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U1-05: Directory Listers / Editors
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0434 Sorted Directory Listers Small Programs Disk
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BDIR 2.0
Hexagon Products
$0
displays sorted directory listings in your choice of large fonts. Although the
point is to make it easier to read the screen (for the vision impaired or for
group demos), the author did not skimp on features. BDIR allows quite a bit of
control over how the listing is sorted and which fields are displayed. The
default large font is done in blocky ASCII characters, but other fonts, which
can be toggled with F2, use graphics for smoother characters.
Directory-Attributes 1.1 (DA)
Meyer, Eric
$?
replaces the DOS DIR and ATTRIB commands.
Directory Enhancer 1.31 (DIR-ENH)
Maland, Philip
$5-$10
is a 1.3k TSR that adds color directly to DOS's DIR command. We were ready to
toss this when we thought it was yet another sorted directory utility, but
instead, this is a utility that adds functionality to DOS's own DIR command. You
may specify what kinds of files should be which colors when you type DIR. It
also causes DIR to display the total number of bytes in the files
DirPrompt 2.1 (DIRPRMT)
Ford, Nelson ASP
$15
keeps a sorted directory listing displayed above the "DOS prompt". This lets
you see a listing of the files you are copying, moving, viewing, deleting,
archiving, etc. You can specify different colors for different file types,
change filename colors from the prompt, scroll back through and edit commands
and more.
Full-blown file managers are useful, but some people feel that they slow you
down. The problem is that without one, you have to keep doing a DIR after every
command bring back the directory listing. With DirPrompt, you can still work at
a DOS prompt and see a scrollable directory listing above the prompt that
returns automatically after each command you enter.
HotDIR Plus 7.3 (HOTDIR) 08-93 CD
Woeger, Robert
$15-$25
is an excellent sorted directory utility. It displays files with
different extensions in different colors in a 1, 2, 4, or 6 column
format. Other features include color customization, clear screen
options, DOS 5.0 support, and more.
KRFList
MacDonald, Kevin
$0
will search through a disk drive and create a list of all files in all
directories. The list will be stored in a disk file that could be used for a
quick and dirty catalog or to help in cleaning up a hard disk, for example.
L
Bhavnani, Ravi
$10
is a substitute for the DOS DIR command at the expense of slightly slower
operation. For example, you can get a list of sub-directories only or exclude
them completely. L even allows you to get a list of files created within a
certain time span. Long displays automatically pause between each screenful
(you can disable this pause when redirecting L's output to a file). Displays
may be sorted and can be brief or verbose. L's error messages are a shade more
informative than those provided by the DIR command.
LS (LS-H)
The Hutchison Company
$0
is a directory and file listing program with several handy features.
SDIR 2.0
C-Soft
$5
a DOS directory viewer and program shell. A full-screen, page-able listing
quickly comes up and you can just as quickly select other directories to view.
You can also select a program to run from the list.
SDL
Bodycomb, W. C.
$?
offers a sorted directory list with the following options erase screen, pause
when screen full, 4 column format (2 if width 40), sort by file size, sort by
date and time, sort by file type (ext), sub-directory names, use with T to list
file names by directory, use with TF to indent file lists (not supported on
width 40 screens) and use with T to list all file names together.
ZanySoft Dir 1.4 (ZDIR)
Kirmse, Christopher
$10
is a colorful sorted directory lister. Okay, we know we said no more sorted
directory listers, but this one has such an interesting feature - it
automatically adjusts the number of columns in the display for the number of
files.
For just a few files, it will use a one-column display that shows all the
directory information available for each file. If you have too many for a
one-column display, it will use two, three, four or six columns.
In addition to all the usual directory listing options (which these days
includes your choice of colors for highlighting different types of
files), it will optionally change file attributes (eg: make hidden/
visible) and will find a file anywhere on a hard disk.
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1944 Resident And Compare DIR Listers Small Programs Disk
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DirCmp 1.3
Mount, Steve
$5
tells you what changes have been made to a directory listing from one time to
the next. It creates a log of the directory and the next time it is run on that
directory, shows what files have been added, deleted, or changed.
There are many possible uses for a utility like this. A typical one would be if
you have unintentionally dearchived a lot of files into an already crowded
directory and want to see what those files are so that you can delete them.
Drlukus 0.1
Masaaki Sawada & Assoc.
$10-$20
allows you to look at a directory listing while inside another program.
Features include changing the drive and directory to view, deleting and renaming
files, and displaying a table of ASCII codes. An option on quitting is to leave
the list in the corner of the screen when you go back to your program. (It
eventually disappears.) (res:20k)
MDir
is a small (assembly language based) memory resident routine that will
display directory entries. MDIR gives both an "automatic" mode, where the
current directory is shown sorted alphabetically, and a "command line" mode,
where MDIR will "screen" files (like the DOS DIR command does), and display
the file list with your choice of sort mechanism (by date/time, name,
extension, unsorted). This is a very helpful utility if you are running a
program that asks you for a file name, but won't let you see the directory.
NewxDir
is a corrected version of PC Magazine's resident utility for displaying
directories. Press Alt and "." to pop it up and then enter a drive and path for
it to display. Press Esc to enter another drive\path and Esc again to exit.
(res:7k)
TFiler 1.1
London, Steven
$20
is a file loading utility. Actually, the effect is about the same as having a
pop-up directory lister, except that you can specify using wildcards what
kinds of files to display and when you select a file from the list while in
another application (1-2-3, for example), TFiler will automatically execute
the keystrokes to get the selected file to load. This appears to be very
handy. The only drawback is that 57k of DOS RAM seems a rather high price to
pay for this convenience, especially since there are some pop-up directory
listers that only take a little memory in exchange for having to type in the
loading commands. (res:57k)
1944 Compare Two DIR's
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CDir
lets you compare directories of two disks with a three-column display
showing files unique to the first disk, matching files, and then files unique
to the other disk. Only works on drives A: and B:.
CmpDir
compares two directories. It will show files exclusive to either of the
directories and/or files that exist in both but have different modification
times. The output can be redirected to a file.
DD
Grunin, Eric
$15
shows two sorted directories side-by-side, letting you scroll through them and
compare files. You can also alter file attributes and copy, move, rename or
delete files. As a disk directory utility, DD is terrific; as a file manager,
it's weak. To change the attribute of a file you have to type in the full file
name. Then the change in attribute is not indicated until you reread the
directory. Qfile