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ICF Inventory Capture Facility March, 1992 LanTelligence Corporation P.O. Box 144242 Miami, FL 33114-4242 (305) 598-6453 Copyright LanTelligence Corporation, 1992 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of LanTelligence Corporation. The software described by this publi- cation is furnished under a license agreement, and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. The manual and associated software is sold with no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding its use or fitness for any par- ticular purpose. The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of LanTelligence Corporation. dBASE is a registered trademark of Ashton-Tate/Borland Lotus is a registered trademark of Lotus Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction....................................1 1.1. Organization of this manual....................1 1.2. Quick-start (power-user) guide.................2 1.2.1. Getting started............................2 1.2.2. Running ICF................................3 1.2.3. Using Options..............................4 1.2.4. Using option values........................4 1.2.5. Saving information in a file...............5 1.2.6. Using ICF on a LAN.........................6 1.2.7. Making options permanent...................6 1.2.8. Modifying ICF input files..................7 2. ICF Guide.......................................8 2.1. Overview.......................................8 2.2. Versions of ICF................................9 2.2.1. DOS Version................................9 2.2.2. OS/2 Version...............................9 2.2.3. Other versions.............................9 2.3. Installation...................................9 2.4. Starting ICF..................................10 2.5. Techniques....................................11 2.5.1. Scanning for Software Programs............11 2.5.1.1. Overview of program scan operations...11 2.5.1.2. Program scan commands.................12 2.5.1.3. Recognizing programs..................13 2.5.1.4. Capturing non-recognizable programs...13 2.5.2. Collecting Physical Configuration Data....14 2.5.2.1. The ASK command and /Ask option.......14 2.5.2.2. ID Fields.............................17 2.6. Using ICF Commands............................18 2.6.1. Commands Summary..........................18 2.6.2. File Scan Operations......................18 2.7. Using ICF Options.............................20 2.7.1. Options Summary...........................20 2.7.2. Option Specification Methods..............25 2.7.2.1. Command Line..........................26 2.7.2.2. Environment Variable..................26 2.7.2.3. In a File.............................26 2.7.2.4. Cumulative Process Effects............27 2.7.3. Shortcut Options..........................27 2.7.4. Summary of Options by group...............28 2.7.4.1. Drive Options Summary.................28 2.7.4.2. File scan options.....................28 2.7.4.3. Testing options.......................29 2.8. Environment Variables.........................30 2.8.1. Environment Variable "ICF"................31 2.8.2. ICF Environment Variable "ICFINI".........31 2.9. Experimental Features.........................32 2.10. Hints........................................32 2.11. ICF Input Files..............................33 2.11.1. Program Input Files......................34 2.11.2. Microchannel board Input Files...........35 2.12. ICF Output Files.............................36 2.12.1. Output File Naming.......................36 2.12.2. Output File Structures...................38 2.12.3. Status Command Output File Structure.....40 3. Command Reference..............................48 3.1. Ask Command...................................48 3.2. Auto Command..................................48 3.3. Diskspace Command.............................50 3.4. Files Command.................................51 3.5. Help Command..................................53 3.6. Programs Command..............................53 3.7. Status Command................................54 4. Options Reference..............................60 4.1. Alldisks Option...............................60 4.2. Allext Option.................................60 4.3. Append Option.................................61 4.4. Ascii Option..................................61 4.5. Ask Option....................................62 4.6. Attrs Option..................................62 4.7. Autodays Option...............................63 4.8. Autorun Option................................64 4.9. Autorunfile Option............................65 4.10. Autospace Option.............................66 4.11. Banner Option................................67 4.12. Batch Option.................................67 4.13. Bigfiles Option..............................68 4.14. Bigfilesize Option...........................68 4.15. Break Option.................................68 4.16. Cls Option...................................69 4.17. Colon Option.................................69 4.18. Companyname Option...........................70 4.19. Computerid Option............................70 4.20. Dbase Option.................................71 4.21. Desc Option..................................71 4.22. Descend Option...............................72 4.23. Domains Option...............................72 4.24. Dosearch Option..............................72 4.25. Drives Option................................73 4.26. Entiredisk Option............................73 4.27. Escape Option................................74 4.28. Filename Option..............................74 4.29. Findexts Option..............................76 4.30. Findextsval Option...........................76 4.31. Floppy Option................................77 4.32. Force Option.................................77 4.33. Forceglobal Option...........................77 4.34. Hide Option..................................78 4.35. Id Option....................................78 4.36. Indir Option.................................79 4.37. Ismca Option.................................79 4.38. Landrives Option.............................80 4.39. Landriveso Option............................80 4.40. Lotus Option.................................80 4.41. Miscid1 Option...............................81 4.42. Miscid2 Option...............................81 4.43. Modemid Option...............................82 4.44. Monitorid Option.............................82 4.45. Needdir Option...............................82 4.46. Needfile Option..............................83 4.47. Needspace Option.............................83 4.48. Noalignext Option............................84 4.49. Nodescend Option.............................85 4.50. Nofilesdefault Option........................85 4.51. Nomsg Option.................................85 4.52. Nonumber Option..............................86 4.53. Noreadmsg Option.............................87 4.54. Normal Option................................87 4.55. Noshowdir Option.............................88 4.56. Nostatus Option..............................88 4.57. Outdir Option................................90 4.58. Outdirnov Option.............................90 4.59. Overwrite Option.............................90 4.60. Pause Option.................................91 4.61. Printerid Option.............................91 4.62. Proginfo Option..............................91 4.63. Progslimit Option............................92 4.64. Protected Option.............................92 4.65. Quiet Option.................................92 4.66. Recslimit Option.............................93 4.67. Recsnotify Option............................93 4.68. Ringbell Option..............................93 4.69. Saveids Option...............................94 4.70. Servers Option...............................94 4.71. Servertypes Option...........................94 4.72. Showdir Option...............................94 4.73. Size Option..................................95 4.74. Sizek Option.................................95 4.75. Skipdrives Option............................96 4.76. Smallfiles Option............................97 4.77. Smallfilesize Option.........................97 4.78. Sorte Option.................................97 4.79. Spacechar Option.............................98 4.80. Timestamp Option.............................98 4.81. Totals Option................................98 4.82. Totext Option................................99 4.83. Userid Option................................99 4.84. Username Option.............................100 LIST OF TABLES Physical equipment fields (part 1)................15 Physical equipment fields (part 2)................16 Physical equipment screen editing keys............16 ICF Commands Summary..............................18 ICF Options Summary...............................25 Drive options summary.............................28 Options for testing...............................30 ICF environment variables.........................30 Values for ICFINI environment variables...........31 Structure of program input files..................35 Structure of microchannel input files.............36 Output file options...............................36 Standard file extensions..........................37 Standard file names...............................37 Field description data types......................38 Output file structures by command.................40 Output file structure for STATUS command..........41 STATUS command output field ID's..................44 Packed field values...............................47 Autorun criteria..................................49 STATUS command groups.............................58 File attribute codes..............................63 Autorun criteria..................................64 ID option fields..................................78 Values for /Nomsg option..........................86 Timestamp option fields...........................98 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ______________ . INTRODUCTION _ 1.1. ORGANIZATION OF THIS MANUAL This manual is divided into several chapters: Chapter 1 includes this introduction, as well as a quick-start guide for "power users". If you're anxious to use ICF without doing much reading, skip to the next section and you should find enough informa- tion to get started. Chapter 2 consists of a more in-depth overview and guide of what ICF can do, with detailed information intended to provide the ICF in- staller / administrator with techniques and strategies for accomplish- ing the PC inventory-collection function. Chapter 3 is a reference of all ICF commands. Chapter 4 is a reference of all ICF options. The reference portion of this manual, chapters 3 and 4, lists the com- mands and options of ICF in alphabetical order. Each command and option is explained using the following format: SYNTAX If the command or option has a special syntax, other than the default syntax, it is shown here. The default syntax for ICF commands and options is described in the section Starting ICF on page 10. DESCRIPTION This describes the command or option in detail. VALID FOR Many commands and options are only valid during certain situations: Page 1 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Some commands only work with certain operating systems. Some options only work with some commands. If the particular command or option is valid under certain conditions, then those conditions are described here. EXAMPLES In many cases examples are shown to demonstrate the use and syntax of the command or option. NOTE: In all examples the ICF program is referred to as ICF.EXE, even though ICF is distributed as uniquely named executable programs de- pending on the target operating system (i.e. the DOS version is ICFDOS.EXE and the OS/2 version is ICFOS2.EXE). In sites where only one operating system is in use, it is common to rename the .EXE file to ICF.EXE to make things simple. SEE ALSO A list of other topics is given to obtain information on related sub- jects. 1.2. QUICK-START (POWER-USER) GUIDE 1.2.1. GETTING STARTED Getting ICF started is as simple as copying the required files to a hard drive or another floppy disk. Use the program version appropriate for the operating system in use:1 ICFDOS.EXE used for DOS versions 2.x and above ICFOS2.EXE used for OS/2 versions 1.2 and above 1 Throughout this manual the ICF program is referred to simply as "ICF", implying an executable file name of ICF.EXE. Many ICF users rename ICFDOS.EXE or ICFOS2.EXE to ICF.EXE to simplify calling the program. We do not recommend this in environments where both versions are used. Page 2 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF uses input files to provide data for identifying software and hard- ware. These files are named ICFPROG1.DBF and ICFMCA1.DBF respectively. If you want to enable automatic recognition of software packages and micro- channel boards, these files are required by ICF. They should be located either in the current directory when ICF is started, or the directory specified in the /Indir option. If you plan on using the HELP command, the ICFHELP1.DBF and ICFHELP2.DBF files must also be located in the current or /Indir-specified directory. 1.2.2. RUNNING ICF To start ICF, type the appropriate command on the command line followed by any required options. Some examples illustrate this: ICF This by itself produces an error message since no command was given after the program name. ICF HELP Displays a list of help topics available. To access help the files ICFHELP1.DBF and ICFHELP2.DBF must be in the current directory, or the directory specified by the /Indir option. If ICF cannot find them an error message is displayed. ICF HELP STATUS Displays a list of all help subjects with the word "STATUS" ap- pearing anywhere in the topic name. In this example "STATUS" is considered a parameter of the HELP command. ICF FILES Displays a directory of all files in all directories on all local drives. It is important to note that the FILES and PROGRAMS com- mand can have a file specification parameter after the command, but if one is not specified then all files are assumed. ICF FILES D Same as above, but only looks at drive D: ICF PROGRAMS Performs a program scan of all directories on all drives and iden- tifies recognized software. For this command to function the ICFPROG1.DBF file must be in the current directory or the direc- tory specified by the /Indir option. ICF STATUS Performs a complete status, similar to a configuration report, of installed hardware and software and displays the results on the Page 3 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL screen. The STATUS command includes the program scan performed by the PROGRAMS command. 1.2.3. USING OPTIONS Options are used to fine-tune the operation of ICF. Include them after the command and any parameters of the command. ICF FILES BAK /RINGBELL Find all files and all drives with the text "BAK" anywhere in the file name. The bell is sounded when the scan is complete. NOTE: Unlike DOS, ICF by default uses a quicker method of specifying file names to search for. Any text included as parameters to the FILES or PROGRAMS command is not treated as a file name, but as text that can appear anywhere in the name or extension. There are ways to re- store normal DOS-like behavior. For more information refer to the sec- tion File Scan Operations on page 18. ICF FILES *.EXE /LANDRIVESO /PAUSE Searches for and displays all files with an .EXE extension. The search is limited to LAN drives only, and the display is paused every time the screen fills up. 1.2.4. USING OPTION VALUES For options that have values, separate the value from the option with a "= or ":" as shown in the examples: ICF FILES /DBASE /FILENAME=FILEDATA All local drives are scanned and every file is recorded in a Dbase formatted file (.DBF). The name of the output file is FILEDATA.DBF. ICF FILES /DBASE /FILENAME=FILEDATA /LANDRIVES /SKIPDRIVES=RW Same as above but LAN drives are included in the search (/Landrives). Drives R: and W: are skipped. Page 4 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF STATUS /ASCII /OVERWRITE /OUTDIR=Z:\ICF A status command is performed, with output being saved to an Ascii comma-delimited file. Since the /Filename option was not given the default STATUS file name of ICFINV will be used. If the file al- ready exists, it will be overwritten. The file is saved in the di- rectory Z:\ICF. 1.2.5. SAVING INFORMATION IN A FILE Some of the examples above specify that output should be saved to a file. ICF normally displays the results of a command on the screen. To save this to a file, use one of the following methods: Use DOS redirection to save the output exactly as it appears on the screen. Use the /Dbase option to save the output in a structured Dbase .DBF file. Use the /Lotus option to save the output in a .WK1 spreadsheet. Use the /Ascii option to save the output in a comma-delimited file. ICF FILES E:\TOOLS >FILELIST.TXT Does a directory of all files in all directories starting with the E:\TOOLS directory, and uses DOS redirection to save the results in a text file. ICF FILES E:\TOOLS >FILELIST.TXT /DBASE Same as above, but saves the data in a Dbase file. ICF PROGRAMS D /ASCII Searches all files in all directories on drive D:, recognizes and saves programs to an Ascii comma-delimited file. This file can be easily imported into virtually any software package for further analysis. ICF PROGRAMS /ASCII /OVERWRITE Same as above but the /Overwrite option permits ICF to overwrite an existing output file. Since the /Filename option wasn't speci- fied, a default file name is used. Page 5 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF PROGRAMS /ASCII /APPEND Appends new data to an already existing output file. If one does not exist it is created.2 ICF FILES *:\*.BAK /LOTUS Saves a record of all files found with a .BAK extension, in all directories and all drives, in a Lotus 1-2-3 worksheet using the .WK1 file format. 