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- *********** PocketD Plus v5.1 - New features since v1.67 ************
-
- PocketD has now been around since 1992 (v1.34-v4.1). I listen hard to
- requests, and have successively produced new versions to incorporate
- most of the features that users wanted, and much more.
-
- This new version adds Windows 95 support (see below)
-
- >>>>> The key improvements between v1.67-v3.0
-
- 1. Greatly improved ease-of-use, through the new program MenuD
- 2. Full screen directory and archive browsing
- 3. SFX scanning
- 4. Improved support of other products (4DOS, Novell, LANtastic, OS/2)
- 5. Improved and completely re-worked documentation
- 6. Security. PocketD v3.X protects itself against Virus Attack
- 7. Full scrolling execution templates
- 8. Dedicated colour configuration through SETCOL
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 3.1 Oct93
-
- Support added for COMPACK v4.5 compression (shareware version is
- now also compressed using it).
- Copy option "b" now less zealous. Under some circumstances
- re-named filenames were reported as "empty" names.
- Extra protection within MenuD to prevent inappropriate options
- from being mixed (for delete, view and copy).
- Copy now reports "skipped" in response to user skip.
- Corrections to errors in documentation for v3.0.
- Template $B "backspace" now accepts "n". e.g. $5B "5" backspaces.
- Additional options for registration in Canada.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.0 Mar94
-
- 4DOS, OS/2 and string-search bug fixes. A serious flaw was
- introduced with v3.1 which caused problems with OS/2 and
- 4DOS. Searching for strings in files also had a problem.
- Browsing is now extended to allow viewing of contents of files
- within archives. These feature is transparent, so unless you
- pay close attention you might not even notice whether a file
- being viewed is from inside or outside of an archive! The
- feature makes the ARCVIEW.BAT script provided with v3.1
- redundant. This extended feature requires the use of PKUNZIP,
- ZOO, LHA, ARJ etc. (not needed for browsing names inside
- archives).
- Browse options also include UNCOMPRESS any archived file or whole
- archive and COPY any file. This can also be modified by the
- new option /.z which allows the user to treat all files as
- potential ZIP archives.
- Browsing now also has a true "user-defined" option that allows a
- command to be added to the browser. Previously the user only
- had the option to simply replace D.EXE's internal viewer by
- Vernon Buerg's list program (or other viewer). This facility
- is now largely redundant as D.EXE's new viewer is very
- capable. The option to use LIST is still there, but is
- overridden by the user command set up by the variable D_LIS.
- The user can now use all the previous commands with their own
- custom option for an editor, archiver or whatever command
- required.
- /Z has been extended to allow D.EXE to treat any file as a
- specific archive type. e.g. some sources may distribute ARJ
- or ZIP files as FILECHKD.001, FILECHKD.002 etc.
- Template is enhanced by $x,y option to set screen coordinates, $K
- files copied, $%X variable formating.
- Copying under networks has been greatly improved to allow timeouts
- on files that cannot be opened. Also improved error trapping
- avoids the few instances when D.EXE could fail when trying to
- read a file while another user attempts to modify or delete
- it. Files that have been deleted during a cyclic copy are now
- abandoned rather than waited for. These enhancements
- significantly improve D.EXE usefulness as a network backup
- tool.
- D.EXE now has its own critical error and break handlers so that
- the user has more than one method for breaking out of the
- program. It is also less vulnerable to network errors
- (above). D.EXE will return errorlevel 0 when a critical error
- causes a copy to be abandonned.
- File viewing now supports unix-type text files.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.1 Jun94
-
- The main reason for v4.1! -----> Added support for CRUSH - the new
- Super-compressor for DOS (release date early June, with
- WINCRUSH to follow soon). This archiving tool outperforms any
- other compression tool available. CRUSH typically achieves
- 2:1 improvement over PKZIP with document/source files, 3:1
- over Stacker 4.0 and 8:1 over uncompressed files! CRUSH works
- with PKZIP, ARJ, LHA, ARJ, ZOO and HA.
