │Total Bytes UTILIZED = 794,632,192 (60%) │ │
│ └────Total Bytes FREE = 521,947,136 (40%)───┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The TOTAL DISK SUMMARY is self-explanatory. Total Bytes UTILIZED is calculated
as Total Bytes CAPACITY minus Total Bytes FREE.
TOTAL DISK data includes only those drives that were selected - the default is
all drives to display and use.
TOTAL DISK GRAPH
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100┐ │
│ └▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The TOTAL DISK GRAPH shows two bars: the first, from 0%, is the percent UTILIZED
and the second, to 100%, is percent FREE.
INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒╡ DRIVE C ╞═════╡ CAPACITY ╞═════╡ UTILIZED ( 48.4%) ╞╡ FREE ( 51.6%) ╞╕ │
│ ╘╡ UTILITY-4C ╞╡ 33,431,552 ╞╡ 16,183,296 ╞════╡ 17,248,256 ╞╛ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA section is displayed at the lower portion of the
screen and may be scrolled, either by pressing the desired DRIVE LETTER or using
the applicable cursor arrow keys. Its four portions are detailed below:
Logical DISK DRIVE whose data is displayed and its Volume Label.
Selected logical drive CAPACITY in bytes.
Selected logical drive USED STORAGE in bytes and percentage.
Selected logical drive FREE STORAGE in bytes and percentage.
To display another DRIVE's full data, press the desired DRIVE letter or used
the cursor arrow keys - HOME END UPARROW DOWNARROW PAGEUP PAGE-
DOWN .
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MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE
The selected disk DRIVE RANGE may be changed and re-displayed without exiting
and re-running DRIV-MAN. Especially useful in a network environment, the range
can be set for the physical drives of each system.
To change the selected/displayed DRIVE RANGE, press F2 . The currently se-
lected DRIVE RANGE is displayed. Edit the DRIVE RANGE, using the control keys
noted on the bottom help line, as it would have been entered on the command
line. For examples of range entries and the logical drives displayed, see the
section "Command line FIRST-LAST DRIVE examples".
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ Edit the selected DRIVE RANGE ╞═╗ │
│ ║ ║█ │
│ ║ C-M ║█ │
│ ║ ║█ │
│ ║ If floppy drive(s) are included ║█ │
│ ║ in the range, there must be ║█ │
│ ║ diskettes in those drive(s). ║█ │
│ ╚═══════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
To accept the DRIVE RANGE as edited, press ENTER .
To leave the DRIVE RANGE as it was before editing, press ESCAPE .
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EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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STORING THE DISPLAY DATA
The DRIV-MAN screen display, of the Disk Summary Data, may be saved to disk to
allow comparisons with previous or future displays.
Using this feature, a snapshot of the current disk status may be saved before
cleaning up a logical drive/drives and then another snapshot saved afterward,
for comparison. Another use is to take Disk Summary snapshots daily, weekly, or
monthly to see how the system's disk status is changing over time.
To store the current Disk Summary Data screen display, press F3 . The screen
display, except for the bottom help line, will be stored in a file named
"DRIVE-MAN.DAT", and a completion message displayed. If this file already
exists, on the drive-directory on which the program is located, the current
data will be APPENDED to it. If the file does not exist, it will be CREATED
on the same drive-directory as the program.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Screen data appended to DRIV-MAN.DAT │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┘
To continue with program execution, press any key.
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STORING THE DISPLAY DATA DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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RUNNING A FILE MANAGER
DRIV-MAN has the capability of "shelling" out to DOS and running another pro-
gram. This is to allow a file manager to be run in conjunction with DRIV-MAN.
FILE-MAN, another shareware program from Micrometric, is a menu driven file
manager utility. It, or another file manager, may be run directly from DRIV-MAN
to copy, move, delete files or perform other file maintenance functions.
To run FILE-MAN, first select the desired drive by pressing it's letter, and
then press F4 .
If the file manager program requested is present, DRIV-MAN first changes the
current drive to that displayed in the INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA section, and
then loads the file manager. Upon its completion, control is returned to
DRIV-MAN.
If the file manager program requested is not present, a message such as that
shown below is displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────┐ │
│ │ FILE-MAN.COM not present │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Registered users may change the name of the desired file manager by use
of the configuration file. See the next chapter for detailed informa-
tion.
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RUNNING A FILE MANAGER DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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SHAREWARE REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN
If your copy of DRIV-MAN is unregistered, a shareware registration reminder
screen is displayed at the program exit. After a short graphics display, the
available action keys are displayed on the bottom line.