1.2.6. USING ICF ON A LAN To use ICF on computers attached to a LAN, use the /Indir and /Outdir op- tions as appropriate. ICF PROGRAMS /INDIR=Z:\ICF /OUTDIR=L:\ICFDATA /DBASE Saves a record of all programs found on all local drives. Data used for recognizing programs are read from files located in the Z:\ICF directory. The output .DBF file is written to the L:\ICFDATA directory. ICF FILES *.BAT /OUTDIR=S:\SAVE /FILENAME=$TEMP /ASCII Using the /Filename option instructs ICF not to use the standard file name and use a unique name instead. The $TEMP value results in a file name in the form ICFnnnnn.ASC, where nnnnn is a number generated automatically by ICF to ensure that the file name does not conflict with existing files in the output directory. 1.2.7. MAKING OPTIONS PERMANENT As you can see, there are quite a few options available for fine-tuning the operation of ICF. In order to make the task of specifying options easier, they may be placed in environment variables and/or ICF.INI files. ICF will upon startup look for an environment variable called ICF (appropriate, isn't it?). Any options included are added to those speci- fied on the command line. For example: SET ICF=/INDIR:S:\ICF\FILES /OUTDIR:Z:\ /DBASE /OVERWRITE will create an environment variable called ICF and set it to the options shown. Thus any future ICF commands will automatically in- herit these options in addition to those on the command line. 2 The /Append option is not functional when /Lotus is used to save output in a .Wk1 spreadsheet. Page 6 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL A text file called ICF.INI can be created in which other options may be placed. Each option should be placed on a line by itself, and the / char- acter preceding the option is not necessary. ICF expects to find the ICF.INI file in the current directory. This operation can be changed how- ever - for more information refer to Options Specification Methods on page 25. All of these methods are additive, permitting the ICF administrator to predefine system-wide options and save time in creating workstation cop- ies of complex command lines. 1.2.8. MODIFYING ICF INPUT FILES ICF does not provide a built-in mechanism for modifying its own input files. However, all input files are in standard Dbase .DBF files and can be either natively processed by many popular database programs, or im- ported into other database programs (i.e. Paradox), modified, and then exported back to the .DBF file. NOTE: In all cases the exact structure of the input files must be maintained. Page 7 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ___ IDE _ 2.1. OVERVIEW ICF is the Inventory Capture Facility. It is a very powerful and flexible program that searches for and collects data on a variety of computer sys- tem components. Some of its capabilities include: It is available for DOS and OS/2 operating systems. No matter who wins the great operating system wars, you know what's on your PC's. It can search for and list files on all drives, local and remote, and use any number of filtering options when searching, including file at- tributes, size, name, etc. It can search for and report all software packages, including both pre- defined packages as well as custom software. The database for pre-de- fined software is user-defined, allowing new programs to be added. ICF can also, upon request, capture a record of all software programs re- gardless of whether or not they have been defined in the recognition database. On microchannel computers it can report on all boards installed. It can analyze and report on system parameters, including DOS version, name, memory (normal, extended, expanded), CMOS data, mouse informa- tion, etc. It can record physical or stand-alone components that cannot automati- cally be recognized. It can completely automate the collection of data and save information on shared LAN drives. It can run standalone and store data files on floppy disks. It can gather network (LAN) information. It can perform a quick "pre-check" to determine whether or not changes have actually been made to the configuration of a PC, and then decide Page 8 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL to perform a full configuration data collection. This feature allows ICF to be run every day and not impact the user unless the workstation configuration has changed. It is easy to use, command-line driven, and flexible with hundreds of options to fine-tune operation. 2.2. VERSIONS OF ICF 2.2.1. DOS VERSION The DOS version of ICF supports DOS versions 2.x and above. The name of the executable as shipped on the distribution disk is ICFDOS.EXE. 2.2.2. OS/2 VERSION ICF is available in an OS/2 version that runs on OS/2 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0. The name of the executable is ICFOS2.EXE. 2.2.3. OTHER VERSIONS Other versions of ICF may be in development, or may be custom developed by request. Contact LanTelligence Corporation for information. 2.3. INSTALLATION How ICF is installed depends on the following factors: Whether ICF is to be used on a LAN or on standalone PC's What operating system is used What network operating system is used Installation is simple. ICF only needs its own executable file to run - there are no overlays or secondary programs. When permanently installing ICF on LAN-connected computers, ICF can be installed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT Page 9 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL file, or it can be placed in the login script or profile of the network operating system so that it runs automatically. ICF can just as easily be used as a standalone configuration-gathering tool. In this case you probably would want to simply copy the required ICF version onto a floppy disk and carry it from PC to PC. ICF uses several data files for the input recognition database. If you plan on performing automatic software and microchannel board recognition then the ICFPROG1.DBF and ICFMCA1.DBF files should be copied to the di- rectory where ICF resides. If the directory where these files are placed is not the current directory when ICF is run, the /Indir option must be used so ICF can find them. For more information on these files refer to ICF Input Files on page 33. 2.4. STARTING ICF SYNTAX ICF is run from the DOS prompt and the syntax is as follows: ICF <command> <command parameters> <options> The <command> may be any valid command for ICF. The <command parameters> are command-specific options that restrict ICF operation to certain func- tions. <Options> is a list of options separated by spaces. Options must be prefixed with the / or - characters. EXAMPLES ICF FILES List all files (directory information) on all drives. By default (if no file specification appears after the FILES command) ICF searches all files in all directories. ICF FILES D:\SAMPLES /NODESCEND The FILES command operates only on the included parameter (D:\SAMPLES) . ICF will not descend directories. ICF STATUS MEM Perform the STATUS command, which results in collection of various PC configuration information. The parameter MEM of the STATUS com- mand indicates that instead of reporting on all status categories, only information related to the PC's memory configuration is re- ported. For more information on STATUS categories refer to page 58. Page 10 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Commands Summary, Options Summary, Options Specification Methods 2.5. TECHNIQUES 2.5.1. SCANNING FOR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS This section deals with an overview, strategies and alternatives for scanning computers for software packages. ICF offers several commands that result in a program scan operation being performed: The PROGRAM command performs a program scan of the computer. The STATUS command may perform a program scan, depending on which pa- rameters and options are used. The AUTO command may also result in a program scan being performed. This command first determines if the configuration has been changed since the last STATUS command has been run. If it has then another STATUS is performed. In addition, there are several different strategies you may want to pur- sue when searching for programs: You can limit the data ICF captures by only recording recognized soft- ware. You can instruct ICF to record information for unrecognized software. You can do a combination of the two. 2.5.1.1. OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM SCAN OPERATIONS ICF will start a program scan operation when any of the events described above occur. It will perform a standard file scan operation in order to search for software. This means that ICF will, by default, scan all lo- cal drives and directories - which files and drives are searched, and whether LAN drives are included, are controlled by the many options re- garding how file scan operations are performed. Refer to File Scan Operations on page 18 for more information. Page 11 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL HINT: When running ICF in a "production" environment, you may want to prevent users from limiting the ICF search to individual drives and/or directories. They can do this by setting the ICF environment variable or using the ICF.INI file to contain the appropriate options. In order to override this, use the /Alldisks or /Entiredisk options in your batch file or logon script. In addition, the /Forceglobal option is a shortcut option that automatically specifies both /Alldisks and /Entiredisk. These options override any "filtering" options set previ- ously. Refer to the reference section for more information. 2.5.1.2. PROGRAM SCAN COMMANDS The ICF commands that result in a program scan are PROGRAMS, STATUS, and AUTO. The PROGRAMS command is specifically used for searching for softw- are on a computer. The STATUS command performs a variety of configura- tion-gathering functions, of which the program scan is one of them. The AUTO command results in a STATUS command being performed if ICF deter- mines it is appropriate to run it (based on whether the configuration has changed since the last STATUS was performed). These commands are dis- cussed in detail in the Command Reference section starting on page 48. Note that the STATUS command has optional parameters that follow it on the command line. These parameters fine-tune the operations that will be performed by the STATUS command, and it is possible to either explicitly request that a program scan be performed or, by using the /Nostatus op- tion, to explicitly request a program scan not be performed whenever a STATUS is run. A complete list of categories/groups that may be used as parameters to the STATUS command appears on page 58. EXAMPLES ICF STATUS PRO /ASCII The PRO parameter specifically requests a program scan to be per- formed. If parameters are used with STATUS, only those operations requested are performed and all other collection groups are omit- ted. Output will be saved in an Ascii file. ICF STATUS /NOSTATUS=PRO This is the opposite of the above command. Since no parameters were specified, ICF will collect information on all STATUS groups, except any groups specified by the /NOSTATUS option. In this case the program scan is skipped. Page 12 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 2.5.1.3. RECOGNIZING PROGRAMS When a program scan is performed, ICF looks at any file name that has an .EXE or .COM extension, indicating it is an executable program. A file is considered recognized if it has an entry in the ICFPROGn.DBF file (where n is a number from 1 to 9). If a matching file is found it is recorded with the file name, path, and description of the software. HINT: If you desire more identification for each program in addition to the name, path and description, use the /Proginfo option. This will result in collecting the file size, date and time as well. By default ICF uses only the file name for comparison. The COMPMETHOD field in the ICFPROGn.DBF file can have an "S" in it, which will instruct ICF to compare file sizes as well. While the file date and time could po- tentially be used, the file size is a more reliable method of verifying the identity of a program, especially when checking for the presence of viruses3. 2.5.1.4. CAPTURING NON-RECOGNIZABLE PROGRAMS ICF provides a method for performing what is called after-the-fact pro- gram recognition. This approach involves recording the file names and other information for non-recognized programs (.EXE and .COM files) in addition to recognized programs. These lists of program files can later be merged and compared, enabling a convenient way of identifying new software packages to add to the recognition database. To do this, the /Findexts option is used. This instructs ICF to save all files with an .EXE or .COM file extension, as the example below illus- trates: 3 While ICF does not perform virus checking, a potential strategy would be to make special note of unrecognized software with file names that should be recognized. The change in file size would indicate either a different version of the program or the presence of a virus. Page 13 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF PROGRAMS C /FINDEXTS /ASCII /FILENAME:PROGDATA Perform a program scan on drive C:, searching all files and direc- tories, saving the file name and software product description in an Ascii file named Progdata. Even more file types an be recorded by using the /Findextsval option. As a value to this option you provide a comma-separated list of file exten- sions. Any files with an extension in this list will also be recorded: ICF PROGRAMS /FINDEXTS /FINDEXTSVAL:FON,OVL /LOTUS A program scan is performed on all local drives, recording all files with an extension .COM, .EXE, .FON, or .OVL. Recorded infor- mation is saved in a .WK1 formatted file. 2.5.2. COLLECTING PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION DATA ICF permits data to be manually entered in order to record information representing physical (stand-alone) equipment and user identification. There are 2 alternative methods that accomplish this: The ASK command and /Ask option present an edit screen in which infor- mation can be manually entered4. This information can optionally be saved in a disk file on the user's workstation. Special ID fields can be used to provide this information to ICF right on the command line. While the data cannot be saved using this approach (it needs to be re-specified each time ICF is run), it offers the flexibility of sending information to ICF using batch file parameters. 