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Ç ──────────────────────────────────────────── Ç ┼┐════════════════════════════════════════════ ╔╬╗ ┴ ╨║╨ ┐ ╔╩╗ ┴ ╨ ╨ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▄ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█▒▒▄▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▒▒█▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒█▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▒▒█▒▒▄▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▀▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀ ▒▒█▒▒█▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ Welcome to DRIV-MAN, a utility program to assist you in your PC disk DRIVe MAN- agement! ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ U S E R M A N U A L Version 1.0 Release January 23, 1993 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Copyright 1992-1993 by Micrometric. All rights reserved. DRIV-MAN is distributed as SHAREWARE and, as such, may be copied and shared on a private non-commercial basis with others in its unmodified form. Liability is limited to replacing the software for registered users. There is no liability for any damage or loss caused by this software, directly or indirectly. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌───────┐ │█ │ ┌────┴──┐ │ (R) │█ │ ──│ │O │─────────────────── │█ │ │ ┌────┴╨─┐ │ Association of │█ │ │ │ │─┘ Shareware │█ │ └──│ O │ Professionals │█ │ ─────│ ║ │───────────────────── │█ │ └───╨───┘ MEMBER │█ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████ If you have problems with this program, or want to send comments, manual correc- tions, or enhancement suggestions, you may call or mail them to: Micrometric 98 Dade Avenue Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA Tech Support . . (813) 377-2515 FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091 Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490 The Micrometric Software Support BBS provides availability and technical support for the Micrometric ■■■■-MAN series of shareware programs. First time callers have access to the board and can leave messages or download replies/current shareware releases. Registered users may also download the latest Beta test software releases, when available. Additionally, you can send routed E-Mail via the RIME(tm) network to David Groo- me at the ->ACTION node in the ASP, Laser, Batch, Common, or Shareware confer- ences. I also check CompuServe (71631,744), but only on an infrequent basis. PKZIP, PKUNZIP and PKSFX are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. IBM PC, XT, AT and PC-DOS are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Manual Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ■■■■-MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 From a Diskette Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Registered Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 RUNNING DRIV-MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Command Line Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Command Line FIRST-LAST DRIVE Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MAIN DISPLAY ACTION KEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Operation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Help Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 General Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 HEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DRIVE DATA GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DRIVE DATA SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 TOTAL DISK SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 TOTAL DISK GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 STORING THE DISPLAY DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 RUNNING A FILE MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 SHAREWARE REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 USING A CONFIGURATION FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 4 INTRODUCTION DRIV-MAN is a disk utility management tool that displays pertinent logical disk drive data - up to twenty-six drives - on a SINGLE SCREEN for analysis/storage. The DRIV-MAN display includes: DRIVE DATA SUMMARY with capacity, used and free for each available/selected drive, DRIVE DATA GRAPH with the same data for each drive, TOTAL DISK SUMMARY and GRAPH, and INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA displaying full information on one drive at a time. Program options include: Toggle any of six sort orders for the DRIVE DATA SUMMA- RY, selectable/editable display DRIVE RANGE, disk storage of the DISK DRIVE SUMMARY display, auto run, and the ability to run a file manager, FILE-MAN, from within the program. Major Features SINGLE SCREEN data display of all selected/available disk drives. Display SECTIONS include: DRIVE DATA SUMMARY for all selected/available disk drives - A to Z - with capacity(Mb), used amount(Mb/Kb)/percent and free amount(Mb/Kb). DRIVE DATA GRAPH with a column(Mb/Kb) for each drive depicting capacity, used and free. TOTAL DISK SUMMARY(bytes) with capacity, used amount/percent, and free amount/percent. TOTAL DISK GRAPH with used percent and free percent. INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA(bytes) of capacity, used amount/percent, and free amount/percent. Drives may be scrolled through the full range of select- ed/available. Display DRIVE DATA SUMMARY in any of six sorted orders. Selectable disk DRIVE RANGE - command line or data entry menu. Detects monitor type and sets colors accordingly. Display colors are coordinated to highlight the various types of data. Display data may be stored/appended to a disk file for archiving, later com- parison, etc. May be run in automatic mode, such as in a batch file that runs as the first job of the day, to display and save the drive data. FILE-MAN, a file manager shareware utility, may be run directly from DRIV- MAN. Context sensitive help is available for all actions. Registered users may suppress the shareware registration reminder message displays and receive a printed/bound manual along with the ability set/change the display colors and position the various display sections using a configu- ration file.. System Requirements IBM PC, XT, AT or true compatibles operating with PC/MS-DOS, version 3.0 or later. It supports both NETBIOS networks and "huge" hard disk drives formatted for more than 32MB. The program will determine what type of display monitor is available and adjust itself accordingly. 