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QDISK.DOC - 11/04/87
Document For Memory Resident Qdisk Utility
Written By DME System Specialties
Released Into The Public Domain
This product is hereby release as shareware. You may copy
and distribute this program for free to all you wish as long as
this file is included with it and the program is not modified in
any way. You may not charge for this program beyond the cost of
the disk you give it away on. If you find this utility useful, a
small contribution of $10 would be appreciated. All those who
send in a contribution will be notified of future releases.
Please send contributions to: DME System Specialties
9000 Vanalden Ave. Suite 159
Northridge, CA 91324
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This program is a memory resident directory utility. The
initial idea came from PC MAGAZINES DR.COM utility in the August
87 issue. I have greatly enhanced their utility and added many
new features. The following is a list of the current features in
Qdisk.
1) Copy a file (Multi operator)
2) Delete a file (Multi operator)
3) Rename a file
4) Move a file (Multi operator)
5) Show a new Path or disk
6) View a file or directory
7) Search for text in a file being viewed
8) Repeat search for previous text
9) Create a Directory
10) Remove a Directory
11) Mark a file for multiple operators
12) UnMark a file for multiple operators
13) Mark All files for multiple operators
14) Toggle Wordstar file mode for view option
15) Toggle Confirm option on delete and print functions
16) Toggle Word Wrap mode for view option
17) Toggle text Formatting in view option
18) Change a file's attributes (Multi operator)
19) Print a file (Multi operator)
20) Sort directory display by Name, Ext, Size or Date
21) Change the printer device (lpt1-lpt3 are valid)
22) Directory notes
23) Speed search for a file name
24) Exit QDISK and stay in the directory being displayed
When a file is marked for multiple operations an asterisk
(*) will appear just past the file name on the display. Any time
any files are marked, all multi operator commands will act on all
marked files. The total number of marked files, and the size of
the marked files is displayed under the date and time.
NOTE: If you have any files marked, and you hit <ESC> to exit the
program, you will still have those files marked when you start
the module again.
To see the alternate key menu, hold down the <ALT> key on
the keyboard. Then press the option you want.
<ESC> will exit you back to what ever you were running when
you are on the main screen.
To change the pop-up key from alt-tab, place the new
character on the command line after the program name. The
following are the valid characters not including the quotes:
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ,./\" <TAB> and <SPACE>
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1) Copy a file (Multi operator)
To copy a file, or a list of market files, press the
<F1> key on the main menu. You will then be asked to enter
the destination for the file(s). This may be any valid DOS
disk or directory. If there is not enough room on the
destination disk, you are asked if you wish to change the
destination diskette or skip the copy of that file. Once you
have answered this question the system will continue with
the copying.
2) Delete a file (Multi operator)
To delete a file, or list of marked files, press the
<F2> key or <CTRL-D> on the main menu. If confirm, on the
Alt menu, is ON, you will be prompted for a 'Y' or an 'N' as
to whether or not you really want to delete the file(s). If
you say 'Y', the file is deleted and you may then continue.
If you say 'N', the prompt is cleared and you may continue.
If confirm is OFF, the file(s) is/are deleted when you hit
the key and no prompt is shown.
3) Rename a file
To rename a file, press <F3> or <CTRL-R> on the main
menu. You are then prompted for the new name of the file.
Any valid DOS filename is fine.
4) Move a file (Multi operator)
To move a file, or list of marked file, to a new
directory on a disk, or to a new disk drive, press <F4> or
<CTRL-M> on the main menu. You will then be prompted for
the new directory name. Any valid EXISTING directory may be
used. If the directory or disk does not exist, the system
will beep, otherwise the file will be moved.
5) Show a new Path or disk
To look at a new path or disk, press <F5> or <CTRL-P>
on the main menu. You will then be asked for the new
directory to display. Any valid DOS drive or directory is
valid. If the directory is empty of all files you will exit
back to your original program and be out of QDISK. You may
also move around directories on a hard disk by showing the
".", ".." and <DIR> files using the view option described
next.
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6) View a file or directory
To look at a file, press <F6> or <RETURN> or <CTRL-V>
with the highlighted bar on that file. You may change some
of the view option on the Alt menu. If you view a directory,
you will be shown that directory. In the view mode, you may
page-up, page-down, scroll line by line and shift the screen
sideways 8 characters at a time. The <HOME> key will take
you to the top of the file and move the side shift back to
column 1. The <END> key will take you to the end of the file
in the current column. This is where the search <F7> and
repeat search <F8> keys of the main menu are active. To exit
the view section, press either <ESC> or the return key for a
normal exit. You may also press the delete, rename or move
keys to do the selected function on the viewed file.
