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<--- The KAT Directory 2.1 ---> ┌─────────────────────────┐ │from CAT Systems of Texas│ └─────────────────────────┘ A replacement for DOS 5.0 Directory Utility for people who can't afford DOS 5.0 DOS 5.0 was released June 11, 1991, and many computer users have run out to get it. Unfortunately, I can't afford it ! (well, I probably can, but it takes too much time to install... etc) For us too lazy, or too poor to purchase the $70.00 update, I have created a replacement: THE KAT DIRECTORY 2.1 ======================================================================== Usage: CADIR [switches/directory] [switches] CADIR ? shows help screen ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ DIRECTORY OPTIONS │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ /S show subdirectories + current directory /R start display in root directory ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PRINTING FORMAT │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ /W shows a wide directory /P stops display after every page /$ show files with attribute settings /I3 show in 3 columns + sizes /I6 show in 6 columns (extremely packed listing!) /FS "Fat Sizes" shows larger display with sizes (size is displayed in Kilobytes rather than bytes /FT "Fat Times" shows larger display with times ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SORTING SWITCHES │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ /ON sort alphabetically (A - Z) /O-N sort reverse alphabetical (Z - A) /OE sort by extension (A - Z) /O-E sort by reverse extension (Z - A) /OS sort by size (smallest-largest) /O-S sort by reverse size (largest-smallest) /OD sort by dates /O-D sort by reverse dates /OT sort by times /O-T sort by reverse times /OG display subdirs then files ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ATTRIBUTE SWITCHES │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ /A+ display archive + system + read-only + hidden files /AD display only sub-directories /AH display only hidden files /AS display only system files /AR display only read-only files /AA display only files with the archive bit set ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SHOW SPECIAL FILES │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ /HOG show five largest files (that hog up most space) /EXO display only executable files (*.COM & *.EXE) /T display only files dated today ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ OTHER SWITCHES │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ /#REV reverse filenames+extensions (just for fun!) /ENG capitalize first letter of name only (English style) /CLEAR clear screen before display /*SAVED save options to configuration file (see explanation below) /%C setup color options (see explanation below) /@file.ext search drive for filename (or wildcard) /*PA show all paths on current disk /! display EXTRA memory + allocation data ^ │ │ ╓────────────────┴─────────────────────────────╖ ║ EXTRA MEMORY & ALLOCATION DATA ║ ║ ║ ║ The following items are displayed: ║ ║ ║ ║ 1) Free Memory on Current Drive (in bytes) ║ ║ 2) Number of Clusters on Drive ║ ║ 3) Bytes Per Cluster ║ ║ 4) Sectors per Cluster ║ ║ 5) Ram Size (in bytes) ║ ║ 6) Process ID ║ ║ 7) Space in Far Heap ║ ║ 8) Program Offset ║ ║ 9) FAT ID Byte ║ ║ 10) Disk Transfer Address ║ ║ 11) Current Registers: CS, DS, ES & SS ║ ║ 12) Current Date and Time ║ ║ ║ ╙──────────────────────────────────────────────╜ ========================================================================= Switches may be combined: CADIR \MENU /AH/OE displays all hidden files in the \MENU directory, sorting by extension CADIR /AS displays all system files in current directory CADIR /S displays all files in current directory + files in all subdirectories CADIR /P displays files in current directory, pausing after each screenful CADIR \BIN\*.C displays all files with extension "C" in \BIN directory CADIR *.C displays all files with extension "C" in current directory CADIR \MENU\*.EXE /T/! displays all executable files in the \MENU directory that are dated today Once finished, shows extended information CADIR *.DOC /#REV /$ /OT show doc files reversed-style, with attribute settings displayed, and sorted by time ========================================================================= ====== WHAT ARE "SAVED OPTIONS" ?? ==================================== ========================================================================= You are allowed to save your options in a configuration file located in the root directory. It is very small (usually 50 bytes), and combined with DOS' "Path", can make you directory fast and efficient. TO USE: 1) Put CADIR.EXE in the first directory of your "Path". Eg: If your path is C:\DOS;D:\FILES;D:\LOTUS;D:\WINDOWS, you would place the program in the DOS directory. 