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Disk Monitor
Diskmon.exe [drive:] [?|/h]
Diskmon was designed to keep track of changes made to a disk during
software installation. The first time you run diskmon it reads all of
the directories and subdirectories on the target disk and stores the
data to a data file. You can then load your software and, when you are
done installing, run diskmon again. Diskmon will prompt you for the
name of the software package you installed, and then re-read the disk
directories, making a list of all the direcories that have been added
or deleted and all the files that have been added, deleted, or changed.
This list is saved to a file in the same directory as diskmon.exe.
If diskmon.exe is placed in a directory called diskmon\ , each
individual set of changes will be saved to a text file called
diskmon[drive].XXX, starting with diskmonc.aaa (if the drive was C:).
Otherwise, each time diskmon is run, the changes will be appended to a
file called diskmon.chg. Changes made to diskmon's data files
(diskmon.tmp, diskmonX.dir, diskmon.chg) are filtered out of the change
file.
Diskmon stores the disk's directory information in a tempoary
file called diskmon.tmp, compares this updated information to
diskmon[drive].dir, copies diskmon.tmp over diskmonX.dir, and deletes
diskmon.tmp. Each of these files requires about 30 bytes of disk space
per file. (30k bytes for a disk with 1000 files)
Version update:
Diskmon 1.3 correctly identifies the extention of the change file
when diskmon is placed in a directory named diskmon. (diskmon 1.2c
would report diskmonc.aaa as diskmonc.aab, etc.) version 1.3 also
filters diskmonX.dir out of the initial change file.
Disk monitor is shareware. You may use it indefinitely. You may
distribute it free of charge in its present form.
(diskmon2.exe 7-9-94, 17,304 bytes or diskmon.exe 7-9-94, 30,198 bytes)
You may use, modify, or reprocess the output of disk moniter
(diskmonX.dir,diskmon.chg) as you see fit. If the program is valuable
to you, a reasonable contribution ($5) would be appreciated.
Karl Lager
87 W. Main St.
Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Any questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome.
internet: princKarls@aol.com