5 INTRODUCTION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 Manual Format This manual is divided into several introductory chapters followed by chapters for operating DRIV-MAN. The format of these chapters and the information pre- sented therein has been standardized using the following conventions. Page layout - Each page has a header detailing the chapter and the program ver- sion covered. A footer displays the manual page number. Brackets and parentheses - Brackets, [...], are used in the manual and in the help screens to specify what should be entered in response to the current prompt. If a character string is to be entered, the type of character is noted, such as ALPHA, NUMERIC, ANY, etc. Parentheses, (..), are used for comments. Computer key conventions - Keys specified in the manual text that are not in entry brackets are shown as reversed, such as ESCAPE . All key references are in capital letters for clarity. Action steps - Some procedures may require selection from a menu of options, inputting data or following a sequence of steps. Most manual sections will first give an overview of the function or task under discussion and then detail the various action operating procedures. In order to make this manual easier to use a symbol, , marks the beginning of each of these action operating procedures. ■■■■-MAN programs - The general group of shareware programs by Micrometric is referred to by the name ■■■■-MAN. It may also be used in reference to a specific program in that group. Shareware distributed documentation manual - The documentation file included on the shareware distribution diskette contains the same information as the printed and bound manual, supplied as part of registration, with two exceptions, the result of the word processor, formatting, and printer used. The first is that all of the control display characters (ASCII 1-31) and the reverse print key- board codes are NOT shown properly. Finally, bolding, underlining, and special symbols are NOT present. Shareware DRIV-MAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE. The SHAREWARE concept allows users to examine a program on a trial basis, at no (or minimal) charge, before pur- chasing it. In addition, by decreasing marketing costs, professional quality software may be distributed for a fraction of the cost of a comparable commer- cial product. Regardless of whether you register the program, please help dis- tribute DRIV-MAN by sharing unmodified copies of it and its files with others. You are hereby granted the right to use the DRIV-MAN program for a thirty (30) day evaluation period. If you find DRIV-MAN of value, and continue to use it after this evaluation period, YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR PROGRAM USE. This will provide you with: 6 DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 INTRODUCTION A 7" x 8 1/2" printed and bound manual. DRIV-MAN phone or mail support for one year. Notification of the next DRIV-MAN release. Ability to suppress the shareware registration reminder message displayed at the end of the program. Ability to use a configuration file to specify the display colors and position of data areas along with other program setup parameters. An installation/update/registration branding program. Sincere thanks for your support of the SHAREWARE concept. A Single System Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the DRIV-MAN program on a single computer. A Site License Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the DRIV-MAN program on all computers, including networks, at a single corporate location. Program Registration, Single System . . . . . $20. Includes latest version diskette and manual Program Registration, Site License . . . . .$100. Includes latest version diskette and manual Latest Version Diskette only . . . . . . . . $10. Shipping - Surface (for outside of USA/Canada only)$5. Shipping - Air (for outside of USA/Canada only) $10. COD orders, add $5. Florida residents, add 7% sales tax. ADDRESS: Micrometric 98 Dade Avenue Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA PHONE: Tech Support . . (813) 377-2515 FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091 Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490 Order Line . . . (800) 929-0184 For ease in program registration, a registration order form may be printed at the program exit or there is a quick registration form that is available with the program F1 help key. This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Profession- als (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427, send a CompuServe message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536, or by FAX to the ASP FAX number: (616) 788-2765. In communications with the Ombudsman please include a telephone number and/or FAX if available. 