2) Type in your favorite options after CADIR.EXE, then include /*SAVE as the last option. Eg: CADIR /ENG /! /I6 /OS /*SAVE 3) From that point, every time you just type: CADIR , your options become the default. No need to ever type in all those options again. 4) To override your new default options, just type in some different switches ! Eg: to override the above default, and display a "WIDE" directory with sorting by dates, type: CADIR /W /OD Your default options are still in effect, but you are just overriding them temporarily. NOTE: The "default" option is great! You can type: CADIR *.C and your defaults pick up, causing your display to be /ENG /! /I6 /OS. But when you type: CADIR /W, you have temporarily caused a wide display, and your options are not in effect. This saves a LOT OF TYPING ! & allows a very advanced interface. 5) To re-set the default options, just type in your new options, and include /*SAVE as the final switch. Eg: CADIR /W /A+ /O-D /$ /CLEAR /*SAVE ^ │ {note "save" is the last switch}─────┘ =========================================================================== ============ COLOR SETUP ================================================== =========================================================================== Once into the "Setup" screen, you are presented with the following menu: [TextColors] 0. BLACK 1. BLUE 2. GREEN 3. CYAN 4. RED 5. MAGENTA 6. BROWN 7. LIGHTGRAY 8. DARKGRAY 9. LIGHTBLUE 10. LIGHTGREEN 11. LIGHTCYAN 12. LIGHTRED 13. L.MAGENTA 14. YELLOW 15. WHITE [a].DOC 15 [b].TXT 15 [c].LOG 15 [d].HLP 15 [e].COM 15 [f].EXE 15 [g].SYS 15 [h].BAT 15 [i].ARC 15 [j].ZIP 15 [k].ZOO 15 [l].LZH 15 [m].GIF 15 [n].A86 15 [o].ASM 15 [p].C 15 [q].PAS 15 [r].BAS 15 [s].OBJ 15 [t].CPP 15 [u].H 15 [v].MAP 15 [w].CFG 15 [x].TMP 15 [y].MSG 15 [z] Default Color: 15 Press Letter/Num or [ESC] exit+save: At the above prompt, make SURE that 'Capslock' is OFF, and press the letter or number to the left of the your choice. Here is an explanation of the above choices: [a].DOC 15 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Color of files with extension │ │ │ File extension │ Letter to press to change option So pressing "a" will bring a prompt--> "Color: ". You then look to the top of the screen at the colors. If you want all files with the .DOC extension to be RED, you would enter "4". The screen then updates itself, and instead of: [a].DOC 15 we have [a].DOC 4 The remainder of the extensions are obvious: .CFG, .OBJ, .TMP, .LOG .. etc. Once you are satisfied with your color choices, press [ESC] to save your options and exit. NOTE: Your colors are saved in a file called "COLORS.CFG" in the root directory of the current disk drive. ========================================================================== =========== HUNTING FILES ================================================ ========================================================================== To search for a file (or wildcard), specify it after the "/@" in your options. Eg: CADIR /@LIST.COM searches drive for LIST.COM CADIR /@.DOC searches for all .DOC files CADIR /@CADIR. searches for all CADIR files NOTE: The lack of "*". Searchstrings are specified by "partnames" rather than with question marks & astericks. So -> .DOC is equivalent to *.DOC .COM is equivalent to *.COM BACK is equivalent to *BACK* FILE. is equivalent to FILE.* ┌───────────┐ ==│ EXAMPLES: │============================================================= └───────────┘ The following are visual examples of the switches above. Our directory we will be looking at is: . <DIR> 07-10-91 6:06p .. <DIR> 07-10-91 6:06p E88 PAT 20705 02-20-88 12:34a 2SEEK DOC 12983 07-04-91 5:30p TC EXE 876480 05-04-90 1:00a DOS-50 DOC 13644 07-10-91 6:05p BILLS EXE 8715 06-15-91 8:22p PCPLUS KEY 500 04-20-91 12:38a STUFF 0 07-10-91 6:09p 9 File(s) 17000448 bytes free ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /W │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88 .PAT 2SEEK .DOC TC .EXE DOS-50 .DOC BILLS .EXE PCPLUS .KEY STUFF 7 Total Files taking up 933537 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /I3 │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88 .PAT 20705 2SEEK .DOC 12983 TC .EXE 876480 DOS-50 .DOC 13644 