╒═╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞══════════════════╡ 01/23/93 01:00 ╞═╕
│ DRIV-MAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE, a concept that allows users to │
│ examine a program on a trial basis at minimal charge before purchasing it. │
│ In addition, by decreasing marketing costs, professional quality software │
│ is distributed at a fraction of the comparable commercial product cost. │
│ Regardless of whether you register the program, please help distribute it │
│ by sharing unmodified copies of its files with others. You are granted the │
│ right to use the DRIV-MAN program for a *thirty* day evaluation period. │
│ ┌───────┐ If you continue to use the program after this test period, │
│ ┌────┴──┐ │ YOU MUST REGISTER ITS USE, which will provide you with: │
│ │A ┌────┴──┐ │ * A 7" x 8 1/2" printed/bound DRIV-MAN manual. │
│ │S │ Member│ │ * Latest version of the program on diskette. │
│ │P │ o ├─┘ * Notification of the next DRIV-MAN release. │
│ └──┤ ║ │ * Ability to suppress this display, use configuration file │
│ └───────┘ ADDRESS: Micrometric Program Registration.....$15. │
│ Tech. Support(813)377-2515 98 Dade Avenue Latest Diskette only.....$10. │
│ Order line...(800)929-0184 Sarasota FL 34232-1609 USA │
│ ███████ ████████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ │
│ Ç────┬────────────────────────────────────┐ ███ ███ ████ ███ ██ │
│ ┌┼┐██ │ Thank you for evaluating DRIV-MAN! │█ ███ ███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ │
│ ┌┴┐██ └────────────────────────────────────┘ ██ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ███ │
│ ═┴═┴═██████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ │
│ │
╘╡ DRIV-MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1992-93 Micrometric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1 Help│F3 Print Order Form│F4 Brand System│ANY OTHER KEY Exit│
To print a shareware registration order form, make certain you printer is
ready and then press F3 .
If you have registered DRIV-MAN and received your registration number, press
F4 . For detailed instructions on entering the registration information, see
the section "INSTALLING THE SYSTEM, REGISTERED VERSION", step 8.
To return to DOS, press any other key. The program will also return to DOS
after ten seconds if no key is pressed.
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SHAREWARE REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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USING A CONFIGURATION FILE
NOTE USE OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE IS LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS.
The optional DRIV-MAN configuration file contains all of the display color and
position variables. These variables are initially set to the program defaults.
They may be edited by use of any ASCII editor/word processor.
All DRIV-MAN CONFIGURATION FILES are ASCII files and have the name "DRIV-MAN".
The default CONFIGURATION FILE has an extension of ".CFG". It may be edited by
any word processor, using the word processor's option for editing and saving
unformatted files.
Additional CONFIGURATION files may be created and used by DRIV-MAN. For the
procedure of using a CONFIGURATION FILE with an extension other than ".CFG",
see the chapter "RUNNING DRIV-MAN".
To change a default value in the CONFIGURATION FILE, edit the parameter as
desired. Any ASCII character may be used in a parameter string EXCEPT for
carriage return (13). All characters are entered using their ASCII codes.
(Hold the ALTERNATE key down and enter the ASCII code using the numeric
keypad only.) To comment out a parameter, add a '*' at the beginning of its
line.
NOTE The format of the DRIV-MAN parameters is:
[parameter #]:{description}{max. length}=[value]
Care should be taken in relocating the various display sections. There are three
types of location changes that can be made:
1. INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA on the top of the display, rather than on the bot-
tom.
2. DRIVE DATA GRAPH on the right of the display, rather than on the left.
3. DRIVE DATA SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK SUMMARY, and TOTAL DISK GRAPH may be rear-
ranged within their display space.
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USING THE CONFIGURATION FILE DRIV-MAN Version 1.0
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INDEX
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 15
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 31
Cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
Command line first-last drive examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 25
Command line parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 18
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 7, 15, 18, 20, 29, 31, 33
Drive data graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 20, 21, 33
Drive data summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 17, 20, 22, 33
Drive range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 18, 20, 25
Drive-directory path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Editing the disk drive range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 25
File manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 11, 17, 18, 29
From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
From a diskette vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20
Help key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 17, 18
Individual drive data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 17, 20, 23, 29, 33
Installing the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 31
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 18
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 33
Main display action keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Main display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Major features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Manual format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 10, 15
Monochrome monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 19, 25
Operation keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Registered version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 31
Running a file manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Running DRIV-MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 25, 33
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 5-7, 9, 18, 29, 31
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware registration reminder screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Storing the display data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Support BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 7
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 7
Total disk graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 20, 23, 33
Total disk summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 20, 23, 33
Using a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 33
■■■■-MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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