7 INTRODUCTION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 8 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM From a Diskette Vendor If the DRIV-MAN program has been obtained from a diskette vendor, you should follow any of their instruction on unpacking/installing the programs (if indeed they have separate instructions.) The program, and its files, is normally sup- plied as a self extracting file whose name is "DRIV@xxx.EXE" (xxx is the ver- sion, such as "DRIV@100"). This file should first be copied to a directory on your hard disk. This direc- tory may be a new one, such as one named "DM", and created specifically for DRIV-MAN, or a current one, such as "UTILITY", that has other programs/files. For information on creating a separate directory, see your DOS manual. Once the file is copied to the desired hard disk directory, at the DOS prompt change to this drive directory, and then type the EXE file name (such as "DRIV@- 100") and press ENTER . This will unpack all of the DRIV-MAN files. From a BBS If the DRIV-MAN file was downloaded from a Bulletin Board, it should first be copied to a directory as defined above, and then unpacked, using whatever pro- gram is specified by the Bulletin Board. It is normally distributed with a name of "DRIV@vvv.ZIP" (vvv is the version) or "DRIMAN.ZIP". Registered Version Registered users should use the program "INSTALL", that is supplied upon regis- tration. This program will create a registration file which will, in turn, sup- press the shareware registration reminders. To install DRIV-MAN on your hard disk, follow the steps detailed below: 1. Place the DRIV-MAN distribution diskette in your floppy diskette drive. 2. At the DOS prompt, change to the drive in which the distribution diskette is located. For example, if the diskette was placed in drive A, type A : and press ENTER . 3. Type I N S T A L L and press ENTER . The installation pro- gram will then be loaded, and its display should be as shown below. 9 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 ╒═╡ INSTallation MANagement Program/One System Started at═ 07-31-92 03:00 ╞═╕ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄░│ │░ Ç═ ░░█ ░░░▄ ░░█░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀░░█▀▀▀ ░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█░│ │░ ┌┼┐ ░░█ ░░█░░▄░░█░░░░░░░░▄ ░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█░│ │░ ┌┴┐ ░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█ ░░█ ░░█ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█░│ │░═┴═┴═░░█ ░░█ ░░█░░░░░░░░█ ░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█░│ │░ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀░│ ╘╡ INSTALL/1 Version 3.00 Copyright 1990-92 Micrometric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛ F1 Help│ESC Exit│ENTER/[char] Select│ HomeEnd│ NOTE Context sensitive help is available from this point in the installa- tion program on, by pressing the F1 key. 4. If a color video card is detected, the following prompt will be displayed. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╔═╡ Color Monitor Card Detected ╞═╗ │ │ ║ Use the color display ║█ │ │ ║ Force a monochrome display ║█ │ │ ╚═════════════════════════════════╝█ │ │ ███████████████████████████████████ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ If your system has a color monitor, press U . If your system has a monochrome or LCD display, press F . 5. A selection list of all path referenced directories is next displayed. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ Select the INSTALLATION DIRECTORY ├─┐ │ │ │ C:\BAT │█ │ │ │ C:\DOS-500 │█ │ │ │ C:\UTILITY │█ │ │ │ C:\ZIP │█ │ │ │ C:\ │█ │ │ │ User Defined Drive-Directory Path │█ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ █████████████████████████████████████████ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To cancel the installation program at this point, press ESCAPE . 10 DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM To select one of the path referenced directories on which to install DRIV-MAN, move the highlight bar to the desired one and press ENTER . To specify a non-path referenced directory on which to install DRIV-- MAN, press U and then press ENTER . A data entry window for the installation path will then be displayed, as shown below (with an exam- ple path already entered). Enter the desired drive and directory path on which to install DRIV-MAN, using the control keys described on the bottom help line. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ Enter Path ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ C:\DMΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ │█ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To cancel defining the path, press ESCAPE . The program will return to directory selection. To accept the path as entered and edited, press ENTER . If the specified directory does not currently exist, the following message will be displayed. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The drive-directory path as entered DOES NOT currently exist. │█ │ │ │ This directory WILL NOW BE created. │█ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To cancel creation of this directory, press ESCAPE . To create the specified directory, press ENTER . If the speci- fied drive is invalid or the requested installation directory's parent does not exist, an error message will be displayed. Press any key, and then re-edit the installation path. 6. If more than one system is available for installation, a SYSTEM TO INSTALL selection menu will be displayed, as shown below. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╔═══╡ Select the SYSTEM TO INSTALL ╞═════════════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN data/graphical summary all disk drives ║█ │ │ ║ ENVI-MAN Environment data summary, environ. space remaining ║█ │ │ ║ FILE-MAN Menu driven DOS file manager, directory tree ║█ │ │ ║ LASR-MAN Print text files on a laser printer, 36 print styles ║█ │ │ ║ MENU-MAN Display custom user selection menus from batch files ║█ │ │ ║ DRIV-MAN Determines if a file is on a PATH directory ║█ │ │ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │ │ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To terminate the installation program at this point, press ESCAPE . To select the SYSTEM TO INSTALL, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to in with the arrow keys and press ENTER . 11 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 7. A list of all DRIV-MAN files is next displayed, along with an INSTALLATION FUNCTION menu. The normal sequence of operations is to first "Install" the DRIV-MAN program and files, and then "Brand" the system with your name and serial number. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╒═╡ Select the INSTALLATION FUNCTION ╞═══════════════════╕ │ │ │ Install system Brand system eXit │█ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │ │ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │╒═╡ File Name Status Hard Disk Path/File Description DRIV-MAN FILES ╞═╕ │ ││ System═ DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN data/graphical summary all disk drives │█│ ││ DRIV-MAN.EXE PROCESS Utility program │█│ ││ YYYY.YYY PROCESS Other files │█│ │╘═╡ INSTALLATION PATH═ C:\PATH ╞════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│ │ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To install DRIV-MAN on the hard disk, insure that the highlight bar is on the "INSTALL SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press ENTER . Each of the file(s) will be copied to the selected installation drive-directory. NOTE A happy face symbol after any of the system's file names de- notes that this file is already on the hard disk. During in- stallation it will be replaced, on the directory where it currently resides, not the INSTALLATION DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH. When all files have been copied to the hard disk, a copy complete mes- sage is displayed. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ FILE COPY COMPLETED. │█ │ │ │ All of the required DRIV-MAN files are on the hard disk. │█ │ │ │ ═══ DRIV-MAN IS READY TO RUN. ═══ │█ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To cancel the installation at this point, press ESCAPE . To continue with the installation, press any other key. The high- light bar will then be on the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION. 8. To brand the system with your name and serial number, move the high- light bar to the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press ENTER . A REGISTRA- TION INFORMATION data entry window will be displayed, as shown below, with sample data already entered. NOTE This step is REQUIRED for DRIV-MAN to be registered. Also, if you move the DRIV-MAN files to another drive-directory you will need to "BRAND" the system again. 12 DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM Enter your company and/or your name, and then the system registration number. Your registration number is located on the back of the front cover of this manual. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ REGISTRATION INFORMATION ├────────┐ │ │ │ Name ABC COMPANY, George Jones │█ │ │ │ Registration number 12345678 │█ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ███████████████████████████████████████ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ To accept either the name or registration number after entry and editing, press ENTER . A message will be displayed after the regis- tration number is entered. It's contents are dependent on whether the registration number is valid. Both messages are shown below. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ DRIV-MAN serial number entered is VALID. │█ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ DRIV-MAN serial number entered is INVALID! │█ │ │ │ Please try again. │█ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ██████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To continue with the installation program, press any key. If the registration number was valid, the "EXIT" option is highlighted. If it was invalid, select the "BRAND SYSTEM" option again. 9. To exit from the installation program, move the highlight bar to the "EXIT" FUNCTION and press ENTER . If the system has been properly branded, the program will exit, and DRIV-MAN is ready for use. If the system has not been branded, an error message is displayed, as shown below. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ This system has not been 'BRANDED'. │█ │ │ │ In order to be registered, it must first be 'BRANDED'! │█ │ │ │ To exit without BRANDING, press ESCAPE. │█ │ │ │ To continue with the INSTALL program, press any other key. │█ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 13 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 14 RUNNING DRIV-MAN Command Line Parameters The syntax for running DRIV-MAN is: [drive:path]DRIV-MAN [[first_drive][-][last_drive]][/a][/c][/gxxx][/m] where: first_drive default = C last_drive default = LASTDRIVE as defined in DOS CONFIG.SYS /a = Automatic execution of DRIV-MAN and storage of the display. This method is designed for use in batch files, such as a batch file that runs once a day. /c = Force CGA monitor. /gxxx = Optional configuration file extension (default is CFG). USE OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE IS LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY. Example: /gcg2 will use "DRIV-MAN.CG2". /m = Force monochrome monitor. NOTE Command line parameters may be in either lower or UPPER case. Spaces between the program name and each of the parameter(s) are optional. Command Line FIRST-LAST DRIVE Examples SYNTAX DRIVES DISPLAYED ════════════ ═════════════════ DRIV-MAN C D . . LASTDRIVE DRIV-MAN D D DRIV-MAN D- D E . . LASTDRIVE DRIV-MAN - C D . . LASTDRIVE DRIV-MAN D-F D E F DRIV-MAN B-F B C D E F DRIV-MAN C-C C DRIV-MAN -E C D E 15 RUNNING PATH-MAN DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 16 MAIN DISPLAY ACTION KEYS Operation Keys These keys are active when DRIV-MAN is waiting for input at the main display. F1 . . . Display the Help Information. (See the HELP Key section below) F2 . . . Change the range of the displayed drives. F3 . . . Store the current at the end of the file DRIV-MAN.DAT. F4 . . . Shell out to the specified file manager. ENTER ESC Exit the program. RIGHTARROW LEFTARROW Sort the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY information. The order that will be toggled through is: Drive Letter Capacity Utilization % Utilization Free % Free (reverse of % Utilization) char HOME END UPARROW DOWNARROW PAGEUP PAGEDOWN Change the INDI- VIDUAL DRIVE DATA display. 