2.5.2.1. THE ASK COMMAND AND /ASK OPTION The data entry screen that records this information is presented whenever the ASK command or /Ask option is specified. The ASK command is used to present the edit screen to enter this infor- mation. Any changes made while editing are automatically saved. Once the edit screen is exited, ICF does not perform any other operation and exits to the operating system. The /Ask option is used in conjunction with the STATUS or AUTO com- mands. When specified, the edit screen is presented and then a configu- ration run is performed (depending on other options specified with the 4 These are mutually exclusive features. The /Ask option is used with the STATUS and AUTO commands, while the ASK command is used by itself. Page 14 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL particular command given). Any changes made while editing are not saved automatically -- the /Saveids option must be specified for this to oc- cur. If changes are saved, they are stored in a special file normally called C:\AUTORUN.DAT. This file may be named differently or located in a dif- ferent drive/directory if the /Autorunfile option is used. If you want to protect the file from deletion or editing, the /Hide option will mark the file as Hidden, System, and Read-only by setting the appropriate file at- tributes. The following information can be entered: FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION User ID ID of computer user User Name Name of computer user Location Can be room, company, floor, dept, etc. Notes 1 Any notes Notes 2 Any notes Equipment Up to 8 ID and description fields representing physi- ID's cal (stand-alone) equipment. 5 Table - 1 Physical equipment fields (part 1) For the Equipment ID's shown in the table above, each can consist of the fol ing fields: low 5 While this was designed for recording separate equipment, of course it can also be used for user-defined purposes as well. 15 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL FIELD DESCRIPTION Type Typically P=Printer, M=Modem, C=Computer, etc. Make Brand of equipment Model Model description of equipment Serial Serial number of item Table Physical equipment fields (part 2) - 2 When ICF sees the ASK command or /Ask option, the edit screen appears. The following keys are available for use when editing this data: KEYS ACTION , SHIFT-TAB TAB moves cursor between fields and ENTER Arrow keys moves cursor between letters Home, End moves cursor to start / end of field CTRL-W saves entered information ESC aborts any changes made Table Physical equipment screen editing keys - 3 SEE ALSO Ask Option, Ask Command, Saveids Option, Autorunfile Option, Hide Option 16 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 2.5.2.2. ID FIELDS In order to accommodate the automatic capture of inventory information that is not a physical part of the computer, ICF provides a number of special "ID" fields. These are specified on the command line using the appropriate option and any value as a parameter to the option. The op- tions are only valid for the STATUS and AUTO commands. Like any other op- tion, these can be issued on the command line, or stored in a batch file, environment variable, or ICF.INI file. Unlike the ASK command and /Ask option, using these options will prevent you from being able to save the information. Every time ICF is run they will have to be included again. They are useful, however, for batch files and stand-alone inventory collection. The syntax for each option is: /<option name>=<string> EXAMPLES /PRINTERID=LASERJET /COMPUTERNAME=JIMSPC /MODEMID=HAYES1200 Whenever one of these options is given, ICF will include its field iden- tifier and value in the output file when the Status command is performed. Refer to Output File Structures on page 38 to see what field identifiers are associated with each option. Following is a list of the available options. /Computerid /Miscid1 /Miscid2 /Modemid /Monitorid /Printerid /Userid /Username /Computername /Companyname Page 17 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option, Printerid Option 2.6. USING ICF COMMANDS 2.6.1. COMMANDS SUMMARY Following is a summary of ICF commands. COMMAND DESCRIPTION Files Gather information about specified files Status Gather status and inventory collection information Auto Automatic version of Status command Programs Gather program information Diskspace Collect statistics on disk space Help Display help on specified topics Table 4 - ICF Commands Summary SEE ALSO Files Command, Status Command, Auto Command, Programs Command, Diskspace Command, Help Command 2.6.2. FILE SCAN OPERATIONS The FILES and PROGRAMS commands perform file scan operations - basically they scan disk drives for files. Following are the rules outlining how these operations are carried out, illustrated with examples. Page 18 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL EXAMPLES By default ICF always searches all directories on all local drives. To extend the search to LAN (remote) drives, the following options may be used: /Landrives Include LAN drives /Landriveso Only scan LAN drives ICF FILES /LANDRIVES will search for all files on all drives, local and remote. If you want to restrict the scan to an individual drive, just the drive letter will suffice: ICF FILES D will search for all files on drive D:. Note that the colon is not necessary. Not only is it not necessary, but including a colon ac- tually means something else! The following command: ICF FILES D: tells ICF to search for all files in all directories on drive D:, starting with the current directory. Unlike the previous example where the colon is omitted and the scan starts at the root direc- tory, using a colon performs a "relative" search. Of course, you can specify the directory to start with by including it after the drive designation: ICF PROGRAMS E:\MYPROG will search for all programs on drive E:, starting in the \MYPROG directory. As in the previous examples, nested directories are scanned as well. To prevent directories from being "descended", use the /Nodescend option: ICF PROGRAMS C:\DOS /NODESCEND Finally, let's look at specifying individual files to search for. Unlike normal DOS conventions, simply listing a file name does something slightly different from what you might expect: ICF FILES F:\TEST This command will not search for a file called TEST, but rather for any file with the string "TEST" in it. In DOS terms, it is equivalent to "*TEST*.*" (ignoring the fact that DOS will ignore the second *). This convention makes it easy to search for files. There are probably times, however, where you will want to use the stan- dard DOS convention of specifying file names. The /Dosearch option will accomplish this. The command: Page 19 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF FILES F:\TEST /DOSEARCH will scan only for the file "TEST" in all directories on drive F:, starting in the root directory. If you want to search all drives (local drives by default), replace the drive letter with a "*": ICF FILES *:\TEST will scan for all files containing "TEST" in the file name, on all drives and in all directories. In the special (and probably rare) case where you want to find a file that is precisely one letter long, the following won't work: ICF FILES D since it will scan all files on drive D:, and not for a file called "D". If the latter is what you want, use the /Colon option: ICF FILES D /COLON tells ICF not to use the special "no colon means entire drive" convention and search for a file called "D". MAKING OPTIONS PERMANENT If you want any of the options shown above to be the default behavior, simply include the options in the ICF environment variable, or the ICF.INI file. SEE ALSO Nodescend Option, Landrives Option, Landriveso Option, Files Command, Programs Command, Environment Variables, ICF.INI File, Nofilesdefault Option 2.7. USING ICF OPTIONS 2.7.1. OPTIONS SUMMARY Following is a summary of all the options for ICF. Page 20 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL OPTION CATEGORY DESCRIPTION Alldisks File scan Include all drives operations Allext File scan Include all extensions operations Append File output Append data to output file Ascii File output Output data to Ascii comma-delimited file Ask Physical Full-screen equipment entry screen equipment Attrs File scan Specify attributes to search for operations Autodays AUTO command Number of days to skip between STATUS Autorun AUTO command AUTO options Autorunfile AUTO command File to save configuration data on lo- cal PC Autospace AUTO command Amount of disk space change that trig- gers STATUS command Banner Misc Display misc. message at startup Batch Shortcut op- Specifies /Quiet and other options tion Bigfiles File scan Search for large files operations Bigfilesize File scan Specify compare size for /Bigfiles operations Break User control Handling of Ctrl-Break during process- ing Cls Screen out- Clear screen before starting put Colon File scan Single letter file spec is not a drive operations name Page 21 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Companyname ID field Specify company name Computerid ID field Specify computer id Dbase File output Output data to .DBF file Desc File output Add description info to STATUS output fields Descend File scan Process subdirectores operations Domains LAN versions User for LAN-specific versions of ICF Dosearch File scan Use normal DOS file search method operations Drives File scan Specify drives to search operations Entiredisk File scan Search entire drive operations Escape User control Permit abort by hitting ESC key Filename File output Specify name of output file Findexts Program scan Record information for all .COM and .EXE files found Findextsval Program scan Add other extensions to /Findexts proc- essing Floppy Shortcut op- Specifies options for saving output to tion A: Force AUTO command Forces STATUS to be performed Forceglobal Shortcut op- Specifies /Alldisks and /Entiredisk tion options Hide AUTO command Set AUTO file to hidden, system and readonly attributes Id File output Extra fields are added to STATUS file output to identify workstation Indir File input Specify input file directory 22 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Ismca STATUS com- Tells ICF computer is microchannel mand Landrives File scan Include LAN drives in search operations Landriveso File scan Only include LAN drives in search operations Lotus File output Output data to .WK1 file Miscid1 ID field Specify user-defined ID Miscid2 ID field Specify user-defined ID Modemid ID field Specify model ID Monitorid ID field Specify monitor ID Needdir Misc Make sure directory is present before running Needspace Misc Make sure enough disk space is avail- able before running Noalignext FILES com- Do not align extensions when outputting mand to screen Nodescend File scan Do not descend directory trees operations Nofilesdefault File scan FILES and PROGRAMS commands must have operations file specs as parameters Nomsg Output mes- Specify types of messages that should sages not be output Nonumber Screen out- Do not number file listings put Noreadmsg Output mes- Do not display file input status mes- sages sages Normal File scan Search for files that don't have hid- operations den, system or readonly attributes set Noshowdir FILES com- Do not show <DIR> entries in screen mand output 23 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Nostatus STATUS com- Specify status categories to ignore mand Outdir File output Specify output directory Outdirnov File output Output directory overrides /Filename path Overwrite File output Overwrite file if it exists Pause Screen out- Pause when screen fills up put Printerid ID field Specify printer ID Proginfo Program scan Include additional data when outputting program identification information Progslimit Testing Specify number of programs to search for Protected File scan Search for hidden, system or readonly operations files Quiet Output mes- Do not display status messages sages Recslimit Testing Limit processing to N records Recsnotify Testing Display message every N records Ringbell Misc Ring bell when processing completes Saveids ID field Save data entered for /Ask option Servers LAN versions User for LAN-specific versions of ICF Servertypes LAN versions User for LAN-specific versions of ICF Showdir FILES com- Display <DIR> entries mand Size File scan Specify size of files to search for operations Sizek FILES com- Display screen output file size in K mand units Page 24 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Skipdrives File scan Do not process specified drives operations Smallfiles File scan Search for small files operations Smallfilesize File scan Specify compare size for /Smallfiles operations Sorte FILES com- Sort file names by extension before mand output to screen Spacechar Misc Specify character to be substituted for spaces. Timestamp File output Add time and date fields to the output file Totals FILES com- Display directory totals in screen out- mand put Totext FILES com- Calculate totals by extension in screen mand output Userid ID field Specify user ID Username ID field Specify user name Table ICF Options Summary 5 - SEE ALSO Options Specification Methods 2.7.2. OPTION SPECIFICATION METHODS Options can be specified to ICF using any combination of the following methods. The cumulative effect of using more than one technique in a given ICF run is then discussed. 25 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 2.7.2.1. COMMAND LINE Options can be included with the ICF command on the DOS (or OS/2) command line. The / or - character should be used as a prefix for the options, as shown in the following example: ICF STATUS /ALLDRIVES As many options that can fit on the command line may be included. 2.7.2.2. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE Options can be included in the special environment variable called, ap- propriately enough, "ICF". The DOS or OS/2 SET command is used to create the environment variable: SET ICF=/ALLDRIVES The ICF program will look for this variable and, if found, will read in all options specified. NOTE: Any options that require a value should use the : character to separate the value from the option, as in: SET ICF=/DRIVES:CD If the = character is used, the SET command will be invalid and result in an error message from the operating system. 2.7.2.3. IN A FILE Finally, ICF options can be specified in a file called ICF.INI. If this file exists when ICF starts, options will be read in from the file and processed. Options should be specified one per line. A / or - prefix is neither required nor recommended. This file may be located in any of several places. ICF will search the following locations and cumulatively process any ICF.INI files it finds: Page 26 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF will search all LAN drives for a directory named /ICF. If found, any files called ICF.INI are processed. This is equivalent to *:\ICF\ICF.INI. Only first level directories are searched. A directory specified by the ICFINI environment variable The current directory of the local computer NOTE: Processing of ICF.INI files can be specifically controlled by using the ICFINI environment variable. Refer to Environment Variable "ICFINI" for more information. 2.7.2.4. CUMULATIVE PROCESS EFFECTS Since options may be specified using a combination of the above methods, they can override other previously specified options. ICF processes op- tions in the following order: 1. Any LAN-based ICF.INI files 2. Any ICF.INI files specified by the ICFINI environment variable 3. Options specified in the ICF environment variable 4. Options specified on the command line SEE ALSO Environment Variables, Environment Variable "ICFINI" 2.7.3. SHORTCUT OPTIONS Shortcut Options are options that do nothing more than specify other op- tions. They may be useful because they serve to automatically adjust ICF processing for certain tasks without specifying individual options re- peatedly. Following are the shortcut options available in ICF. Refer to the Options Reference section for details on each. /Floppy /Batch /Forceglobal Page 27 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 2.7.4. SUMMARY OF OPTIONS BY GROUP Some of the major options can be conveniently discussed as a related group. 