- Browsing now allows browsing of files inside archives inside other
- archives, to any depth (limited by memory).
- Reduced memory usage during browsing allows deeper directory and
- archive browsing.
- /Z[?] now also allows matching of files without extensions.
- All Browsing selections will now still be valid, even if the user
- externally changes the current selected drive/dir.
- Bug fix with Shareware MENUD which fails to find D.EXE if the user
- has an environment greater than 400 bytes.
- Bug fix with archive scanning. v4.0 could fail if archives either
- contained very long paths or the last file in the (LHA)
- archive was very small.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.2 Nov94
-
- Support for ODI drivers under Novell 3.X/4.X added. The previous
- version of PocketD was incompatible as the drivers modified
- the specification of the findfirst DOS call.
- Bug fix of string display during searching. Strings found on
- adjacient lines in a file found by /"" were incorrectly
- displayed.
- /cm changed to exclude moving of subdirs, unless "p" (path) also
- used. This is a minor philosophical change.
- /ch new "c(h)ange name" copy option will move files/subdir to
- specified name. e.g. D sub1 /ch sub2 will rename dir.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.3 Jan95 (not released as shareware)
-
- /.C new option allows the user to specify the cluster size used
- when estimating disk space used. The user can directly
- calculate the effect of partitioning a disk to use more
- efficient cluster sizes without having to actually do it.
- /Q New "jump to or mark tag" command while viewing to allow the
- user to easily switch between 2 points in a file.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.4 Feb95
-
- New WINSTALL.EXE program to install PocketD Plus in Windows. MenuD
- also modified to improve Windows startup.
- Support for 4DOS BTM files (recognised as executable)
- /.Q new option to simplify /Q display to remove command options
- to leave 1 line per file while browsing (use with /Q + /S/W).
- /.N new option to always force errorlevel to be number of files.
- /.B new option to force minimum buffer (memory) usage, allowing
- D.EXE to be run within the smallest memory. This makes it
- easier for D.EXE to run other programs which need memory.
- /gg new variant of /g graph plot uses a double-resolation plot
- character, allowing finer detail in size assessment.
- /rr no longer gives a spurious path for *.*.
- "Out of memory" condition now always waits for user input
- Support for DOS SHARE. PocketD now ensures that it will not leave
- files open that may be accessed by a template to be run.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.5 Mar95
- (There will not be shareware release of this version, see below)
-
- /f extended to give day of week and seconds for each file.
- /_ allow named subdirectories to be excluded from searches.
- $y new template option to give day of week of file.
- $Y as above, for today.
- $+x outputs character "x" + file number.
- /., new tailoring option will insert commas in file sizes.
- /.0 new tailoring option will suppress leading zeros in dates.
- /.A new tailoring option will show absolute paths rather than the
- default relative paths.
- File sizes in the normal display will convert from bytes to Kbytes
- if the size >9,999,999. The "actual space used" summary is
- now given in Kb and "free space" in Kb or meg.
- /h.x new sub-options /h.3 removes column headers, /h.4 removes
- column header and tail summary.
- Searches by D can be terminated early by holding down ALT+RSHIFT.
- this allows the user to examine matches found so far.
- /Q adds the option to use the END key to exit /Q giving a final
- summary instead of simply breaking out using ESC.
- Text searching while viewing files can now use DOSKEY/CED/ANARKEY
- buffered strings to submit to searches.
- Text searching now has both case-sensitive and case-insensitive
- search keys "/" and "F" (as LIST)
- /Q now allows viewing of files in archives that have been saved
- with paths.
- Searching... message now appears on the display, even if output is
- re-directed.
- /@ now turns off colour processing (as it should do!)
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.6 Jul95
-
- /ct new copy option will copy new files and overwrite files that
- have changed (including overwriting newer files). /ct can be
- used with other copy options, e.g. /ctx will only overwrite
- existing files that have changed.
