home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Short: No more ".info" files!
- Author: alexh@hookup.net
- Uploader: alexh@hookup.net
- Type: util/cli
-
- Program: No.Info
- Version: 1.2
- Date: January 11, 1997
- Author: Alex Howell
- Email: alexh@hookup.net
- Distribution: DonateWare (send me something!)
- Required: Any Amiga, OS 1.3 and way above.
- Tested: Amiga500 030@50/34megs OS1.3, OS2.04, OS3.1
-
- Features:
-
- o Bug fixes to dos.library to able OS 1.3 to find ALL File.info (ICONs)
- o Disallows Workbench from finding ".info" files using dos calls
- o Disallows ANY program from creating a file called ".info"
- o Makes OS 1.3 more pleasant, no ".info" files gives a smarter Workbench
- o Tiny 100% assembler code, makes it fast and transparent
- o Makes an obvious statement on less used disk space!
-
- Preface:
-
- Having a machine with 3 OS's on ROMs made me rather annoyed,
- especially when I went under OS 2.04 and OS 3.1 and tried some of the
- ICON programs, only to find when they scanned a directory with a
- ".info" file, saved there from OS 1.3, they immediately crashed. To
- much of my happiness (or mainly, lack of it at the guru), I decided,
- enough is enough. So I wrote a small assembler patch which grew,
- that merely attaches itself to a few key DOS functions (in the
- dos.library), to avoid ".info" files from being written, as well,
- Workbench can't find them using Examine() or ExNext(). There is also
- another repair inside this program, which is directed to those who
- may still use OS 1.3 (yeah!) and it makes ANY icon file "File.INFO"
- become "File.info", so that OS 1.3's Workbench can FIND the icon.
- This is an apparent bug and has never been solved, until now.
-
- No.Info is merely a CLI command, copy it into your C directory and
- add No.Info to your S:Startup-Sequence, before your LOADWB. It's
- completely OS friendly and doesn't require any extra libraries or
- devices. Start it before any program which may read icons.
-
- Notes:
-
- For those of you using programs like Directory Opus that ask if you
- want to use Examine() and ExAll(), toggle those ON. This will
- ensure, Directory Opus doesn't CRASH when it finds a ".info" file and
- figures it's an ICON. (Directory Opus 4 used to crash, I don't know
- about 5.)
-
- DonateWare:
-
- I'm always looking for funding to keep my machine going, heck, if you
- want, toss me a 1gig hard drive! (SCSI please, not one of those
- elcheapo IDE things.) I could use a working monitor! (I have an
- A500, so if you've got something you don't want anymore, hey, send
- it!) Email me first!
-
-
- Mentions:
-
- Just want to thank my friends for testing this, to make sure it works
- perfectly and didn't crash (not that I thought it would), for giving
- me some of the ideas that are in it. As well, I'd like to thank
- everyone who's been working on the Aminet sites. A job well done and
- commendable efforts. (PSSST! This patch would be fantastic while
- undoing Aminet archives, I've seen LHA say "unable to write file"
- ..../.info a lot of times while it's undoing archives from the CD's.)
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 824 639 22.4% 15-Feb-97 02:52:06 +No.Info
- 3206 1619 49.5% 21-Feb-97 16:55:20 No.Info.README
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 4030 2258 43.9% 23-Feb-97 18:35:36 2 files
-