2.7.4.1. DRIVE OPTIONS SUMMARY There are several options that control which disk drives are included in any "file scan operation". File scan operations are performed by the FILES, STATUS, and PROGRAMS command. Following is a summary of each op- tion. They are also listed in order of precedence (options at the start of the list take precedence over options at the end of the list) OPTION DESCRIPTION Alldisks Include all drives Skipdrives Specify drives to skip Drives Specify drives to include Landrives Include LAN drives Landriveso Include only LAN drives Table 6 - Drive options summary 2.7.4.2. FILE SCAN OPTIONS As discussed in File Scan Operations on page 18, there are a number of options that control how ICF searches for files. In addition to the drive options above, others are summarized here Page 28 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL OPTION DESCRIPTION Alldisks Include all drives in scan Descend Descend directories Nodescend Do not descend directories Attrs Search for files with specific attributes Bigfiles Search for only "big" files Bigfilesize Set size of "big" files Colon Specify that a colon is used for drive names Dosearch Perform regular DOS wildcard processing Entiredisk Search all directories on each drive Forceglobal Specify both /Alldisks and /Entiredisk options Nofilesdefault File spec must be specified on command line Normal Do not include files with System, Readonly or Hidden attributes Protected Include only files with System, Readonly or Hidden attributes Table 7 - File scan options summary 2.7.4.3. TESTING OPTIONS There are several options intended for testing new implementations and installations of ICF. The administrator can use them to shorten time-con- suming commands. They should not be used in production environments as integrity is sacrificed since ICF output is truncated. The following ta- ble lists the options in this group. For more information refer to each option in the Option Reference section. Page 29 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL OPTION DESCRIPTION Progslimit Stop ICF execution when a specified number of programs have been found Recslimit Stop ICF execution when a specified number of records have been output Recsnoitfy Display a message every time a specified number of re- cords are output Table - 8 Options for testing 2.8. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ICF will look for and use any of several environment variables when it starts These variables modify the behavior of ICF during certain opera- tions. To specify an environment variable, the DOS (or OS/2) SET command must be used, either from the command line or a batch file. Refer to your operat- ing system manual for more in mation. for Following are the environment variables used by ICF. ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION VARIABLE ICF Use this variable to specify additional options for ICF to use. ICFINI Use this variable to specify how ICF searches for ICF.INI files Table ICF environment variables 9 - 30 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 2.8.1. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE "ICF" The ICF environment variable may be used to specify additional options to ICF. Other methods for specifying options include using the command line and writing ICF.INI files. To create this variable, use the DOS or OS/2 SET command. EXAMPLES SET ICF=/SMALLFILESIZE:100 /BIGFILESIZE:100000 SET ICF=/BATCH /FLOPPY NOTE: When writing options that require a value, use the colon (':') character as a separator rather than the '=' character. The SET com- mand will not like multiple ='s in a single line (you'll get an error message). 2.8.2. ICF ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE "ICFINI" The ICFINI environment variable controls how ICF searches for ICF.INI files. Following are the different values that can be assigned to ICFINI. VALUE DESCRIPTION NONE Instructs ICF to avoid searching and reading any ICF.INI files. NOLAN Instructs ICF to avoid searching for ICF.INI files on LAN drives. <pathname If a '<' character is immediately followed by a valid pathname, that path is searched for the ICF.INI file. Table 10 - Values for ICFINI environment variable Page 31 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL EXAMPLES SET ICFINI=<T:\DEFAULTS 2.9. EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES A few features of ICF are experimental in nature and may be discontinued in future versions. By experimental we don't mean untested or buggy, as they undergo the same testing as other parts of the program. It does im- ply that their inclusion in future releases depends on their reported usefulness to our customers. If a command or option is experimental it will be indicated in the manual in the appropriate reference section. SEE ALSO Totext Option, Allext Option 2.10. HINTS Following are some hints at performing tasks using ICF. SENDING OUTPUT FILES TO A LAN DRIVE Use the /Filename option to assign a unique name to each output file. For example: ICF STATUS /FILENAME=$COMPID /ASCII would analyze the computer configuration and output the data to a file called xxxxxxx.ASC in the Ascii delimited format. The "xxxxxxxx" is re- placed with the first 8 characters from the Computer ID, assuming one is specified by the /Computerid Option. Use the /ID option to assign each record to the configuration it belongs to. For example: ICF PROGRAMS /ID /DBASE /APPEND would search for and identify programs/software on all drives, and each output record written would include a field specifying the computer ID (assuming one was given by the /Computerid option). Page 32 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL FINDING A FILE YOU LOST Use the FILES command, possibly with the /Landrives option to include re- mote drives in the search. For example: ICF FILES BUDGET /LANDRIVES will search for all files that have "BUDGET" anywhere in the name (DOS equivalent would be "*BUDGET*.*"), and can have any exten- sion, on all drives, including remote drives. 2.11. ICF INPUT FILES Input files are used by ICF to provide data for recognizing programs and microchannel boards. When the PROGRAMS or STATUS command is used, ICF first looks for these files. If found, a small subset of data is read in from the files in order to provide lookup capabilities when collecting configuration data. For programs, ICF uses files named ICFPROGn.DBF. For microchannel boards, ICF uses files named ICFMCAn.DBF. The "n" is a number from 1 to 9. When files are scanned for recognizable software, ICF attempts to read input data from ICFPROG1, then ICFPROG2, ICFPROG3, etc., up to ICFPROG9. Any files not found are simply skipped. The same processing occurs with the ICFMCAn.DBF files. This approach al- lows you to add new software programs and boards in one of two ways: New files can be added by simply using a new file name for the input file. Records can be added to an existing input file. The first method permits you to use new versions of input files when we make them available without having to worry about "re-applying" your own custom data to the file. To create a new file, use any Dbase-compatible database program to create a new file with the same structure as the one shipped with ICF, and then add new records. Page 33 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL NOTE: It is imperative that the exact structure of input files is pre- served. To verify that ICF is indeed processing input files, view the messages ICF displays when running. At the start of processing ICF will read the input files and give status messages showing how many input files and re- cords were read. 2.11.1. PROGRAM INPUT FILES The structure of program input files is shown below: Page 34 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL FIELD FIELD NAME LENGTH DATA DESCRIPTION NUMBER TYPE 1 Prodno 5 N Reserved for future use. 2 Progname 15 C The file name of the program. 3 Version 8 C The version number of the program. If this field has a value it will be appended to the description when re- corded. 4 Size N The size of the program file. 5 Crc32 N Reserved for future use. 6 Compmethod 1 C If this field has a "S" in it, the size of the found program file must match the size recorded in this file. 7 Dirmethod 1 C Reserved for future use. 8 Progtype 1 C Type of program 9 Dirbein 30 C Reserved for future use. 10 Dirnobein C 30 Reserved for future use. 11 Descrip C 60 Description of program 12 Runcode 1 C Reserved for future use. 13 Progid N Reserved for future use. Table 11 - Structure of program input files 2.11.2. MICROCHANNEL BOARD INPUT FILES The structure of microchannel board input files is shown below: 35 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL FIELD FIELD DATA LENGTH DESCRIPTION NUMBER NAME TYPE 1 Id C 4 The hex ID number of the board. This ID number is used in the nam- ing of the ADF option file that ac- companies every microchannel board. 2 Descrip C 100 The description of the board. 3 Flag C 1 Reserved for future use. 4 Misc C 10 Reserved for future use. Table - 12 Structure of microchannel input files 2.12. ICF OUTPUT FILES 2.12.1. OUTPUT FILE NAMING ICF sends output to a file when one of the following options is speci- fied: OPTION OUTPUT FILE FORMAT Dbase output is stored in Dbase format Lotus output is stored in Lotus 1-2-3 format Ascii output is stored in Ascii format Table 13 - Output file options The name of the output file is normally a standard extension, which de- pends on which output file format is used, and a standard name, which de- 36 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL pends on the ICF command being performed. Below is a list of the standard extensions used. These cannot be changed: OPTION STANDARD EXTENSION Dbase .DBF Lotus .WK1 Ascii .ASC Table 14 - Standard file extensions The standard names are shown below, controlled by what ICF command is performed (where .ext is one of the standard extensions): STANDARD FILE NAME COMMAND STATUS or AUTO ICFINV.ext FILES ICFFILES.ext PROGRAMS ICFPROG.ext DISKSPACE ICFDSKSP.ext Table - 15 Standard file names CHANGING THE FILE NAME The /Filename option can be used to change the standard file name as- signed to the output file. This may desired for any of the following rea- sons: It is advantageous to identify the file with the user identification. Output files are stored on a LAN (remote) drive. 37 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Note that in the latter case, if the filename wasn't specified with the Filename option then each file would overwrite a previous one since it would have the same standard name. SEE ALSO Dbase Option, Ascii Option, Lotus Option, Outdir Option, Computerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Filename Option 2.12.2. OUTPUT FILE STRUCTURES When output is directed to a file for an ICF command, the output file will have a different structure depending on the command. Following is a summary of the file structures. The first column shows the field name, the second column the data type, and the third column the length. Numeric fields have no decimal places unless otherwise indicated. The data types are: DATA DESCRIPTION TYPE C character D date N numeric Table - 16 Field description data types Files created using the /Ascii option do not have a structure: the struc- tures given indicate the order of the fields output. 38 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL DATA FIELD NAME LENGTH TYPE FILES COMMAND Drive C 3 Dirname 60 C Filename C 8 Ext C 3 Attrs C 6 Size 12 N Date D 8 Time C 6 Server 6 30 C STATUS COMMAND Id N 6 Value C 150 Desc 7 30 C PROGRAMS COMMAND Progno N 6 6 Valid for special ICF LAN versions only This field only output if /Desc option given. 7 39 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Progname C 70 Filename C 15 Drive C 3 Path C 100 Size N 12 Date D 8 Time C 6 Server 8 C 30 Table 17 - Output file structures by command ADDITIONAL FIELDS Additional fields may be automatically added to each record if the /Id option or the /Timestamp option is specified. Refer to those options in the reference section for more information. SEE ALSO Status Command, Output File Structure, Id Option, Timestamp Option 2.12.3. STATUS COMMAND OUTPUT FILE STRUCTURE The structure of the output file when the Status command is used to col- lect PC inventory information is shown below: 8 Valid for special ICF LAN versions only Page 40 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL FIELD DATA LENGTH NAME TYPE Id N 6 Value C 150 Desc C 9 30 Table - 18 Output file structure for STATUS command The Id field holds a number used to identify the type of information in the record. For example, the operating system name and version are two different types of information and each has a unique Id assigned. The Value field contains the actual string representing the value of the data item being collected. Any numeric values are always converted to character format prior to storing them in this field. The Desc field is only included in the output file structure if the /Desc option is given. If specified, this field contains a description of the data item stored in the record. This methodology yields a uniform data structure for collecting disparate forms of data. If you write programs to read the files created by the STATUS command, you can easily read the file and simply use lookup tables to refer to what data each record contains. Following is a list of the different ID numbers assigned to each data item. Items followed by (#) have special notes given below: 9 this field only output if /Desc option given. 41 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL DATA ID DESCRIPTION ID # NOTES TYPE Total expanded memory number 1 Expanded memory page frame 2 hex Available expanded memory number 3 Expanded memory version number 4 Mouse type string 5 Mouse driver version number 6 Mouse IRQ number 7 Total extended memory number 8 Available memory number 9 Used memory number 10 Reported memory 11 number Video adapter string 12 Video display string 13 Video adapter name 14 string Processor 17 string CoProcessor 18 string PC Model code 19 hex PC Model name 20 string Page 42 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Number of serial ports 21 number Number of parallel ports 22 number Number of floppy drives 23 number Verify mode 24 string Drives 25 string Operating System version 26 string Bios 27 string Username ID 28 string Computer ID 29 string Company name 30 string DOS Print TSR 31 string DOS Append TSR 32 string Program 33 packed 1 Microchannel board 34 packed 2 Logical disk information 35 packed 3 Environment variable 54 string Printer ID 55 string Modem ID 56 string Monitor ID 57 string Page 43 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL User ID 58 string Misc ID 1 59 string Misc ID 2 60 string Location 68 string Bus type 61 string Current date 63 date Current time 64 string Text file 70 packed 4 Notes 1 66 string Notes 2 67 string Cmos floppy 1 type 1001 string Cmos floppy 2 type 1002 string Cmos hard drive 1 type 1003 number Cmos hard drive 2 type 1004 number Cmos base memory 1005 number Cmos expanded memory 1006 number Cmos math CoProcessor 1007 string Table 19 - STATUS command output field ID's NOTES Packed values - Some fields have values that are actually a concatenation of strings. The fields that use this method have a data type of "packed" and their contents are described below. Each string in a packed field is Page 44 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL separated from the next by a "token character". By default this character is the caret "^". Page 45 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL NAME OF PACKED SEQUENCE FIELD NUMBER DESCRIPTION Programs 1 Product number - number ob- (note 1) tained from the ICF input file (if one was present) It will be zero otherwise. This number makes it easy to identify com- mon software. 2 Path and file name 3 Program description - comes from the ICF input file. 4 File size 5 File date 6 File time Microchannel 1 Product number - number ob- Boards tained from the ICF input file (note 2) (if one was present) It will be zero otherwise. This number makes it easy to identify com- mon software. 