17 MAIN DISPLAY ACTION KEYS DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 Help Key Pressing the help key, F1 , displays a context sensitive help page window such as shown below. The help page shown below is the first one available as shown by the page number 0 in the upper right corner. Page 0 acts as a help page menu for this program. The help page actually displayed when the help key is pressed depends on the actions of the program and will be the most appropriate for the program at that point. The bar shown on the right edge of the help window de- picts the position of this screen with regard to the total text of the current help page. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │╒═╡ Help Page 0 ═ HELP INDEX ╞═╕ │ ││ SECTION HELP PAGE █│ ││ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒█│ ││ INTRODUCTION........................................................ 1 ▒█│ ││ COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS............................................. 2 ▒█│ ││ ACTION KEYS and DISPLAY INFORMATION................................. 3 ▒█│ ││ [F2] EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE................................... 4 ▒█│ ││ [F3] STORING THE DATA............................................... 5 ▒█│ ││ [F4] RUNNING THE FILE MANAGER....................................... 6 ▒█│ ││ CONFIGURATION FILE.................................................. 7 ▒█│ ││ SHAREWARE REGISTRATION, SUPPORT INFORMATION......................... 8 ▒█│ ││ ▒█│ ││ In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. ▒█│ ││ ▒█│ ││ Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. ▒█│ ││ ▒█│ ││ The bottom line of the display is used for help key information, showing ▒█│ ││ the currently active help action keys and their function. █│ │╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│ │ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│ │ ┘/ESC ExitHelp│[F1] HelpIndex│[1 9 A Z] HelpPage│Pageup Pagedown Home End │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To display context sensitive help information while the program is waiting for a response to a prompt, press F1 . The help window control keys are covered below. F1 0 . . Display Help Page Index Menu, Page 0 ESC ENTER Remove Help Window & return to the program HOME . . . Display first screen of the current Help Page END . . . . Display last screen of the current Help Page PAGE UP . . Display previous screen of the current Help Page PAGE DOWN . Display next screen of the current Help Page 1-9 A-Z . Display the corresponding Help Page 18 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION The DRIV-MAN display has been designed to present the maximum amount information on all of the disk drives on a system - up to twenty-six - on a single screen. The example shown below is from a network with three servers: SERVER 1 has logical drives C-L with Ram drive M, SERVER 2 has logical drives O-X and SERVER 3 has logical drives Y and Z. ╒═╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞══════════════════╡ 01/23/93 01:00 ╞═╕ │ 130▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Z░░D Cap Utilized Free│D Cap Utilized Free│ │ 123░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│ │ 116▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │ 109░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│O 35 32.1m 92 2.9m│ │ 102▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░C 33 16.2m 48 17.2m│P 70 60.7m 87 9.2m│ │ 95░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░D 67 42.3m 63 24.5m│Q 70 43.8m 63 26.1m│ │ 88▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░E 67 28.1m 42 38.8m│R 70 33.4m 48 36.5m│ │ 82░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░F 67 37.1m 55 29.7m│S 70 56.3m 81 13.6m│ │ 75▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒K▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│░░G 67 26.7m 40 40.1m│T 70 48.4m 69 21.5m│ │ 68░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░PQRSTUV░░░│░░H 67 52.7m 79 14.1m│U 70 33.3m 48 36.6m│ │ 61▓▓▓DEFGHIJ│▓▓▓▓│││││││▓▓▓│░░I 67 39.5m 59 27.3m│V 70 32.8m 47 37.1m│ │ 54░░░││││││║│░░░░║││║│││░░░│░░J 67 57.2m 86 9.6m│W 35 34.0m 97 970.8k│ │ 47▒▒▒││││║│║│▒▒▒▒║││║║││▒▒▒║░░K 80 38.6m 48 41.6m│X 11 7.2m 64 4.1m│ │ 41░░░║│││║│║│░░░░║║│║║││░░░║░░L 19 12.2m 64 6.8m│Y 15 10.8m 73 3.9m│ │ 34▒▒▒║│║│║║║║▒▒▒O║║│║║││W▒▒║░░M 1 0.0k 0 520.2k│Z 130 51.3m 39 79.1m│ │ 27░░C║║║│║║║║░░░║║║║║║║║║░░║░░┌Total Bytes CAPACITY = 1,316,579,328───────┐│ │ 20▒▒│║║║║║║║║▒▒▒║║║║║║║║║▒▒║░░│Total Bytes UTILIZED = 794,632,192 (60%) ││ │ 13░░║║║║║║║║║L░░║║║║║║║║║░Y║░░└────Total Bytes FREE = 521,947,136 (40%)───┘│ │ 6▒▒║║║║║║║║║║▒▒║║║║║║║║║X║║░░┌0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100┐│ │Mb 0░░CDEFGHIJKLM░OPQRSTUVWXYZ░░└▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀┘│ │░░╒╡ DRIVE C ╞═════╡ CAPACITY ╞═════╡ UTILIZED ( 48.4%) ╞╡ FREE ( 51.6%) ╞╕░░│ │░░╘╡ UTILITY-4C ╞╡ 33,431,552 ╞╡ 16,183,296 ╞════╡ 17,248,256 ╞╛░░│ ╘╡ DRIV-MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1992-93 Micrometric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛ F1 Help│F2 Range│F3 Store│F4 FILE-MAN│ ┘/ESC Exit│ Sort(DR)│[char] Drive│ To exit from the program, press ESCAPE or ENTER . To execute any of the DRIV-MAN functions shown on the bottom help line, press the desired key. These functions are described in detail in the following chapters. 19 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 General Display Information The DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN display is divided into several SECTIONS - DRIVE DATA GRAPH, DRIVE DATA SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK GRAPH, and INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA - as depicted in this diagram. ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║<──────────HEADER─────────────>║ ║┌DRIVE DATA┐┌DRIVE DATA───────┐║ ║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║ ║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║ ║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║ ║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║ ║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║ ║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║ ║└─────GRAPH┘└────────────GRAPH┘║ ║┌INDIVIDUAL───────────────────┐║ ║│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ ║└───────────────────DRIVE DATA┘║ ║<──program/registration info──>║ ║<─────────help line───────────>║ ╚═══════════ SCREEN ════════════╝ Data for each logical drive is shown, if: 1.) It is included in the selected drive range, and 2.) it exists. Color is used extensively in the display to differentiate the different data types, such as Drives, Capacity, Utilization, and Free. The display, color, and position of each SECTION can be controlled by registered users with the use of the optional configuration file. For detailed information on this feature, see the chapter "Using the Configuration File". HEADER ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞══════════════════╡ 01/23/93 01:00 ╞ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The left portion of the header line denotes the first and last logical disk drives included in the display summary. These drives may range between A and Z. Unless they are initially specified on the command line they will be C-LASTDRIVE, as defined by DOS. This range may be changed by pressing F2 . The date and time displayed are that when disk data was last obtained, in 24 hour notation, are shown in the right portion of the header. 20 DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIVE DATA GRAPH ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ 130▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Z │ │ 123░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │ │ 116▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │ │ 109░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │ │ 102▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │ │ 95░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │ │ 88▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │ │ 82░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │ │ 75▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒K▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │ │ 68░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░PQRSTUV░░░│ │ │ 61▓▓▓DEFGHIJ│▓▓▓▓│││││││▓▓▓│ │ │ 54░░░││││││║│░░░░║││║│││░░░│ │ │ 47▒▒▒││││║│║│▒▒▒▒║││║║││▒▒▒║ │ │ 41░░░║│││║│║│░░░░║║│║║││░░░║ │ │ 34▒▒▒║│║│║║║║▒▒▒O║║│║║││W▒▒║ │ │ 27░░C║║║│║║║║░░░║║║║║║║║║░░║ │ │ 20▒▒│║║║║║║║║▒▒▒║║║║║║║║║▒▒║ │ │ 13░░║║║║║║║║║L░░║║║║║║║║║░Y║ │ │ 6▒▒║║║║║║║║║║▒▒║║║║║║║║║X║║ │ │ Mb 0░░CDEFGHIJKLM░OPQRSTUVWXYZ │ └────────────────────────────────┘ The DRIVE DATA GRAPH is scaled to the largest logical drive selected/available. Each logical drive's data is displayed in a single column, from A-Z. The drive's CAPACITY is denoted by the display of two drive letters. The lower bar depicts the portion of the drive currently utilized and the upper bar is for that amount which is free. On color monitors, the utilized and free bars are displayed in different colors. The example above shows Drive C has a CAPACITY between 27 and 34 Megabytes(Mb) and a UTILIZATION between 13 and 20 Mb. Drive M has both figures - CAPACITY and UTILIZATION - between 0 and 6 Mb. 21 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 DRIVE DATA SUMMARY ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ D Cap Utilized Free│D Cap Utilized Free │ │ R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│O 35 32.1m 92 2.9m │ │ C 33 16.2m 48 17.2m│P 70 60.7m 87 9.2m │ │ D 67 42.3m 63 24.5m│Q 70 43.8m 63 26.1m │ │ E 67 28.1m 42 38.8m│R 70 33.4m 48 36.5m │ │ F 67 37.1m 55 29.7m│S 70 56.3m 81 13.6m │ │ G 67 26.7m 40 40.1m│T 70 48.4m 69 21.5m │ │ H 67 52.7m 79 14.1m│U 70 33.3m 48 36.6m │ │ I 67 39.5m 59 27.3m│V 70 32.8m 47 37.1m │ │ J 67 57.2m 86 9.6m│W 35 34.0m 97 970.8k │ │ K 80 38.6m 48 41.6m│X 11 7.2m 64 4.1m │ │ L 19 12.2m 64 6.8m│Y 15 10.8m 73 3.9m │ │ M 1 0.0k 0 520.2k│Z 130 51.3m 39 79.1m │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Drive data for each selected and available logical disk drive is shown in two groups: A-M on the left and N-Z on the right, in Drive Letter Order. The data columns displayed are: Logical disk DRive letter. Drive Capacity, rounded to the nearest Megabyte. Drive Used Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m), rounded to the nearest tenth. Drive Used Storage, rounded to the nearest Percent(%). Drive Free Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m), rounded to the nearest tenth. By default, the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY is initially displayed in Drive Letter order. The current display order data is highlighted and is also shown on the bottom help line. There are also five other orders that it may be displayed in. The available display orders are: Drive Letter Capacity Utilization % Utilization Free % Free (reverse of % Utilization) To toggle the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY display order, press either the LEFTARROW or RIGHTARROW keys. 22 DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION TOTAL DISK SUMMARY ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌Total Bytes CAPACITY = 1,316,579,328───────┐ │ │ │Total Bytes UTILIZED = 794,632,192 (60%) │ │ │ └────Total Bytes FREE = 521,947,136 (40%)───┘ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The TOTAL DISK SUMMARY is self-explanatory. Total Bytes UTILIZED is calculated as Total Bytes CAPACITY minus Total Bytes FREE. TOTAL DISK data includes only those drives that were selected - the default is all drives to display and use. TOTAL DISK GRAPH ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100┐ │ │ └▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀┘ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The TOTAL DISK GRAPH