7) Search for text in a file being viewed
To search for text in a file being viewed, press <F7>
while in the file. Next you will be asked to select a form
of data entry, either Hex or Text. Once you have chosen
this you will be prompted for either a character string up
to 20 characters or up to 20 hex values to search for. A
blank search key, in text mode, or an <ESC> key in either
mode will abort the search.
8) Repeat search for previous text
To repeat a search for text previously specified with
<F7>, just press <F8>.
9) Create a Directory
To create a new directory, press <F9> and enter the
directory name. You may place the directory anywhere that is
valid. If it is in the current directory, the display will
be updated to show this.
10) Remove a Directory
To remove a directory, press <F10> and enter the
directory name. You may remove any directory that is valid
and empty. If it is in the current directory, the display
will be updated to show this.
11) Mark a file for multiple operators
To mark a file for multi-operator commands, place the
highlighted bar on the file to be marked and press the gray
'+' key. An asterisk will appear next to the filename to
show that it is marked.
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12) UnMark a file for multiple operators
To un-mark a file for multi-operator commands, place
the highlighted bar on the file to be marked and press the
gray '-' key. The asterisk will be removed next to the
filename to show that it is no longer marked.
13) Mark All files for multiple operators
To mark all files for multi-operator commands, press
the gray '*' key. An asterisk will appear next to each
filename to show that it is marked.
14) Toggle Wordstar file mode for view option
To toggle the wordstar file mode in view, hold down the
<ALT> key and press <F1>. The status will show on the menu.
This mode allows you to look at wordstar document file and
read them clearly.
15) Toggle Confirm option on delete and print functions
To toggle the confirm option, hold down the <ALT> key
and press <F2>. The status will show on the menu.
16) Toggle Word Wrap mode for view option
To toggle the word wrap status, hold down the <ALT> key
and press <F3>. The status will show on the menu. This
options affects the way the text is shown in the view mode.
If ON then a line longer than 80 characters will wrap to the
next line of the screen. If OFF then a line longer than 80
characters will truncate at the end of the screen. You may
see the extra data by scrolling the screen sideways with the
arrow keys.
17) Toggle text Formatting in view option
To toggle the formatting option, hold down the <ALT>
key and press <F4>. The status will show on the menu. This
option allows you to see a file as it truly is. All tabs and
control characters are ignored and the text is shown 80
characters per line, 25 lines per screen. (Good for looking
at a COM or EXE file)
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18) Change a file's attributes (Multi operator)
To change the attributes on a file, hold down the <ALT>
key and press <F5>. You will then be prompted for the
attributes to change. You may change only the 4 attributes
shown on the right of the directory listing. These are H-
hidden, S - system, R - read only and A - archive. By
entering the letter you wish, the current state of that
attribute will be switched. You may enter any or all at the
same time.
19) Print a file (Multi operator)
To print a file, or list of marked files, hold down the
<ALT> key and press <F6>. If confirm is ON, you will be
asked if you wish to print the file(s). Say 'Y' to continue,
'N' or <ESC> to abort. In either case of confirm status, you
are then asked for the number of lines to print on a page.
A <CR> will surpress page breaks. If a printer error occurs,
the system will beep and alert you. You may abort the print
by pressing <ESC> at any time while the printer is running.
20) Sort directory display by Name, Ext, Size or Date
You may change the sort order of the directory, in the
display only, by choosing a sort option from the Alt menu.
The display will change to show the new order. You may also
press <CTRL> and the capitalized letter in the sort option
on the Alt menu you want.
21) Change the printer device (lpt1-lpt3 are valid)
To change the printer device, hold down the <ALT> key
and press the <P>. The printer port will change to the next
available port number.
22) Directory notes
To attach a 31 character description to a file, hold
down the <ALT> key and press the <N>. The directory
information will be overlayed by the file descriptions. You
may edit these description using the cursor keys, backspace,
and return key. Press <ESC> to return to the main directory.
The data is stored in a file in the directory you are
looking at.
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23) Speed search for a file name
To find a file in a directory quickly, just type the
first letter of the file name. The high-light bar will move
to the first file with that letter as is first character.
Each subsequent time you press the same letter, you will
move to the next file with that letter. At the end, or if no
file can be found, it will loop back to the first file found
unless only one file exists and then the speaker will beep.
24) Exit QDISK and stay in the directory being displayed
To exit QDISK and stay in the directoty you are viewing
currently, hold down the <ALT> key and press the <E>. You
will be placed in the drive and directory you were just in.
The on screen clock will appear to stop working during heavy
disk or printer usage. This is done so as not to slow down those
functions.
If you have any problems, or any suggestions for future
additions to this program, please send them to the above address.
Thank you, David Ehrlich
Owner, DME System Specialties