2 Microchannel ID code - read from the board itself 3 Board description - comes from the ICF input file. Logical Drive 1 Drive number (3=C, 4=D, etc...) Information (note 3) 2 Total disk space 3 Free disk space 4 Used disk space 46 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL Text Files 1 File name (note 4) 2 File path 3 Text of line Table - 20 Packed field values SEE ALSO Status Command, Desc Option Page 47 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ____________________ 3. COMMAND REFERENCE ____________________ 3.1. ASK COMMAND SYNTAX ICF ASK DESCRIPTION This command presents a screen in which you can enter stand-alone or physical equipment to automatically be included in the configuration analysis whenever the STATUS command is performed. Unlike the /Ask option, using this command simply presents a data entry screen for entering information and, upon exiting, immediately exits ICF with no configuration run being performed. SEE ALSO Collecting Physical Config Data, Ask Option 3.2. AUTO COMMAND SYNTAX ICF AUTO <auto parameters> <options> DESCRIPTION This command is used to check if any changes were made to a PC's configu- ration since the last time configuration data was collected. If changes are detected, ICF automatically performs the STATUS command which will result in a new data collection. This process has been carefully designed to permit ICF to quickly perform a "pre-check" of a computer configuration to determine if it's practical Page 48 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL to do a full configuration run. Since a full run could take time (particularly if software packages are inventoried), this feature is ex- tremely powerful. It enables you to have ICF run every day on each com- puter, and it will run very quickly unless it determines a full run is required. Following is a discussion of the events that take place when ICF is used with the AUTO command. Refer to other mentioned topics and options for details. 1. If the /Force option is specified, further checking is not per- formed and a configuration run is performed. 2. ICF looks for a file on a local hard disk called C:\AUTORUN.DAT. This file contains data saved during the last con- figuration run. If the file is not found, ICF does a new run. This file may have different names and/or locations, depending on whether the /Autorunfile option is used. In addition, if the /Hide op was previ tion ously used then the file may be marked as Hidden, System, and Readonly. 3. If the /Autorun option is not specified, ICF will use all the criteria for com ing the current configuration with the previous par one. As soon as a change is detected ICF stops checking and starts a configuration run. Following is the criteria that is checked: LONG SHORT CODE CODE DESCRIPTION CMOS C Cmos information BIOS B Bios data SPACE S Amount of free disk space on drives MAIN M General information including memory, processor DIRS D Number of root-level directories DAYS Y Number of days since last run IDS I ID information entered manually MCA A Installed microchannel boards Table 21 - Autorun criteria 49 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL For more information on these refer to Autorun Option on page 64. 4. If the /Autorun option is specified, it specifies to ICF the criteria that should be checked. This would likely be a subset of those shown above. When configuration data is being collected, the /Escape option may be used by the user to abort the run. This is useful if the user needs to get on with pressing work and cannot wait for ICF to finish. If /Escape is not specified then the user cannot abort (the /Break option controls Ctrl-Break behavior). EXAMPLES ICF AUTO /DBASE /FILENAME=$TEMP ICF will read the C:\AUTORUN.DAT file and determine if anything has changed in the configuration since the last time ICF performed a STATUS command. If nothing substantial has changed, it exits to the operating system. Otherwise, a new STATUS command is performed and the C:\AUTORUN.DAT file is updated to reflect the changes. The configuration is saved to a Dbase file and the file name will be uniquely numbered. ICF AUTO DAYS /DBASE /FILENAME=$TEMP /DAYS=15 Same as above except ICF will not check all the normal AUTO crite- ria. Since the DAYS parameter was specified, only that is checked. The /Days option indicates that at least 15 days would need to have passed in order to run another STATUS. ICF AUTO /ASCII /FILENAME=$USERID /HIDE /AUTORUNFILE=S:\AR.DAT Since no AUTO parameters were specified, all criteria is evaluated to determine if a STATUS command should be performed. The file used to provide previous configuration data is called S:\AR.DAT and has the system, readonly, and hidden attributes set by ICF to guard against modifications to the file. If a STATUS is run the data is saved to an Ascii file with the same name as the userid of the user. SEE ALSO Autodays Option, Autoid Option, Autorunfile Option, Autospace Option, Autorun Option, Force Option, Hide Option, Escape Option, Break Option 3.3. DISKSPACE COMMAND SYNTAX ICF DISKSPACE <drive letters> <options> Page 50 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL DESCRIPTION This command instructs ICF to report disk space statistics on all local drives in the system. LAN (remote) drives are included if the /Landrives or /Landrives option is specified. If output is sent to the screen, a re- port similar to the example shown below is produced: =============================================================================== DISK SPACE REPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRIVE TOTAL SPACE USED SPACE -- (pct) FREE SPACE -- (pct) C: 33,296,384 28,772,352 (86.4) 4,524,032 (13.6) D: 88,485,888 88,244,224 (99.7) 241,664 (0.3) E: 88,485,888 71,061,504 (80.3) 17,424,384 (19.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL 210,268,160 188,078,080 (89.4%) 22,190,080 (10.6%) Output will be directed to a file if one of the file output options is specified: Dbase, Ascii, and Lotus. EXAMPLES ICF DISKSPACE C D A diskspace report is produced for drives C: and D: ICF DISKSPACE /LOTUS /OVERWRITE Disk space statistics is generated for all local drives and the output is sent to a .WK1 worksheet named ICFDSKSP.WK1. If the file exists it is overwritten. ICF DISKSPACE /LOTUS /OVERWRITE /LANDRIVESO Same as above except only LAN drives are processed. SEE ALSO Overview, Landrives Option, Landriveso Option, Dbase Option, Lotus Option, Ascii Option 3.4. FILES COMMAND SYNTAX ICF FILES <filespec1> <filespec2> <filespecn...> /<option1>... Page 51 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL DESCRIPTION This command searches for files on the computer's disk drives. By default all local drives are searched. For example, ICF FILES will search for all files in all directories on all local drives. If either the /Dbase, /Ascii, or /Lotus options is given then output is di- rected to a file. Refer to ICF Output File Structures on page 38 for in- formation on the file structure. If none of the above options are used, a directory listing is displayed on the screen. There are many options and important rules ICF follows when searching for files, and some of them are different from normal DOS conventions. Refer to File Scan Operations on page 18 for details. EXAMPLES ICF FILES A directory of all files on all local drives, including all direc- tories, will be displayed on the screen. ICF FILES D Same as above but only Drive D: is searched. ICF FILES BAK Searches all local drives and all directories for files with the text "BAK" anywhere in the name. Unlike normal DOS file searching, the following files would be displayed if they existed: TEST.BAK BAKFILE.DAT NEWBAK4 ICF FILES /LANDRIVESO /ASCII /OVERWRITE All files on LAN drives only would be searched and output to an Ascii file called ICFFILES.DBF. If the file already exists it is overwritten. ICF FILES \PAYROLL /LANDRIVES /DBASE /FILENAME All files in all directories starting with the \PAYROLL directory are searched, and LAN drives are included. Output is sent to a Dbase file with the name ICFnnnnn.DBF, where nnnnn is a number generated by ICF to ensure the file does not conflict with other existing files. SEE ALSO File Scan Operations Page 52 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 3.5. HELP COMMAND SYNTAX ICF HELP <help topic text> This command instructs ICF to display text related to the topic specified on the command line. If no text is included after the HELP command, a list of all available topics is listed. If text is included, only those topics that contain the text are displayed, along with the full help text for each topic. The files ICFHELP1.DBF and ICFHELP2.DBF must be present for this command to function. ICF expects to find them in the current directory, unless the /Indir option is used. To include topic text with embedded spaces, use the "_" (underscore) character in place of each space. ICF will translate these to spaces automatically. If for some reason you wish to use a different character, use the /Spacechar option. SEE ALSO Commands Summary, Indir Option, Spacechar Option 3.6. PROGRAMS COMMAND SYNTAX ICF PROGRAMS <filespec1> <filespec2> <filespecn...> /<option1>... This command searches for "recognized" programs on the computer. A pro- gram is identified by comparing file information with that stored in the ICFPROG1.DBF file. While ICF provides no built-in capability for adding additional program records to the file, since it is a standard Dbase file it can be edited by a large number of standard packages. Typing just the PROGRAMS command will search all directories on all local drives for software. Many options control the specific search behavior - refer to File Scan Operations on page 18 for details. To explicitly narrow the search to specific drives and/or directories, include the path specification after the PROGRAMS command, and before any options, as shown in the example: Page 53 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF PROGRAMS Searches only drive D for programs If no output file option is specified (/Dbase, /Ascii, or /Lotus), then the output is sent to the screen showing what programs have been found and their location, similar to the example shown below: =============================================================================== INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS FOUND ON SELECTED DRIVES/DIRECTORIES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dos Program ........................ C:\COMMAND.COM 2. Ibm Dos ............................ C:\IBMDOS.COM 3. Ms-dos ............................. C:\DOS\FDISK.EXE 4. Os/2 Program ....................... C:\OS2\SPOOL.EXE 5. Magellan 1.0 ....................... D:\MAG\MAGINDEX.EXE 6. Hyperaccess/5 ...................... D:\HA\HP5DOS.EXE 7. Tapcis ............................. D:\TAP\TAPCIS.EXE 8. Paint Brush Program ................ D:\WINDOWS\PBRUSH.EXE 9. Managing Your Money Program ........ D:\MYM8\MYM.EXE 10. Microsoft C Compiler ............... D:\C600\BIN\C1L.EXE 11. Microsoft Windows .................. D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL.EXE If one of the output files is used, the data is stored in the requested format. Refer to Output File Structures on page 38 for details on what the file structure look like. This command is also performed automatically as part of the STATUS com- mand (unless the /Nostatus option is used to exclude it). SEE ALSO File Scan Operations, Status Command 3.7. STATUS COMMAND SYNTAX Status <status subject list> DESCRIPTION This command collects information describing the configuration of the PC and either displays the information on the screen or sends it to an out- put file. If no filetype option is given then the configuration is dis- played on the screen, and may be redirected to a text file or printer us- ing DOS redirection techniques. A sample report is shown below: Page 54 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL =============================================================================== ID INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User ID : SMITH Computer ID : 1232,1321 Location : ROOM 128 =============================================================================== MAIN INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date : 02/26/92 Time : 21:17:58 Processor : 386 Coprocessor (Bios) : NO PC Model code : 01FC PC Model name : PC-AT 3x9 or clone Serial ports : 2 Printer ports : 1 Floppy drives : 2 Local drives : ABCDE OS version : DOS 5.0 Bios date : 04/09/90 Bus type : ISA =============================================================================== VIDEO INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video adapter : 1 Active video subsystem : VGA with Analog Color Monitor Inactive video subsystem : No Display =============================================================================== CMOS INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Floppy 1 : 3.5 1.44M Floppy 2 : 5.25 1.2M Hard drive 1 type : 47 Base Memory : 640 Expanded Memory : 7168 =============================================================================== MEMORY INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended memory : 2000 =============================================================================== PROGRAM INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dos Program ........................ C:\COMMAND.COM 2. Ibm Dos ............................ C:\IBMDOS.COM 3. Dos Program ........................ C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM Page 55 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4. Os/2 Program ....................... C:\OS2\SPOOL.EXE 5. Magellan 1.0 ....................... D:\MAG\MAGINDEX.EXE 6. Hyperaccess/5 ...................... D:\HA\HP5DOS.EXE 7. Paint Brush Program ................ D:\WINDOWS\PBRUSH.EXE 8. Managing Your Money Program ........ D:\MYM8\MYM.EXE 9. Microsoft C Compiler ............... D:\C600\BINP\C1L.EXE 10. Microsoft Windows .................. D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL.EXE =============================================================================== ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM PROMPT=$p$g PATH=C:\DOS TEMP=C:\DOS =============================================================================== DRIVE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C: 33,296,384 28,772,352 (0.0) 4,524,032 (0.0) D: 88,485,888 88,244,224 (0.0) 241,664 (0.0) E: 88,485,888 71,065,600 (0.0) 17,420,288 (0.0) =============================================================================== DOS EXTENSIONS INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHARE Network NLSFUNC HIMEM.SYS KEYB.COM =============================================================================== SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******** [ CONFIG.SYS File ] ******** 1. rem DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE 2. DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS 3. rem DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 4. rem DOS=HIGH 5. FILES=60 6. BUFFERS=45 7. SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p ******** [ AUTOEXEC.BAT File ] ******** 1. @ECHO OFF Page 56 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 2. PROMPT $p$g 3. PATH C:\DOS 4. SET TEMP=C:\DOS If the /Dbase, /Lotus, or /Ascii options are given then the output is di- rected to a file. The format of the output file structure is given in Status Command Output File Structure on page 40. EXAMPLES ICF STATUS Displays on the screen the configuration of the PC. ICF STATUS /DBASE Redirects the configuration data to an output file in the Dbase format. ICF STATUS MCA PRO Performs the status command but only collects information concern- ing microchannel boards (MCA) and programs (PRO). The list of all categories that can be included as parameters to STATUS is shown below: Page 57 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL CODE DESCRIPTION MCA Microchannel MEM Memory MOU Mouse VIO Video MAI Main information PRO Program (software) infor- mation LAN LAN Information ENV Environment variables IDI Id information DSK Disk information TXT Text files (i.e. CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT) CMO Cmos information SUB DOS TSR and Subsystem information Table 22 - Status command groups OPTIONS Many options can be used with the STATUS command. An especially useful one is the /Nostatus option, which means "don't collect information on specified categories of information". The categories are shown above and given as a parameter to the option, as shown in the following example: ICF STATUS /NOSTATUS=PRO This tells ICF to skip collecting information for programs, which can be useful since it bypasses what could be a timely disk scan. Page 58 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Status Command Output File Structure, Nostatus Option Page 59 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ____________________ 4. OPTIONS REFERENCE ____________________ 4.1. ALLDISKS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to include all drives in a file scan operation. This option may conflict with related options. The precedence order for ICF options that control what drives are included in a file scan opera- tion are covered in the "ICF Drive Options Summary" topic. SEE ALSO Drive Options Summary, File Scan Operations, Drives Option, Skipdrives Option, Landrives Option, Landriveso Option 4.2. ALLEXT OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that all extensions should be totaled when the /Totext option is given. NOTE: This option is experimental and may be discontinued in future versions of ICF. SEE ALSO Experimental Features, Totext Option Page 60 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.3. APPEND OPTION DESCRIPTION If a data file is specified (with the DBASE, ASCII, or LOTUS options) and a file already exists with the same name, use of this option will result in data being appended to the existing file. If this option is used and the file doesn't exist, it is created normally. NOTE: APPEND is not supported for files created with the /Lotus op- tion. SEE ALSO Overwrite Option, Dbase Option, Lotus Option, Ascii Option 4.4. ASCII OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to save data in an Ascii file. The file will be comma delimited with quotes used to surround strings. The extension applied to Ascii files is always .ASC. The name of the file depends on the command used and if the /Filename option is specified. SEE ALSO Dbase Option, Lotus Option, Output File Naming Page 61 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.5. ASK OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to present a data entry screen where physical equipment and user identification data can be entered. This screen is presented immediately prior to performing a configuration collection when the STATUS or AUTO commands are used. NOTE: Any data or changes entered WILL NOT be saved unless the /Saveids option is specified. By using the ASK command instead, the same data entry screen is presented but a STATUS command is not performed. In this case /Saveids does not have to be specified because all entered information is automatically saved. SEE ALSO Collecting Physical Config Data, Saveids Option, Ask Command. 