shows two bars: the first, from 0%, is the percent UTILIZED and the second, to 100%, is percent FREE. INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╒╡ DRIVE C ╞═════╡ CAPACITY ╞═════╡ UTILIZED ( 48.4%) ╞╡ FREE ( 51.6%) ╞╕ │ │ ╘╡ UTILITY-4C ╞╡ 33,431,552 ╞╡ 16,183,296 ╞════╡ 17,248,256 ╞╛ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA section is displayed at the lower portion of the screen and may be scrolled, either by pressing the desired DRIVE LETTER or using the applicable cursor arrow keys. Its four portions are detailed below: Logical DISK DRIVE whose data is displayed and its Volume Label. Selected logical drive CAPACITY in bytes. Selected logical drive USED STORAGE in bytes and percentage. Selected logical drive FREE STORAGE in bytes and percentage. To display another DRIVE's full data, press the desired DRIVE letter or used the cursor arrow keys - HOME END UPARROW DOWNARROW PAGEUP PAGE- DOWN . 23 MAIN DISPLAY INFORMATION DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 24 EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE The selected disk DRIVE RANGE may be changed and re-displayed without exiting and re-running DRIV-MAN. Especially useful in a network environment, the range can be set for the physical drives of each system. To change the selected/displayed DRIVE RANGE, press F2 . The currently se- lected DRIVE RANGE is displayed. Edit the DRIVE RANGE, using the control keys noted on the bottom help line, as it would have been entered on the command line. For examples of range entries and the logical drives displayed, see the section "Command line FIRST-LAST DRIVE examples". ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╔═╡ Edit the selected DRIVE RANGE ╞═╗ │ │ ║ ║█ │ │ ║ C-M ║█ │ │ ║ ║█ │ │ ║ If floppy drive(s) are included ║█ │ │ ║ in the range, there must be ║█ │ │ ║ diskettes in those drive(s). ║█ │ │ ╚═══════════════════════════════════╝█ │ │ █████████████████████████████████████ │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ To accept the DRIVE RANGE as edited, press ENTER . To leave the DRIVE RANGE as it was before editing, press ESCAPE . 25 EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 26 STORING THE DISPLAY DATA The DRIV-MAN screen display, of the Disk Summary Data, may be saved to disk to allow comparisons with previous or future displays. Using this feature, a snapshot of the current disk status may be saved before cleaning up a logical drive/drives and then another snapshot saved afterward, for comparison. Another use is to take Disk Summary snapshots daily, weekly, or monthly to see how the system's disk status is changing over time. To store the current Disk Summary Data screen display, press F3 . The screen display, except for the bottom help line, will be stored in a file named "DRIVE-MAN.DAT", and a completion message displayed. If this file already exists, on the drive-directory on which the program is located, the current data will be APPENDED to it. If the file does not exist, it will be CREATED on the same drive-directory as the program. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Screen data appended to DRIV-MAN.DAT │█ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ████████████████████████████████████████ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ To continue with program execution, press any key. 27 STORING THE DISPLAY DATA DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 28 RUNNING A FILE MANAGER DRIV-MAN has the capability of "shelling" out to DOS and running another pro- gram. This is to allow a file manager to be run in conjunction with DRIV-MAN. FILE-MAN, another shareware program from Micrometric, is a menu driven file manager utility. It, or another file manager, may be run directly from DRIV-MAN to copy, move, delete files or perform other file maintenance functions. To run FILE-MAN, first select the desired drive by pressing it's letter, and then press F4 . If the file manager program requested is present, DRIV-MAN first changes the current drive to that displayed in the INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA section, and then loads the file manager. Upon its completion, control is returned to DRIV-MAN. If the file manager program requested is not present, a message such as that shown below is displayed. ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────┐ │ │ │ FILE-MAN.COM not present │█ │ │ └──────────────────────────┘█ │ │ ████████████████████████████ │ └───────────────────────────────┘ NOTE Registered users may change the name of the desired file manager by use of the configuration file. See the next chapter for detailed informa- tion. 29 RUNNING A FILE MANAGER DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 30 SHAREWARE REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN If your copy of DRIV-MAN is unregistered, a shareware registration reminder screen is displayed at the program exit. After a short graphics display, the available action keys are displayed on the bottom line. ╒═╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞══════════════════╡ 01/23/93 01:00 ╞═╕ │ DRIV-MAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE, a concept that allows users to │ │ examine a program on a trial basis at minimal charge before purchasing it. │ │ In addition, by decreasing marketing costs, professional quality software │ │ is distributed at a fraction of the comparable commercial product cost. │ │ Regardless of whether you register the program, please help distribute it │ │ by sharing unmodified copies of its files with others. You are granted the │ │ right to use the DRIV-MAN program for a *thirty* day evaluation period. │ │ ┌───────┐ If you continue to use the program after this test period, │ │ ┌────┴──┐ │ YOU MUST REGISTER ITS USE, which will provide you with: │ │ │A ┌────┴──┐ │ * A 7" x 8 1/2" printed/bound DRIV-MAN manual. │ │ │S │ Member│ │ * Latest version of the program on diskette. │ │ │P │ o ├─┘ * Notification of the next DRIV-MAN release. │ │ └──┤ ║ │ * Ability to suppress this display, use configuration file │ │ └───────┘ ADDRESS: Micrometric Program Registration.....