BILLS .EXE 8715 PCPLUS .KEY 500 STUFF 510 7 Total Files taking up 933787 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /I6 │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88 .PAT▌2SEEK .DOC▌TC .EXE▌DOS-50 .DOC▌BILLS .EXE▌PCPLUS .KEY▌ STUFF ▌ 7 Total Files taking up 934155 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /$ │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88 .PAT ║ A║ 2SEEK .DOC ║ A║ TC .EXE ║R SA║ DOS-50 .DOC ║ S ║ BILLS .EXE ║ ║ PCPLUS .KEY ║ A║ STUFF ║ A║ 7 Total Files taking up 934416 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /O-S │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE TC.EXE 876480 Fri May 04 01:00:00 1990 E88.PAT 20705 Sat Feb 20 00:34:24 1988 DOS-50.DOC 13644 Wed Jul 10 18:05:38 1991 2SEEK.DOC 12983 Thu Jul 04 17:30:08 1991 BILLS.EXE 8715 Sat Jun 15 20:22:28 1991 STUFF 510 Wed Jul 10 18:09:30 1991 PCPLUS.KEY 500 Sat Apr 20 00:38:08 1991 7 Total Files taking up 934837 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /ENG │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88.pat 20705 Sat Feb 20 00:34:24 1988 2seek.doc 12983 Thu Jul 04 17:30:08 1991 Tc.exe 876480 Fri May 04 01:00:00 1990 Dos-50.doc 13644 Wed Jul 10 18:05:38 1991 Bills.exe 8715 Sat Jun 15 20:22:28 1991 Pcplus.key 500 Sat Apr 20 00:38:08 1991 Stuff 510 Wed Jul 10 18:09:30 1991 7 Total Files taking up 936620 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /INFO │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88.PAT 20705 Sat Feb 20 00:34:24 1988 2SEEK.DOC 12983 Thu Jul 04 17:30:08 1991 TC.EXE 876480 Fri May 04 01:00:00 1990 DOS-50.DOC 13644 Wed Jul 10 18:05:38 1991 BILLS.EXE 8715 Sat Jun 15 20:22:28 1991 PCPLUS.KEY 500 Sat Apr 20 00:38:08 1991 STUFF 510 Wed Jul 10 18:09:30 1991 7 Total Files taking up 937603 bytes [info] Free Memory on Drive C: is 16984064 Number of Clusters: 21722 Bytes Per Cluster: 512 Sectors per Cluster: 4 Ram Size: 640K Process ID: 4241 Space in Far Heap: 281360 bytes Program Offset: 1E FAT ID Byte: F8 Disk Transfer Address: 4B4E:FE86 CS: 4251 DS: 4B4E ES: 4B4E SS: 4B4E It is 10:54:21 AM (EST) on Monday January 12 1991 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /*PA │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ ** SHOWING ALL PATHS ** C:\PCSHELL C:\DYNAMIX C:\DYNAMIX\BARON C:\DYNAMIX\BARON\TAPES C:\DOWNLOAD C:\BACKUP C:\ARJIT C:\PSLIBRAR C:\SALES C:\TEMP C:\ERASE C:\STEREO ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /FS │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88 .PAT 20 02/20/88▌2SEEK .DOC 12 07/04/91▌TC .EXE 876 05/04/90▌ DOS-50 .DOC 13 07/10/91▌BILLS .EXE 8 06/15/91▌PCPLUS .KEY 1 04/20/91▌ STUFF 1 07/10/91▌ 7 Total Files taking up 939970 bytes ^ │ │ │ │ {NOTE: sizes are in Kilobytes rather than bytes}─────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /FT │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE E88 .PAT 00:34:12a ▌2SEEK .DOC 05:30:04p ▌TC .EXE 01:00:00a ▌ DOS-50 .DOC 06:05:19p ▌BILLS .EXE 08:22:14p ▌PCPLUS .KEY 00:38:04a ▌ STUFF 06:09:15p ▌ 7 Total Files taking up 940551 bytes ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /EXO │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE TC.EXE 876480 Fri May 04 01:00:00 1990 BILLS.EXE 8715 Sat Jun 15 20:22:28 1991 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CADIR /HOG │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ KAT-DIRECTORY Volume Dave Smi.th DIRECTORY --> C:\ERASE Hogger-> TC.EXE 876480 Hogger-> E88.PAT 20705 Hogger-> DOS-50.DOC 13644 Hogger-> 2SEEK.DOC 12983 Hogger-> BILLS.EXE 8715 ========================================================================= ┌────────────────┐ │ ERROR MESSAGES:│ └────────────────┘ <Where were you last night until 4:00 am ?> <When's dinner gonna be ready?> <Somebody really messed up your face> <My grandmother's sick. I can't come to work today> <I can't go out with you tonight, I have to wash my hair> <I really like you.... but .. I just wanna be friends> <You can't find a date, huh? Who me? No, I uh.. I uhh... my mother's flying in tonight, and uh.. I have to pick her up at the airport> <You are married? Oh, I'm sorry> <I only had a couple of beers, officer> ========================================================================= TO MAXIMIZE YOUR USE OF THE KAT DIRECTORY ---> a) Rename the program to "C.EXE". b) Place it in the first directory of your path. c) If you have a RAM DISK, put the program into it. d) Save your favorite options using the /*SAVE switch. e) If you use DOS 4.0+, use the FASTOPEN program. f) If you use DOS 5.0, load the program into high memory using the LOADHIGH program. e) If you use DOS 5.0, and have a Disk Cache, load this program high, and load your ram disk into a lower section of memory. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ==================================== │ │ ========== KNOWN BUG ============= │ │ ==================================== │ │ │ │ I don't know whether it's my Ram Disk, my Disk Cache, my keyboard │ │ accelerator, or a real bug in the program, but I've noticed the │ │ following: │ │ │ │ Control characters occassionally show up in the listing of files.│ │ │ │ EG: Instead of: LIST.COM 21427 2/17/91 │ │ │ │ it becomes: LISTZ▒ 21 J │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ It is extremely uncommon, and only occurs once per every 10 usages │ │ on my system. I have gone through the code extensively, and have │ │ yet to find where the problem is located. │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ╓────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ THE Lion Utils ║ ╙────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ This program is part of the LION UTILITIES, available from CAT Systems of Texas. There are 35 programs built into unique file and directory managing system, all of which are designed for the user in mind. All the usual needs are covered (file-finding, dir & file compression, moving, copying, and MANY unusual items) THE LION UTILITIES 1. SOUND3.EXE A Sound System including bird-chirping, phasors, lightning, motorcycles, star-wars effects. Included are over 21 unique sounds + a music creater that allows mixing of notes and melodies. 2. BRING.EXE An enhanced copy utility that eliminates the need to type in a full pathname. 3. BINAR.EXE Enables you to pull text from binary files, with options for capitals, lower-case, digits, punctuation, or search for any specific word. 4. MOVE.EXE A very fast file mover with extra capabilities. 5. KATT.EXE Alter attributes of any file (hidden,system,archive,rd-only), find files containing certain attributes, or see the current attr. of any file. 6. KITTY.EXE An enhanced directory - controller that allows hiding dirs, renaming, deleting, erasing dir trees, merging, showing size or contents of dir .. over 13 options in ALL. 7. LION.EXE A full-featured hunting utility. Hunt a file, then change attribute, erase, erase with prompt, rename .. Any function you can perform on a file, you can do with THIS. 8. INSPEC.EXE Checks a file for characters, shows what type of file it is, allows viewing of the header, and MUCH MORE. 9. JOKES.EXE Ten practical jokes to play on friends with PC's. Includes random file generations, screen-lockup, loud and obnoxious noises, or fake prompts. 10. CAT-VIEW View two files at once. Scroll through a text file on bottom, while seeing another on top. Files are separated, and you can scan through one backward while viewing the other forward. Very useful for text-file comparison. 11. COMPRESSION-BACKUP A backup system that uses any compression you'd like to backup your directories. If file is too large for a diskette, split it up .. then merge it again. Restores from previous backup, formats diskette, and prompts for new disk once old one is full. 12. This here program. 13. ERALIST.EXE Shows erased files quickly and easily, without loading a large application. The LION UTILITIES are available for a registration fee of $20.00. This entitles you to: a) Free unlimited upgrades. b) Updates concerning new utilities c) 100% support for all programs purchased from CAT Systems. Please send $20.00 plus a Formatted diskette to: Richard Smith 1104 Mason Dr. Hurst Tx 76053 The diskette is necessary because I am using DOS 5.0. And if you are using an earlier version, me sending you a disk will not work. ** Please make checks payable to Richard Smith. ** For service or support, our staff can be reached at the address above. If you have any problems or concerns, please include what type machine you own, video information, type BIOS you are using, and what happended before/after the problem. ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────█ ────▀ ──────█ ──█ ─────────█ ────────> █ ────────█ ────█ ────────█ ─> ───────█ ───────────█─▀▀▀▀▀─█ ───────█─────────────────> █ ──────────█ ────────█ ─────>█ █ ▄ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀ SYSTEMS SOFTWARE (c) 1991 by Cat Systems of Texas DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED BUT I CAN NOT GUARANTEE THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE. {meow}