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- DSPACE - Directory Space Allocation Version 1.6a 25-Nov-89
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-
- DSPACE is a program that prints a graph showing how much space each directory
- on your hard disk uses. To run DSPACE, simply change to the drive you wish to
- check and enter DSPACE. (note that DSPACE must be accessable through your
- path, or you must specify where to run it from). You may also redirect DSPACE's
- output to a file or to the printer.
-
- You can specify switches on the command line to activate special features
- of the program. Specify a switch on the command line with a slash (/) and the
- switch letter you want. If you want to use multiple switches, specify each
- one seperately. For example, DSPACE D: /N would give you a directory space
- allocation graph for drive D, but without the program header. The currently
- valid switches are:
-
- /E This switch will cause a graph organized by file extensions
- rather than subdirectories. In this way, you can see what
- types of files take up the most space.
-
- /N If you specify this switch, DSPACE will not print the
- program heading.
-
- /S Use this switch to use standard ASCII characters instead of
- the IBM graphics characters that are normally used to produce
- the graph. This switch is particularly useful if you are
- redirecting the output to a printer which does not have the
- IBM graphics character set.
-
- /1 This switch causes the output to be formatted 132 columns wide
- rather than the standard 80. This is useful for printing the
- graph on a printer with condensed print, as you will get
- better resolution and less error due to scaling. It is left up
- to you to make sure the printer is in the proper printing mode.
-
- /2 This switch is just like /1, except that the output is
- formatted for 255 columns, rather than 80 or 132.
-
- You can also instruct DSPACE to look at a particular drive/subdirectory. You
- do this by specifying the drive/subdirectory to use after the DSPACE command.
-
- Some examples of DSPACE commands:
-
- DSPACE Give graph for whole current disk
- DSPACE D: >PRN /S /N /1 Give graph for whole drive D on printer
- using standard ASCII characters. No
- program heading information will be
- printed. Graph will be 132 columns.
- DSPACE \DATA /S Give graph for \DATA and it's subdirs
- using standard ASCII characters.
- DSPACE D:\WORK Give graph for D:\WORK and it's subdirs
-
- DSPACE draws a 'stacked' bar graph, showing both the actual size of the files
- in the directory, and the actual space taken up due to cluster allocation.
- The dark gray bars (▒▒▒▒▒) show the actual file sizes, and the light gray
- bars (░░░░░) show the slack.
-
- DSPACE is shareware. If you use and like DSPACE, please send what you think
- it is worth ($5 suggested), or a disk full of your favorite public domain
- software. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. And if you've come
- across a unique use for this program, I'd love to hear about it! I can be
- reached at:
-
- Bob Lafleur
- 45 Ionia Street
- Springfield, MA 01109-2519
-
- CompuServe: 75146,3122
- Domain Internet: 75146.3122@CompuServe.com
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