$15. │ │ Tech. Support(813)377-2515 98 Dade Avenue Latest Diskette only.....$10. │ │ Order line...(800)929-0184 Sarasota FL 34232-1609 USA │ │ ███████ ████████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ │ │ Ç────┬────────────────────────────────────┐ ███ ███ ████ ███ ██ │ │ ┌┼┐██ │ Thank you for evaluating DRIV-MAN! │█ ███ ███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ │ │ ┌┴┐██ └────────────────────────────────────┘ ██ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ███ │ │ ═┴═┴═██████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ │ │ │ ╘╡ DRIV-MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1992-93 Micrometric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛ F1 Help│F3 Print Order Form│F4 Brand System│ANY OTHER KEY Exit│ To print a shareware registration order form, make certain you printer is ready and then press F3 . If you have registered DRIV-MAN and received your registration number, press F4 . For detailed instructions on entering the registration information, see the section "INSTALLING THE SYSTEM, REGISTERED VERSION", step 8. To return to DOS, press any other key. The program will also return to DOS after ten seconds if no key is pressed. 31 SHAREWARE REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 32 USING A CONFIGURATION FILE NOTE USE OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE IS LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS. The optional DRIV-MAN configuration file contains all of the display color and position variables. These variables are initially set to the program defaults. They may be edited by use of any ASCII editor/word processor. All DRIV-MAN CONFIGURATION FILES are ASCII files and have the name "DRIV-MAN". The default CONFIGURATION FILE has an extension of ".CFG". It may be edited by any word processor, using the word processor's option for editing and saving unformatted files. Additional CONFIGURATION files may be created and used by DRIV-MAN. For the procedure of using a CONFIGURATION FILE with an extension other than ".CFG", see the chapter "RUNNING DRIV-MAN". To change a default value in the CONFIGURATION FILE, edit the parameter as desired. Any ASCII character may be used in a parameter string EXCEPT for carriage return (13). All characters are entered using their ASCII codes. (Hold the ALTERNATE key down and enter the ASCII code using the numeric keypad only.) To comment out a parameter, add a '*' at the beginning of its line. NOTE The format of the DRIV-MAN parameters is: [parameter #]:{description}{max. length}=[value] Care should be taken in relocating the various display sections. There are three types of location changes that can be made: 1. INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA on the top of the display, rather than on the bot- tom. 2. DRIVE DATA GRAPH on the right of the display, rather than on the left. 3. DRIVE DATA SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK SUMMARY, and TOTAL DISK GRAPH may be rear- ranged within their display space. 33 USING THE CONFIGURATION FILE DRIV-MAN Version 1.0 34 INDEX Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 15 Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 31 Cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 Command line first-last drive examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 25 Command line parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 18 Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 7, 15, 18, 20, 29, 31, 33 Drive data graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 20, 21, 33 Drive data summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 17, 20, 22, 33 Drive range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 18, 20, 25 Drive-directory path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Editing the disk drive range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 25 File manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 11, 17, 18, 29 From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 From a diskette vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 General display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20 Help key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 17, 18 Individual drive data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 17, 20, 23, 29, 33 Installing the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 31 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 18 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 33 Main display action keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Main display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Major features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Manual format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 10, 15 Monochrome monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 19, 25 Operation keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Registered version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 31 Running a file manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Running DRIV-MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 25, 33 Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 5-7, 9, 18, 29, 31 Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Shareware registration reminder screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Storing the display data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Support BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 7 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 7 Total disk graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 20, 23, 33 Total disk summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 20, 23, 33 Using a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 33 ■■■■-MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 35