4.6. ATTRS OPTION SYNTAX /Attrs=<file attribute codes> DESCRIPTION This option specifies the file attributes files must have in order to be included in file scan operations. The codes are as follows: Page 62 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ATTRIBUTE MEANING CODE Readonly R S System Hidden H Normal N Archive A Table - 23 File attribute codes EXAMPLES ICF FILES /ASCII /ATTRS=RS SEE ALSO Protected Option, File Scan Operations, Normal Option 4.7. AUTODAYS OPTION SYNTAX /Autodays=<number of days> DESCRIPTION This option specifies how many days can elapse before the STATUS command is run to perform configuration data collection on the PC. It is only valid when the AUTO command is used. Even if no other changes are de- tected on a given PC, once this many days elapse since the last time con- figuration data was collected a new run is performed. For example, ICF AUTO /AUTODAYS=14 will instruct ICF to perform the STATUS command every 14 days. SEE ALSO Auto Command, Autorun Option, Autoid Option, Autorunfile Option, Autospace Option, Force Option 63 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.8. AUTORUN OPTION SYNTAX /Autorun=<criteria codes> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a list of criteria to check when ICF compares a current configuration with a previous one, to determine if it is neces- sary to perform another configuration data collection. It is only valid when the AUTO command is used with ICF. If this option is not specified, then all criteria is checked. The list of criteria codes is formed by stringing together codes from the list below. Either the long code or short code can be used (mixtures are ok) and each must be separated from the next with a comma. LONG SHORT CODE CODE DESCRIPTION CMOS C Cmos information BIOS B Bios data SPACE S Amount of free disk space on drives MAIN M General information including memory, processor DIRS D Number of root-level directories DAYS Y Number of days since last run IDS I ID information entered manually MCA A Installed microchannel boards Table - 24 Autorun criteria The CMOS, BIOS, MAIN, and MCA categories should be self-explanatory (we hope!). 64 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL The SPACE criteria checks if the amount of free disk space has changed since the last configuration. Every local drive is compared with re- sults stored from the previous collection. By default a change of 2 MB of free space indicates that a new configuration should be captured. This can be changed with the /Autospace option. The DIRS criteria checks if the number of directories has changed on each local drive. Only the directories immediately under the root di- rectory are counted. The addition or deletion of directories may mean that a software package was added or deleted. The IDS criteria compares manually-entered ID and physical component information with previously stored data. This information is entered when the /Ask option or Ask command are used. SEE ALSO Auto Command, Autodays Option, Autoid Option, Autorunfile Option, Autospace Option, Force Option, Ask Option, Ask Command 4.9. AUTORUNFILE OPTION SYNTAX /Autorunfile=<file specification including path> DESCRIPTION The AUTO command checks to see if any changes were made to the PC and, if so, a STATUS command is automatically performed. In order to compare the current configuration with a historical one, ICF saves configuration in- formation in a file on the local PC. While ICF can check shared databases for configuration information, local files are used because: it does not rely on a shared database being available during certain periods of time. accessing a local file is faster, considering that network traffic is avoided as well as time looking up data in an indexed database. this method works on standalone PC's as well as networked PC's. By default, ICF stores the configuration information in a file called C:\AUTORUN.DAT. This option changes the name and path to whatever is specified. If the workstation is a disk workstation, or it is not desired to place this file on a local drive, then this option can be used to re- direct the file to another drive/directory (i.e. a user's private direc- tory on a network). Page 65 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Auto Command, Autodays Option, Autorun Option, Autoid Option, Autospace Option, Force Option 4.10. AUTOSPACE OPTION SYNTAX /Autospace=<bytes in K units> DESCRIPTION This option specifies how much the amount of free disk space should change before ICF performs a STATUS command to collect configuration in- formation on the PC. It is only valid when the AUTO command is used with ICF. If this option is not specified then the default of 2 MB is used. By ex- perimenting with this value you can guess when software programs may have been added or deleted to the PC based on the assumption that the amount of free disk space would change considerably. This is of course an as- sumption only, as in some cases the change could be the result of data added or deleted, hard disk maintenance being performed, etc. Every local drive is checked for free space and compared with results from a previous run. Obviously if drives are changed, added or removed then a change will likely occur. Note that the number specified is in K units. EXAMPLES ICF AUTO /AUTOSPACE=4000 ICF will perform the STATUS command if the amount of free disk space increased or decreased by 4,000,000 bytes since the last time it was run. SEE ALSO Auto Command, Autodays Option, Autorun Option, Autoid Option, Autorunfile Option, Force Option Page 66 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.11. BANNER OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies an optional "banner line" to be displayed after the ICF program identification line when ICF is run. It can be used to dis- play your company name or other pertinent information. In order to make it easy to specify values with embedded spaces, the '_' (underscore) character is considered a substitute for spaces. ICF will automatically filter these out and replace them with spaces. EXAMPLE BANNER=THE_INVENTORY_COMPANY would produce the banner line to be displayed as... "THE INVENTORY COMPANY" The default space character of _ (underscore character) can be changed by using the /Spacechar option. SEE ALSO Spacechar Option 4.12. BATCH OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is a Shortcut Option. It automatically specifies the follow- ing options: /Quiet /Noreadmsg /Overwrite /Hide /Filetype=Dbase In other words, by including the /Batch option ICF will assume all the above options. SEE ALSO Quiet Option, Noreadmsg Option, Overwrite Option, Hide Option, Filetype Option, Shortcut Options Page 67 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.13. BIGFILES OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that only "big files" are processed in a file scan operation. A big file is defined as a file whose size is greater than that specified by the /Bigfilesize option. If the /Bigfilesize option isn't included, the default size of 500,000 bytes is used. SEE ALSO ICF File Scan Operations, Smallfilesize Option, Bigfilesize Option, Smallfiles Option, Size Option 4.14. BIGFILESIZE OPTION SYNTAX /Bigfilesize=<n> DESCRIPTION This option specifies the file size, in bytes, used for comparison when the BIGFILES option is included. Unless this option is used, ICF uses a default size of 500,000 bytes. SEE ALSO File Scan Operations, Smallfilesize Option, Bigfiles Option, Smallfiles Option, Size Option 4.15. BREAK OPTION SYNTAX /Break=N | Q DESCRIPTION This option controls the processing of any Ctrl-Break key presses during ICF operation. If Ctrl-Break is hit during an ICF run, the following processing occurs depending on the value of the /Break option: Page 68 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL VALUE HANDLING OF CTRL-BREAK N It is ignored and processing continues. Q Processing is immediately aborted. If /Break is not specified ICF asks if processing should be aborted. Hit N or Y to answer. EXAMPLES BREAK=N BREAK=Q SEE ALSO Escape Option 4.16. CLS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to clear the screen before starting any other operation. 4.17. COLON OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that a single letter used as a file specification should not be assumed to be a drive name. EXAMPLES ICF FILES D This will search for all files on drive D: ICF FILES D /COLON This will search for a file with the name "D". ICF FILES D: This will search for all files on drive D: Page 69 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.18. COMPANYNAME OPTION SYNTAX /Companyname=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a user-defined name to represent the company. It is valid only for the STATUS command. The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the computer ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more information. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option 4.19. COMPUTERID OPTION SYNTAX /Computerid=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a user-defined "tag" or ID to represent the com- puter that ICF is running on. The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the computer ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more information. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option Page 70 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.20. DBASE OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to save data in a Dbase file. The file will be able to be read by any software program that understands .DBF type files. The extension applied to Dbase files is always .DBF. The name of the file depends on other options that are set. NOTE: While some packages may not directly support Dbase files, they may have import conversion commands or utilities to convert such files into their native format (i.e. Paradox). SEE ALSO Ascii Option, Lotus Option, Output File Naming 4.21. DESC OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that additional "description" fields are to be added to each record in the output file. It has a unique use for each of the several ICF commands affected by this option. The /Desc option is ig- nored for commands that do not have "description" fields. The following commands are supported by this option: Status Lanaccess Lanservers Lanresource SEE ALSO Status Command Page 71 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.22. DESCEND OPTION DESCRIPTION ICF will descend a directory tree and process all nested subdirectories starting with the first one specified. Since this is the default behav- ior, /Descend is used only to override a previously issued /Nodescend op- tion. SEE ALSO Nodescend Option 4.23. DOMAINS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is reserved for LAN vendor-specific versions of ICF. 4.24. DOSEARCH OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to use standard DOS file specifications. EXAMPLES ICF FILES EXE This will search for all files with the text "EXE" anywhere in the file name. The following files, if present on the drives searched, would be identified by this command: TEST.EXE MYEXE.DAT 1EXE2 ICF FILES EXE /DOSEARCH Since /Dosearch is used, only a file with the name "EXE" would be identified. Page 72 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.25. DRIVES OPTION SYNTAX /Drives= <drive letter list> DESCRIPTION This option specifies the drives that should be included in any file scan operation. If it is not specified, then by default all local drives are included. Use the /Landrives or /Landriveso options to include remote drives. EXAMPLES ICF FILES /DRIVES=CEG Only drives C:, E:, and G: are included in the search for files. SEE ALSO Drive Options Summary, File Scan Operations, Skipdrives Option, Landrives Option, Landriveso Option, Alldisks Option 4.26. ENTIREDISK OPTION DESCRIPTION There are many options that set "filters" to be used when performing a file scan command. The result of these filters is that only files that meet the specified criteria are included in the output. Files can be se- lected based on file size, file date, file attributes, and names. This option instructs ICF to override all these options, in effect skip- ping any filter conditions previously defined. All files will be included in a file scan operation. SEE ALSO Bigfiles Option, Smallfiles Option Page 73 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.27. ESCAPE OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to abort processing if the ESC (escape) key is hit. If it is not specified then hitting ESC key has no effect. It may be useful to include /Escape to permit users to abort processing in case more important (in the eyes of the user) work needs to be done. SEE ALSO Break Option 4.28. FILENAME OPTION SYNTAX /Filename=<filespec> or $TEMP or $COMPID or $USERID or $USERNAME DESCRIPTION This option specifies the name of the output file created when one of the output file options is used: /Dbase, /Ascii, and /Lotus. Normally ICF as- signs a default name to an output file, which depends on the command ICF is performing. Refer to Output File Naming on page 36 for complete infor- mation. If the /Filename option is used, a different file name is assigned de- pending on the parameter used: Page 74 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL FILENAME DESCRIPTION OPTION <filespec> Specifies a file name, which may include a drive/path specification. Note that the location of the output file is also af- fected by the /Outdir option. $TEMP The file name is assigned a unique number padded with zeroes. ICF makes sure the name assigned does not conflict with existing file names in the same output directory. The first file name would be ICF00001.DBF, the second ICF00002.DBF, and so on. $COMPID The file name is assigned the first eight characters from the value specified on the /Computerid option. $USERID The file name is assigned the first eight characters from the value specified on the /Userid option. $USERNAME The file name is assigned the first eight characters from the value specified on the /Username option. NOTE: If the $COMPID, $USERID, or $USERNAME options are used, and the corresponding option used to retrieve the name is not specified, an error will result. For example, if the option /Filename=$Userid was used, but the option /User= was not specified. ICF will not be able to name the file. SEE ALSO Dbase Option, Ascii Option, Lotus Option, Output File Naming, Outdir