People who upload bad software are condemned to repeat it.
v1.9 4/25/93 This is FREEWARE now - I don't have time to support it anymore. Fixed a bug that would cause the Disk Picker Box to not display more than 5 items. Unlocked the resources, allowing the Finder to increase it’s memory size - this should fix the problem with people trying to scan zillions of things. Attempted to minimize disk thrashing during file comparison by reading the first file completely, in the hopes of putting it into the disk cache.
v1.8.1 9/26/92 Fixed crash-causing bug when “Compare Two Files” is used more than once. Added System 7.1’s “Fonts” folder to the list of folders that DisKeeper won’t delete when empty. Added visual command-key equivalents for buttons. Added the ability to drop folders or disks onto DisKeeper under System 7. You can also double-click preferences files now. Added “enclosing folder names” filter.
v1.8 4/22/92 Added some resource validation code (from John Norstad’s Disinfectant) to prevent the System from locking up when DisKeeper tries to open a damaged resource fork. This will slow things down a wee bit, but it sure beats crashing. Thanks a lot, Apple. DisKeeper will not try to delete ANY of System 7’s “special” folders. Added the “Search Disks for…” command - a poor-man’s GoFer. Resource names are now examined when string-searching. Overhauled the Help window. Added the “Erase Free Disk Space…” menu command. Minor interface and speed tweaks. This version is compiled with THINK C 5.0.2, so it may be a little faster and is 68040-compatable.
NOTE: This version took absolutely forever to get out the door for dozens of different reasons. I believe it to be a vast improvement over previous versions, but some features which I really wanted to add did not make it into this verison.
v1.7 8/8/91 Compatable with System 7 now. When asking to delete identical files, DisKeeper will now display the dialog when the second file is locked but the first file is unlocked. It will also display a lock icon and disable the delete button for the locked file.
v1.6.9d 8/1/91 Removed a feature - DisKeeper now ignores the locked bit for folders. This is because there was no “official” meaning for this bit for folders, no way to set it except with ResEdit, and because certain folders use this bit under System 7, for some other reason. DisKeeper will still not attempt to delete anything on locked disks.
v1.6.8d 7/22/91 Now includes the most-asked-for feature: it can scan folders. It also uses System 7’s OpenDF() to prevent crashes when scanning files whose names start with a period.
v1.6.7d 6/1/91 Added the delete data and resource fork commands. DisKeeper won’t try to delete System 7’s Trash or Desktop Folder if they are empty. Additionally, it won’t try to delete any empty folders that are directly in the active System Folder.
v1.6.6d 5/1/91 Moved the Output File Preferences stuff to the Scan Options dialog. Default special file types now include System 7 file aliases - they are listed only and do not (currently) show what the alias is to.
v1.6.5d 4/1/91 The “Compare Files” now now reports differences in resource attributes although admittedly, decimal integers aren’t the best way to do this. Added a mini-icon for non-removeable disks in the Disk Picker list. Minor “no output file” cosmetic fix - it used to display “output file: <whatever>” when an output file was not being created.
v1.6.4 3/1/91 Added the “Search File for…” command, which will locate all occurrences of character(s) in a file, including inside resources. (Re)organized the Help info.
v1.6.3 2/20/91 Includes a much-requested feature: the “identical files” part of the output file also lists names and locations, instead of just numbers. Some buttons now have command-key equivalents. The Disk Picker window now displays the order that the disks will be scanned.
v1.6.2 2/12/91 Cosmetic changes to Disk Picker dialog: shows a padlock next to locked disks, removeable (ejectable) volumes have a little floppy disk icon next to them, and off-line (ejected) volumes are in italics. Fixed a printing problem.
v1.6 1/22/91 Added the option to view the DisKeeping results in a scrolling list, sortable by various criteria. Adding this had the unfortunate side effect of lowering the potential number of files and folders combined from 4 billion to 150 million. Also, the “Output File Preferences” dialog now has a checkbox to disable creating any output file.
v1.5.5 1/1/91 Added the “scan options…” button and dialog box to the Setup window for setting relevant options. Fixed the Disk Picker dialog to regain access to desk accessories and other programs under System 7. Its border is now drawn in grey as a visual reminder that you can do these things. Added the “print help TEXT…” button to the Help window. Added the “print order form” command to the demo version.