-
- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 5.1 Jul97
-
- PocketD has at last caught up with Win95 after 2 years of shelved
- development in favour of other pressing projects!
-
- This release pushes the total number of template parameters to 71!
-
- Windows 95 support. This provides support for the long file and
- pathnames used by Win95 (but not NT). Since Win95 ignores
- case when matching, PocketD also ignores case, although will
- preserve it when copying. Unlike DOS 7.0 (Win95), PocketD
- does not suffer from spurious matches such as *1* matching
- LONGFILENAME (which is also stored as LONGFI~1). However
- PocketD will match literal names such as LONGFI~1. PocketD
- also allows display and testing of creation, update and
- access date/times (see /f and /: below).
-
- MenuD has been updated to support long filename functions and has
- a greatly improved mouse interface which makes MENUD run more
- comfortably under Windows.
-
- D_n The user can set up 9 commands to add to the browsing option,
- accessed by typing 1-9. These can include file arguments,
- e.g.
-
- SET D_1=MOVE %s C:\ADMIN
- SET D_2=PKZIP -m C:\ARC %s
-
- would allow the user to browse files and optionally move them
- to ADMIN, move them to and archive ARC.ZIP in addition to the
- generic delete, view, uncompress and copy options normally
- provided. The user can list the commands available by typing
- F1 or '?' during browsing.
-
- /f This is extended to also display Creation an Access dates.
- /f.a and /f.c allow display of full access and creation info.
-
- /: This is extended to allow testing of access and creation date
- times through /:a and /:c options. /& also modified.
-
- $j Extra template option to display alternate 8.3 file name when
- file has long and short version of name (same as $f if only
- short version exists). This option will also extract the
- truncated version of a long filename from within an archive
- (not the same as the Win95 alternate name).
-
- $i Extra template option to display 8 part of 8.3 filename. The
- old companion parameter $n will take the "x" part of x.y
- where x.y is a long file name.
-
- $e $e and $x used to both give the 3 character file extension.
- $x now gives the full Win95 extension and $e the old DOS
- extension from the 8.3 name.
-
- (The following are provided to support Win95 creation/access dates)
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- $.c Creation date (as $d standard "modify" date)
- $.a Access date
- $..tc Creation time (as $t)
- $..tc Access time (as $t)
- $.Y $.y $.m $.d yyyy, yy, mm and dd subfields of $d modify date
- $..cY $..cy $..cm $..cd ditto creation date
- $..aY $..ay $..am $..ad ditto access date
-
- $^n Insert "n"th character from file name into template, e.g. the
- template $^3$^4$^7.TXT would convert $_XX--Y.LST to XXY.TXT.
-
- /.j Sub-option added to show alternate 8.3 name on right-hand
- side of screen where a long filename does not exist. This
- makes PocketD behave like the DOS 7.0 "DIR" command.
-
- /.L Sub-option added to force D.EXE to only use short filenames.
- This will allow D.EXE to only generate filenames that other
- programs can handle, e.g. Using D.EXE to run an editor that
- cannot handle long names etc.
-
- A Percentage complete indicator for copy/move. No longer will you
- have to stare at the screen while it copies a huge file,
- wondering how far it has got!
-
- Many minor enhancements to generally make PocketD more agreeable
- to use, including added and improved error messages and
- improved tests for corrupted archives (v4.6 could loop).
-
- Bug fix to allow the user to search files created under Unix
- without losing the current line position. Also modified to
- cope with files with more than 32767 lines.
-
- v5.1 is compatible with the new CRU file type that will be created
- by the forthcoming CRUSH v2.0, which handles Win95 long
- filenames.
-
- "PocketD only" purchase is no longer available. Users can now only
- purchase the full "PocketD Plus".
-
-
- ************** Registered PocketD users!! **************
-
- A v5.1 disk upgrade is free for all users who register CRUSH. Just add
- "(REG)" to your name when registering. e.g. Jack Smith (REG).
- CRUSH is now at version 1.8.
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