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DuIII
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Just above this icon is another for a Directory Utility. This is
one of a number which are now available for use on the Amiga. The
original version was provided by Chris Nicotra, and this particular
revision was done by Nathan Barber. It is a file/disk utility program
designed to make life much easier for users, and obviate the need for
a lot of typing. It will do many of the things that could previously
be done only with the CLI. You can use it to look at the contents of
MEGADISC 2.
The utility can be loaded either by double-clicking on its Icon
with your left mouse button, or using the CLI and typing at the prompt
1> DuIII
Once it appears you will first have to set the current directory
to the root of the selected device - df0:, df1:, df2:, df3:, ram:,
hd0:, hd1:, hd2:. The source directory always starts out as the RAM:
device by default.
S: is the current, or source, directory.
D: is the destination directory, and is also where you enter
requests for directories to create.
E: is the string to be passed to any file you EXEC., and also the
area where any error messages will appear.
Next click on the file or directory name, in the file window at
the left of screen, to select a file to take action on. Then click on
one of the many gadgets to take the selected action on the selected
files/directory (yes, only one directory at a time).
The following is a summary of what actions the different gadgets
perform:
ALL --->
Select ALL files in the current directory, including
the ones "scrolled off" the window.
BYTE --->
Adds up the number of bytes of the selected files and
displays the sum and the number of files. Remember
that each file takes up 512 more bytes than indicated
because of its directory entry.
CLEAR --->
De-select all selected files
COPY --->
Copy selected files to the directory specified in the
second string gadget. Mind you, you CANNOT enter a
filename here. It must be an existing directory
path and CAN go across devices. You should be able
to enter paths relative to the current directory.
DELETE --->
This will delete any files or directory that you have
selected in the file window. You will be warned if
the directory is not empty.
DINFO --->
Used to show the number of USABLE bytes from the DEVICE
associated with the destination directory (D).
DISKCOPY --->
This does not work with the current compilation of the
program. ( Something for the keen C programmer to fix? )
FIXOBJ --->
When you are using modems to download files, information
is transmitted in blocks of 128 bytes. FIXOBJ strips the
extra "padding" characters, added by the host machine to
any file which doesn't fill the last block completely.
GETDIR --->
If you want to go to a new directory, select
a directory in the file window, and click on this
gadget. DO NOT USE this to get a directory that is
listed in the first string gadget! If you must type
it in, you hit return while in the string gadget -
then that will be your new current directory.
HTYPE --->
Types a file to the screen in HEX and ASCII 16 numbers
at a time. (See "CLItips" in CLIStuff drawer for more
information).
MAKDIR --->
This will create the directory that you have typed in
the second string gadget. You MAY use relative paths.
MOVE --->
Same basic principle as RENAME, but assumes that you
want to just move the file to a new directory, not
actually rename it. It will move multiple files from
one directory to another. The D gadget should have
the destination path in it, NOT the whole filename
as with RENAME. MOVE will also move whole subdirectories
to another subdirectory, or to ROOT. DO NOT put a / after
the path name, MOVE adds it for you if needed. MOVE is
the recommended way to get a file from one place to
another quickly since the directory need not be reloaded
after the MOVE.
PARENT --->
Go to the parent directory, i.e., the directory one level
back up the "tree".
PRINT --->
Selected text files are sent to the printer via PRT:
Make sure the desired parameters are set in Preferences.
* N.B.- This command can be used to print out any or all of
the text files on MEGADISC2.*
RENAME --->
Renames first selected file or directory to the name
or path (on the same device) in the D string gadget.
ROOT --->
Go to the root directory of the current device.
RUN --->
"RUNS" the selected files from inside DIRUTIL. If DIRUTIL
was called from CLI, any output from the program is
directed to the calling CLI. Parameters may be passed
to the program by entering them in the E window. Doesn't
always work and can cause the system to freeze.
SAVEOLD --->
????
SEARCH --->
Searches the marked group of files for the pattern found
in the E window. Upper/lower ARE different. If the \
character is found, the next two characters are converted
into a single Hexadecimal digit and used as one
character in the overall search. The search pattern was
limited to 60 max characters by choice. The search has
two modes, SLOW and FAST, which it will choose depending
on how much memory is available in the machine. I HIGHLY
recommend freeing up enough RAM to allow the FAST mode to
run since the SLOW mode is AT LEAST 10 times slower.
The SLOW mode search can be aborted by hitting the ESC
key. The FAST mode cannot be aborted, it is so fast you
will not mind the slight wait.
SHOW --->
Select the IFF files you wish to display, one or more,
then click on the SHOW gadget. DirUtil will attempt to
display these files. This function will work with most,
but not all forms of IFF files. If DirUtil can not
display the file, an error message will be displayed in
the error msg. window and DirUtil will go on to the next
selection, if there is one.
DirUtil opens a new screen for the IFF file, displays the
file, then waits for you to continue. When finished
viewing the image, click in the upper-left corner of the
image. There is an invisible close gadget located there.
DirUtil will close the screen and proceed to display
the next file.
SINFO --->
Used to show the number of USABLE bytes from the DEVICE
associated with the current directory (S).
SLIDE --->
If you select a number of picture files and then this
before selecting SHOW, you will have your own slide show.
SWAP --->
Used to flip the S and D windows.
TYPE --->
Use this to view standard ASCII (readme, docs, etc) on
your monitor screen. Select the files you want to
view, then select the TYPE gadget. A new window, with
the window name being the file that you are currently
viewing, will open. Use the space bar to advance by one
screen, a <CR> will advance one line. Entering ESC will
advance you to the end of that file. The space bar will
then exit from that file. If you have selected to view
more than one file, the next will automatically be
displayed. After all selected files have been viewed,
the window will close, returning you to DirUtil's main
screen.
If you do something stupid like select all files, then hit delete,
and suddenly realize that you REALLY didn't want to do that, there is a
STOP IDIOT feature. When you are doing operations on a group of files,
CLICKING ANYWHERE IN THE WINDOW WILL ABORT THE OPERATION.
Note that this version of the directory utility is a stand-alone
program, which can be dragged to any disc and used as is.
END OF DuIII.txt
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