v1.5.4d 12/27/90 A message in the output file will indicate if DisKeeper can’t “see into” a folder for which you have insufficient AppleShare access priveledges. Added zoom and grow boxes to the Help window. Replaced the “filenames must match” checkbox with a “filters…” button and dialog, allowing more options. Significantly sped up orphan listing. Fixed a potential problem that could crash pre-comparing files with many resources. Thanks, JW.
v1.5.3d 12/16/90 Further overall speed improvements. Busted the 10,000 file limit. DisKeeper (theoretically) now has the ability to list just over two billion files and two billion folders. To allow scanning of more files, increase its MultiFinder memory partition or run under UniFinder. Still limited to 99 volumes, though.
NOTE: Scanning more than 32,766 files or 32,766 folders has not yet been verified. If anybody discovers any problems, please let me know.
v1.5.2d 12/15/90 Further disk-scanning speed improvements. Added an elapsed time message at the end of the output file. DisKeeper no longer looks in a file’s name for the version.
v1.5.1d 12/10/90 32-bit clean now. This fixed a problem that, once in a very blue moon, it would think that two resources were different when they were actually the same, resulting in it not reporting some files as identical. This does NOT mean that it would think that files were identical when they weren’t.
v1.5 10/31/90 Next release after version 1.2.2 — versions 1.3 and 1.4 were development versions. Fixed some problems with the Disk Picker dialog and System 6.0.7. Made DisKeeper more tolerant of files with damaged resource forks. Created a “demo” version (what a tease!) with some of the new features disabled. Tweaked the DisKeeping display and “task” loop to speed things up. Added a “filenames must match” checkbox for comparing files. Also, the “quit when done” checkbox is now ignored if DisKeeping is stopped by the user. Added the “running bird” cursor. Moving towards 32-bit (addressing) compatability.
v1.4d 10/1/90 Added the ability to define “special” file types and use “preference” files to remember them. The output (TEXT) file creator is now user-definable. Uses less memory when scanning files. Fixed a bug (thanks, JWP) that caused the first few “special” files to not be listed.
v1.3d 9/1/90 Added the “compare files” and “modify file” menu commands. Moved the “Save Help TEXT as…” command to a button in the Help window. Colorized the Setup window and added the “quit when done” checkbox.
v1.2.2 7/3/90 Disks will now be scanned in the order they were selected in the Disk Picker window. Fixed a bug introduced in v1.2.1 where the About Box or the Disk Picker box would cause problems if opened twice: i.e. DisKeeper could only be run once. (Thank you, Symantec) Cleaned up some buttons and added the Next Task button to the Abort dialog. Added the “Save Help TEXT as…” menu command.
v1.2.1 6/17/90 A dot will appear to the left of the name of a locked disk in the Disk Picker window. Added code to work around a glaring BUG (Symantec says “feature”) in the THINK C compiler that incorrectly assigns values in objects.
v1.2 5/17/90 About 30% faster. Compares resources individually, instead of the whole resource fork as a byte-stream. The Disk Picker window appears after selecting the output file to prevent SFPutFile from unmounting off-line disks when running under the Finder. The eject button should work with all removeable media. Modified duplicate-detection to minimize disk swapping. Bells and whistles include a “hello” every minute if waiting for a user response and keyboard equivalents for buttons.
v1.1 2/21/90 Created the world’s first mouse-watching electronic bird. Added the Disk Picker window. Version 1.1 gets 4 mice in June 1990 MacUser! That’s OK, but they never paid for it…
v1.0.3 2/14/90 The next official release after 1.0.1. Version 1.0.2 escaped before it was complete, so I upped the version to avoid potential confusion.
v1.0.2 2/14/90 Fixed a problem causing DisKeeper to barf if it encountered a filename (like InitPicker) containing an ascii-zero. Colorized the About box to death. Just call me Ted from now on.
v1.0.1 2/4/90 Removed a bit of code (there for debugging purposes) that printed the file numbers to the output file as it scanned for duplicates. Whoops.