Option, Computerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option Page 75 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.29. FINDEXTS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that a record of non-recognized software be saved during program scan operations, permitting after-the-fact program recog- nition. Normally when a program scan operation is performed as a result of using the STATUS, AUTO or PROGRAMS commands, ICF records information for each .COM and .EXE file that has a matching entry in the recognition database (ICFPROGn.DBF). If /Findexts is used then ICF will also save information for every .COM and .EXE file found. SEE ALSO Findextsval Option 4.30. FINDEXTSVAL OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies additional file extensions that ICF should search for in addition to .COM and .EXE files used by the /Findexts option. In order for /Findextsval to work the /Findexts option must also be speci- fied. HINT: This option is particularly useful for searching for licensed files that are not necessarily "software". Examples include soft fonts and proprietary data files. SEE ALSO Findexts Option Page 76 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.31. FLOPPY OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is a Shortcut Option - it automatically specifies the follow- ing options: /Outdir=A:\ /Needspace=50 /Filename=$Temp In other words, specifying just the /Floppy option instructs ICF to send the output file to the A:\ drive and directory, use a file name of "$Temp", and make sure at least 50,000 free bytes exist on the disk be- fore starting. SEE ALSO Needspace Option, Outdir Option, Filename Option, Shortcut Options 4.32. FORCE OPTION DESCRIPTION This option forces a configuration data collection to be performed when the AUTO command is used. It instructs ICF to ignore the normal criteria used to check if any changes were made to the configuration. SEE ALSO Auto Command, Autorun Option, Autoid Option, Autorunfile Option, Autospace Option, Force Option, Autodays Option 4.33. FORCEGLOBAL OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is a Shortcut Option. It automatically specifies the follow- ing options: /Entiredisk /Alldisks Page 77 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL The effect is to search all files on all disks during a file scan opera- tion. SEE ALSO Shortcut Options, Entiredisk Option, Alldisks Option 4.34. HIDE OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to "hide", or protect certain files that ICF uses. When the AUTO command is used, this option will cause ICF to set the Hidden, System, and Read-only attributes for the AUTORUN.DAT file (note that the /Autorunfile option can change this file name). Use of this option helps secure critical files from users. ICF will al- ways be able to read the file, but under normal circumstances it will not be deleted, or even viewed in directory listings. SEE ALSO Autorunfile Option, Auto Command 4.35. ID OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that output files should have additional fields added to each record to assist in identifying which configuration the re- cord belongs to. The fields added are: FIELD DATA LENGTH NAME TYPE Username C 25 Miscid C 25 Compid C 25 Table 25 - ID option fields 78 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL The values for these fields are automatically filled in from the /Username, /Miscid, and /Computerid options. SEE ALSO Output File Structures, Timestamp Option, Miscid Option, Compid Option, Username Option 4.36. INDIR OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies the input directory used for reading data files during the inventory collection process. These files include directories holding software and hardware recognition data. Normally ICF looks in the default directory for these files. If you want to place them on a special directory then this option is needed so ICF can find them. HINT: It may be prudent to place these files on a file server drive in a network environment. SEE ALSO Outdir Option 4.37. ISMCA OPTION DESCRIPTION This option forces ICF to perform Microchannel inventory collection on machines that are not recognized as MCA (Micro Channel Architecture) com- puters. It is currently required on computers running any version of OS/2. SEE ALSO OS/2 Version Page 79 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.38. LANDRIVES OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that LAN (network) drives should be included in any file scan operation. By default ICF ignores LAN drives. SEE ALSO Drive Options Summary, File Scan Operations, Drives Option, Skipdrives Option, Landriveso Option, Alldisks Option 4.39. LANDRIVESO OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that ICF search only LAN (network) drives during any file scan operation. Local drives are ignored. SEE ALSO Drive Options Summary, File Scan Operations, Drives Option, Skipdrives Option, Landrives Option, Alldisks Option 4.40. LOTUS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to save data in a Lotus 1-2-3 file. The file will be able to be read in by any software package that reads .WK1 spreadsheet files. Most spreadsheet and database programs are capable of reading (or at least translating) these files. The extension applied to files created with this option is always .WK1. The name of the file depends on other options that are set. NOTE: The APPEND option is ignored if the /Lotus option is specified. Page 80 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Ascii Option, Dbase Option, Append Option 4.41. MISCID1 OPTION SYNTAX /Miscid1=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a user-defined "tag" or ID to represent any compo- nent of the computer. It is one of 2 "miscid" fields (the other being /Miscid2). The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the com- puter ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more informa- tion. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option 4.42. MISCID2 OPTION SYNTAX /Miscid2=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a user-defined "tag" or ID to represent any compo- nent of the computer. It is one of 2 "miscid" fields (the other being /Miscid1). The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the com- puter ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more informa- tion. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option Page 81 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.43. MODEMID OPTION SYNTAX /Modemid=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a "tag" or ID to help identify a modem attached to the computer. The value entered for this option will be saved in a spe- cial "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the computer ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more infor- mation. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option 4.44. MONITORID OPTION SYNTAX /Monitorid=<string> DESCRIPTION This option is used to specify a "tag" or ID used to identify a monitor attached to the computer. The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the computer ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more information. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option 4.45. NEEDDIR OPTION SYNTAX /Needdir=<directory name> Page 82 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to verify that the specified directory exists before starting any processing. If the directory does not exist, process- ing is aborted. SEE ALSO Needfile Option, Needspace Option, Needdir Option 4.46. NEEDFILE OPTION SYNTAX /Needfile=<file name> This option instructs ICF to verify that the specified file exists before starting any processing. If the file does not exist, processing is aborted. SEE ALSO Needspace Option, Needdir Option 4.47. NEEDSPACE OPTION SYNTAX /Needspace=<free space in K units> DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to verify that at least the specified number of bytes (in K units) of free disk space exist on a disk. If the amount of free space is less than that specified, processing is aborted. The disk that space is checked on depends on whether or not the /Outdir option is specified. If /Outdir is used and a drive letter is included on the Outdir path, then that is the disk that is checked. Otherwise ICF checks the default disk. HINT: This option is especially valuable when saving data to a floppy disk. Page 83 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Needfile Option, Needdir Option, Outdir Option, Floppy Option 4.48. NOALIGNEXT OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that extensions should not be aligned when dis- played on the screen. For example, without the /Noalignext option the following display is produced from the command: ICF FILES E:\SAMPLE [ E:\SAMPLE\ ] TEST1 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 TEST2 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 APPEND EXE 10774 04-09-91 05:00 A ATTRIB EXE 15796 04-09-91 05:00 A CHKDSK EXE 16200 04-09-91 05:00 A COMP EXE 14282 04-09-91 05:00 A CONFIG SYS 106 04-22-91 05:56 A EDIT COM 413 04-09-91 05:00 A EDIT HLP 17898 04-09-91 05:00 A GORILLA BAS 29434 04-09-91 05:00 A MORTGAGE BAS 6207 06-17-88 12:00 A QBASIC EXE 254799 04-09-91 05:00 A QBASIC HLP 130810 04-09-91 05:00 A SHELL CLR 4438 06-17-88 12:00 A SHELL HLP 65667 08-03-88 12:00 A SHELL MEU 4588 08-03-88 12:00 A SORT EXE 6938 04-09-91 05:00 A SUBST EXE 18478 04-09-91 05:00 A and when the NOALIGNEXT option is used: ICF FILES E:\SAMPLE /NOALIGNEXT [ E:\SAMPLE\ ] TEST1 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 TEST2 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 APPEND.EXE 10774 04-09-91 05:00 A ATTRIB.EXE 15796 04-09-91 05:00 A CHKDSK.EXE 16200 04-09-91 05:00 A COMP.EXE 14282 04-09-91 05:00 A CONFIG.SYS 106 04-22-91 05:56 A EDIT.COM 413 04-09-91 05:00 A EDIT.HLP 17898 04-09-91 05:00 A GORILLA.BAS 29434 04-09-91 05:00 A MORTGAGE.BAS 6207 06-17-88 12:00 A QBASIC.EXE 254799 04-09-91 05:00 A QBASIC.HLP 130810 04-09-91 05:00 A SHELL.CLR 4438 06-17-88 12:00 A SHELL.HLP 65667 08-03-88 12:00 A SHELL.MEU 4588 08-03-88 12:00 A SORT.EXE 6938 04-09-91 05:00 A SUBST.EXE 18478 04-09-91 05:00 A VALID FOR The FILES command and when output is not directed to a file. Page 84 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Files Command 4.49. NODESCEND OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF not to descend a directory tree during a file scan operation. By default ICF processes all nested subdirectories start- ing with the first one specified. SEE ALSO Descend Option, File Scan Operations 4.50. NOFILESDEFAULT OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that any file scan operation should require a file specification to be given in the command line. Normally when a command is given, such as ICF FILES it is assumed that, in the absence of any files being specified after the FILES command, all files on all drives should be scanned. If you want to disable this behavior and force the identification of files then use this option. SEE ALSO File Scan Operations 4.51. NOMSG OPTION SYNTAX /Nomsg=<list of codes> DESCRIPTION This option suppresses various messages from being displayed by ICF dur- ing processing. It can be used to present a "cleaner" or more turnkey display for users. The codes can be a combination of the following: Page 85 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL CODE MEANING R Suppress messages displayed when an input file is read. F Suppress messages displayed when an output file is opened or closed. E Suppress the "End of program run" message. Table 26 - Values for /Nomsg option EXAMPLES ICF STATUS /DBASE /NOMSG=FE Suppress open/close and "End of program run" messages. ICF FILES /NOMSG=R Suppress "read input file" messages. SEE ALSO Noreadmsg Option 4.52. NONUMBER OPTION DESCRIPTION If text files are output to the screen or printer (as a result of using the STATUS command with appropriate options to capture files such as CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT), these files are normally displayed with line numbers. If this option is specified the line numbers are suppressed. It has no effect if output is directed to a file with the /Ascii, /Dbase, /Lotus, or /Filetype options. SEE ALSO Ascii Option, Dbase Option, Append Option, Lotus Option, Status Command Page 86 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.53. NOREADMSG OPTION DESCRIPTION This option suppresses ICF from displaying a status message when it reads an input file. Normally ICF will display a message similar to LOADING DATA. PLEASE WAIT... when it reads an input file (an input file is any file that provides ICF with data, such as the programs file or microchannel boards file). If this option is used the message is not displayed. The same effect is produced by using the NOMSG option with R. EXAMPLES ICF STATUS /NOREADMSG ICF STATUS /NOMSG=R (the above options produce the same result) SEE ALSO Nomsg Option, Batch Option 4.54. NORMAL OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that only "normal" files are included in file scan operations. A "normal" file is completely unprotected - it does not have the System, Hidden, or Readonly attributes set. SEE ALSO Protected Option, Attrs Option, File Scan Operations Page 87 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.55. NOSHOWDIR OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that directory entries should not be included while processing the FILES Command. Normally directory entries are displayed with their name followed by the <DIR> indicator. This option inhibits this display. NOTE: This option does not prevent subdirectories from being proc- essed. See the /Descend and /Nodescend options for related informa- tion. SEE ALSO Files Command, Showdir Option, Descend Option, Nodescend Option 4.56. NOSTATUS OPTION SYNTAX /Nostatus=<status code list> VALID FOR STATUS command, AUTO command DESCRIPTION This option lists groups of status information that should not be re- ported when the STATUS command is run. Each item reported by the STATUS command is in a particular "group". These groups are shown below: Page 88 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL CODE DESCRIPTION MCA Microchannel MEM Memory MOU Mouse VIO Video MAI Main information PRO Program (software) information LAN LAN Information ENV Environment variables IDI Id information DSK Disk information TXT Text files (i.e. CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT) CMO Cmos information SUB DOS TSR and Subsystem information Table 27 - Status command groups By default when the STATUS command is performed ICF collects configura- tion and status information on all groups. EXAMPLES ICF STATUS /NOSTATUS:PRO When the STATUS command is performed the program scan is skipped. This option is valuable when you don't have a lot of time and therefore want to skip scanning drives for software. ICF STATUS /NOSTATUS:TXT Any system files are not captured when the STATUS command is per- formed SEE ALSO STATUS command Page 89 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.57. OUTDIR OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies the directory used to store output files from ICF. ICF will normally use the current default directory to place any output files unless one of the following conditions occurs: The /Outdir option is used A path specification is included on the /Filename option. SEE ALSO Indir Option, Filename Option, Outdirnov Option, Needspace Option, Output File Naming 4.58. OUTDIRNOV OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to ignore any path specifications included on the /Filename option and always use the directory specified on the /Outdir option. Normally if both the /Outdir option is specified, and the /Filename op- tion is used and includes a path specification, the /Filename path will override the /Outdir path. The /Outdirnov option reverses this behavior. SEE ALSO Outdir Option, Filename Option 4.59. OVERWRITE OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that if an output file already exists with the same name as the one being created, the old file is overwritten. By default ICF will not overwrite files and will abort if such an attempt is made. Page 90 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Append Option, Batch Option 4.60. PAUSE OPTION VALID FOR Any command where output is sent to the screen. DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to pause the display every time the screen fills with information. When the screen fills, the message "--MORE--" is displayed, and ICF waits until any key is pressed to continue. SEE ALSO Cls Option 4.61. PRINTERID OPTION SYNTAX /Printerid=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a "tag" or ID to identify a printer attached to the computer. The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the com- puter ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more informa- tion. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Userid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option 4.62. PROGINFO OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to provide additional information, including the file date, time, and size, for each program found during processing of a STATUS, AUTO or PROGRAMS command. Page 91 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO STATUS command 4.63. PROGSLIMIT OPTION SYNTAX /Progslimit=<n> DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to only process the first <n> programs found during a program scan (when ICF scans drives searching for recognizable software). It is intended for testing purposes and is useful when trying out different ICF commands and options. SEE ALSO Recslimit option, Options for testing, Recsnotify option 4.64. PROTECTED OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that only "protected" files should be included in file scan operations. Protected files must have at least one of the Hidden, System, and Readonly attributes set. SEE ALSO Attrs Option, File Scan Operations, Normal Option 4.65. QUIET OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to suppress the display of all status messages while running. It can be used to remove clutter from the screen as a re- sult of status messages being displayed. SEE ALSO Noreadmsg Option, Nomsg Option Page 92 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.66. RECSLIMIT OPTION SYNTAX /Recslimit=<n> DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to abort processing after <n> records have been processed. It is useful for testing ICF runs. SEE ALSO Recsnotify Option, Options for testing 4.67. RECSNOTIFY OPTION SYNTAX /Recsnotify=<n> This option instructs ICF to display a progress message after every <n> records processed. It is for testing and convenience so you know work is actually being done (useful for commands or options that may take a long time to perform). SEE ALSO Recslimit Option, Options for testing, Progslimit option 4.68. RINGBELL OPTION DESCRIPTION This option instructs ICF to ring the bell when the current command is complete. It is useful when running long commands or batch files and you want to know when it has finished. SEE ALSO Overview Page 93 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.69. SAVEIDS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that any user-defined information for physical or standalone equipment entered with the /Ask option should be saved in a file on the local computer. The next time the STATUS or AUTO command is performed this information is automatically available to ICF. The file this information is saved to is C:\AUTORUN.DAT. SEE ALSO ASK command 4.70. SERVERS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is reserved for LAN specific versions of ICF. SEE ALSO Options Summary 4.71. SERVERTYPES OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is reserved for LAN specific versions of ICF. SEE ALSO Options Summary 4.72. SHOWDIR OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that directory entries should be listed during processing of the ICF FILES command. Normally directory entries are Page 94 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL listed by name with the <DIR> indicator next to them. Since this is the default behavior, /Showdir is only necessary to override a previously is- sued /Noshowdir option. SEE ALSO Files Command, Noshowdir Option 4.73. SIZE OPTION SYNTAX /Size= L<n> | E<n> | G<n> DESCRIPTION This option specifies what size, in bytes, to use in comparing file sizes during a file scan operation, and what type of comparison is made. Either the L (less than), E (equal), or G (greater than) letter is used followed immediately with a number. EXAMPLES /SIZE=L1000 Include all files whose file size is less (L) than 1,000 bytes /SIZE=E140000 Include files whose size is equal to 140,000 bytes /SIZE=G5000000 Include files whose size is greater than 5,000,000 bytes SEE ALSO File Scan Operations, Smallfilesize Option, Bigfiles Option, Bigfilesize Option 4.74. SIZEK OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that all file sizes should be displayed in Kilobyte units. A 'K' will follow each file size to indicate this option is set. By default ICF will display file sizes as exact numbers, unless doing so would overflow the space available for display. In such cases ICF will automatically convert the number to Kilobyte or Megabyte units and append a 'K' or 'M' suffix as appropriate. Page 95 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL This option only affects the FILES Command, and only if output is sent to the screen or printer (i.e. output is not going to a file). For example, when the /Sizek option is not specified as in the following: TEST1 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 TEST2 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 APPEND.EXE 10774 04-09-91 05:00 A ATTRIB.EXE 15796 04-09-91 05:00 A CHKDSK.EXE 16200 04-09-91 05:00 A COMP.EXE 14282 04-09-91 05:00 A CONFIG.SYS 106 04-22-91 05:56 A EDIT.COM 413 04-09-91 05:00 A EDIT.HLP 17898 04-09-91 05:00 A GORILLA.BAS 29434 04-09-91 05:00 A MORTGAGE.BAS 6207 06-17-88 12:00 A QBASIC.EXE 254799 04-09-91 05:00 A QBASIC.HLP 130810 04-09-91 05:00 A SHELL.CLR 4438 06-17-88 12:00 A SHELL.HLP 65667 08-03-88 12:00 A SHELL.MEU 4588 08-03-88 12:00 A SORT.EXE 6938 04-09-91 05:00 A SUBST.EXE 18478 04-09-91 05:00 A and when it is specified: [ E:\SAMPLE\ ] TEST1 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 TEST2 <DIR> 02-26-92 21:16 APPEND EXE 10K 04-09-91 05:00 A ATTRIB EXE 15K 04-09-91 05:00 A CHKDSK EXE 16K 04-09-91 05:00 A COMP EXE 14K 04-09-91 05:00 A CONFIG SYS 106 04-22-91 05:56 A EDIT COM 413 04-09-91 05:00 A EDIT HLP 17K 04-09-91 05:00 A GORILLA BAS 29K 04-09-91 05:00 A MORTGAGE BAS 6K 06-17-88 12:00 A QBASIC EXE 254K 04-09-91 05:00 A QBASIC HLP 130K 04-09-91 05:00 A SHELL CLR 4K 06-17-88 12:00 A SHELL HLP 65K 08-03-88 12:00 A SHELL MEU 4K 08-03-88 12:00 A SORT EXE 6K 04-09-91 05:00 A SUBST EXE 18K 04-09-91 05:00 A SEE ALSO Files Command 4.75. SKIPDRIVES OPTION SYNTAX SKIPDRIVES=<drive list> where <drive list> is a string of letters, each representing a valid disk drive. Colons and commas should not be included in the string DESCRIPTION This option specifies drives that should be skipped during file scan op- erations. This option may conflict with related options. Page 96 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO Drive Options Summary, File Scan Operations, Drives Option, Landrives Option, Landriveso Option, Alldisks Option 4.76. SMALLFILES OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that only "small files" are processed in a file scan operation. A small file is defined as a file whose size is less than that specified by the /Smallfilesize option. If the /Smallfilesize option isn't included, the default size of 100,000 bytes is used. SEE ALSO File Scan Operations, Smallfilesize Option, Bigfiles Option, Bigfilesize Option, Size Option 4.77. SMALLFILESIZE OPTION SYNTAX /Smallfilesize=<n> DESCRIPTION This option specifies the file size, in bytes, used for comparison when the /Smallfiles option is included. Unless this option is used, ICF uses a default size of 100,000 bytes. SEE ALSO File Scan Operations, Bigfiles Option, Bigfilesize Option, Smallfiles Option, Size Option 4.78. SORTE OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that files should be sorted by extension first, prior to displaying their names on the screen. It is only available for the FILES command. SEE ALSO FILES Command Page 97 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 4.79. SPACECHAR OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies the special character used to substitute for spaces. It is used in con tion with other options that may have long junc text strings as their value. If this option isn't specified, the '_' (underscore) character is used by default. SEE ALSO Banner Option 4.80. TIMESTAMP OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that output files should have additional fields added to each record to assist in identifying the exact date and time the record was written. The added fields are: FIELD DATA LENGTH NAME TYPE Tsdate D 8 Tstime C 8 Table - 28 Timestamp option fields SEE ALSO Output File Structures, Id Option 4.81. TOTALS OPTION DESCRIPTION This option specifies that totals for each directory should be displayed. 98 Page ICF REFERENCE MANUAL VALID FOR The FILES command and when output is sent to the screen or printer. SEE ALSO Files Command 4.82. TOTEXT OPTION DESCRIPTION This option is used only with the FILES command, and is only valid when output is sent to the screen. It specifies that file size and count to- tals should be displayed by file extension. Not all extensions are dis- played -- only "popular" ones. If all extensions should be totaled then include the /Allext option. NOTE: This option is experimental and may be discontinued in future versions of ICF. SEE ALSO Experimental Features, Allext Option 4.83. USERID OPTION SYNTAX /Userid=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies a "tag" or ID to help identify the user that the computer belongs to . The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the computer ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more information. Page 99 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Username Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option 4.84. USERNAME OPTION SYNTAX /Username=<string> DESCRIPTION This option specifies the name of the user that the computer belongs to. The value entered for this option will be saved in a special "ID" field just like any other item of information captured from the computer ICF is running on. Refer to ID Fields on page 17 for more information. SEE ALSO ID Fields, Computerid Option, Miscid1 Option, Miscid2 Option, Modemid Option, Monitorid Option, Printerid Option, Userid Option, Computername Option, Companyname Option Page 100 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL INDEX . .ASC extension, 37, 61 .DBF extension, 37 .WK1 extension, 37, 80 / /Alldisks option, 12, 28 and /Forceglobal option, 77 /Allext option, 32, 60 /Append option and /Lotus option, 80 /Ascii option, 36, 61 /Ask option, 14, 48, 62 /Attrs option, 62 /Autodays option, 63 /Autorun option, 64 /Autorunfile option, 15, 49, 65 /Autospace option, 66 /Banner option, 67 /Batch option, 27, 67 /Bigfiles option, 68 /Bigfilesize option, 68 /Break option, 50, 68 /Cls option, 69 /Colon Option, 20 /Colon option, 69 /Companyname option, 70 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL /Computerid option, 70 /Dbase option, 36, 71 /Desc option, 71 /Descend option, 72, 85, 88 /Domains option, 72 /Dosearch Option, 20 /Dosearch option, 72 /Drives option, 28, 73 /Entiredisk option, 12, 73 /Entiredisks option and /Forceglobal option, 77 /Escape option, 50, 69, 74 /Filename option, 74, 90 and /Floppy option, 77 /Filetype option, 67 /Findexts, 13 /Findexts option, 76 /Findextsval, 14 /Findextsval option, 76 /Floppy option, 27, 77 /Force option, 49, 77 /Forceglobal option, 12, 27, 77 /Hide, 15 /Hide option, 49, 67, 78 /Id option, 78 /Indir option, 79 /Ismca option, 79 /Landrives, 19 /Landrives option, 28, 73, 80 /Landriveso, 19 /Landriveso option, 28, 73, 80 /Lotus option, 36, 80 and /Append, 61 /Miscid1 option, 81 /Miscid2 option, 81 /Monitorid option, 82 /Needdir option, 82 /Needfile option, 83 /Needspace option, 83 and /Floppy option, 77 /Noalignext option, 84 /Nodescend option, 19, 72, 85, 88 /Nofilesdefault option, 85 /Nomsg option, 85, 87 /Nonumber option, 86 /Noreadmsg option, 67, 87 /Normal option, 87 /Noshowdir option, 88, 95 /Nostatus option, 58, 88 /Outdir option, 90 and /Floppy option, 77 /Outdirnov option, 90 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL /Overwrite option, 67, 90 /Pause option, 91 /Printerid option, 91 /Proginfo option, 91 /Progslimit option, 30, 92 /Protected option, 92 /Quiet option, 67, 92 /Recslimit option, 30, 93 /Recsnotify option, 30, 93 /Ringbell option, 93 /Saveids option, 94 and /Ask option, 62 /Servers option, 94 /Servertypes option, 94 /Showdir option, 94 /Size option, 95 /Sizek option, 95 /Skipdrives option, 28, 96 /Smallfiles option, 97 /Smallfilesize option, 97 /Sorte option, 97 /Spacechar option, 53, 67, 98 /Timestamp option, 98 /Totals option, 98 /Totext option, 32, 60, 99 /Userid option, 99 /Username option, 100 : : character, 26 = = character, 26 _ _ character, 53 A Alldisks option, 60 Append option, 61 ASK command, 14, 48 Attributes, 87, 92 AUTO command, 48 and /Ask option, 62 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL and /Autodays option, 63 and /Autorun option, 64 and /Autorunfile option, 65 and /Autospace option, 66 and /Force option, 77 and /Hide option, 78 AUTOEXEC.BAT /Nonumber option, 86 STATUS command, 54 AUTOEXEC.BAT file installation, 10 AUTORUN.DAT file, 49, 65 and /Hide option, 78 B Batch file parameters, 14 C Collecting Physical Configuration Data, 14 Comma delimited files, 61 Command line using options on, 26 Commands Summary, 18 Companyname, 17 Compmethod field, 13 Computerid, 17 Computername, 17 CONFIG.SYS /Nonumber option, 86 STATUS command, 54 Configuration files /Nonumber option, 86 Ctrl-Break, 50 Ctrl-W, 16 Cumulative effects of options, 27 D DISKSPACE Command, 51 DOS SET command, 26 Drive options summary, 28, 60 Drives local, 80 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL E Editing Keys, 16 Environment variables, 26, 30 ICF, 31 ICFINI, 31 Equip IDs, 15 Equipment ID's, 15 ESC, 16 Experimental features, 32, 60 Extensions in file names, 37 F file attributes, 15 File extensions, 37 File san operations and /Entiredisk option, 73 File Scan Operations, 18 File scan operations and /Nofilesdefault option, 85 File structures of output files, 38 Files /Hide option, 78 attribute codes, 62 attributes, 87, 92 AUTORUN.DAT, 49, 65 comma delimited, 61 Help files, 53 output file naming, 74 used for specifying options, 26 FILES command, 19, 51 /Sorte option, 97 Filtering options, 12 G Getting started, 2 H HELP Command, 53 Help files, 53 Hidden, System, and Readonly attributes, 49 Hints, 32 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL I ICF environment variable, 31 ICF.INI file, 26 ICFDOS.EXE, 2 ICFFILES file name, 37 ICFHELP1.DBF file, 53 ICFHELP2.DBF file, 53 ICFINI environment variable, 27, 31 ICFINV file name, 37 ICFOS2.EXE, 2 ICFPROG file name, 37 ICFPROG1.DBF file, 53 ICFPROGn files, 33 ID Fields, 14, 17 ID fields, 70, 81, 82, 91 /Userid option, 99 /Username option, 100 Input files, 33 for microchannel board recognition, 35 for program recognition, 34 L LAN changing output file name, 37 Local drives, 80 Location, 15 M Making options permanent, 6, 20 MCA, 79 Microchannel /Ismca option, 79 input recognition file, 35 Miscid1, 17 Miscid2, 17 Modemid, 17 Modifying ICF input files, 7 Monitorid, 17 N Naming of output files, 36 Notes 1, 15 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL O Options Cumulative Process Effects, 27 drive options, 28, 60 filtering, 12 for testing, 29 shortcut options, 27 specification methods, 25 specifying values for, 26 Options Summary, 20 Organization of manual, 1 OS/2 version, 79 Output file naming, 36, 74 Output file structures, 38 ID fields, 17 Output files, 36 P Paradox, 71 Printerid, 17 Program input files, 34 Program scan operations, 11 PROGRAMS command, 53 R Recognizing programs, 13 Running ICF, 3 S Saving information in a file, 5 Scanning for software programs, 11 SET command (of DOS), 30 SHIFT-TAB, 16 Shortcut options, 27 Specification methods of options, 25 Standard file extensions, 37 Starting ICF, 10 STATUS command, 54 /Ask option, 62 and /Autodays option, 63 output file structure, 40 Summary of options, 20 Syntax, 1 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL T TAB, 16 Testing options, 29 U Underscore character, 53 User ID, 15 User Name, 15 Userid, 17 Username, 17 Using ICF on a LAN, 6 Using ICF Options, 20 V Valid For, 1 ICF REFERENCE MANUAL ICF REFERENCE MANUAL 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USERNAME OPTION