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- 0HELP 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
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- 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.
-
- 1INTRODUCTION
- 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 information on one drive at a time.
-
- Program options include: Toggle any of six sort orders for the DRIVE DATA
- SUMMARY, selectable/editable display DRIVE RANGE, disk storage of the
- DISK DRIVE SUMMARY display, and the ability to run a file manager, FILE-
- MAN, from within the program.
-
- Registered users may also change the various display colors, the location
- of the display sections, and various setup parameters.
-
- 2COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
- The syntax for 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 = Automatically run DRIV-MAN and store the display.
- /c = Force CGA monitor.
- (/g)xxx = 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.
-
- Press [PAGEDOWN] for some first_drive - last_drive examples.
- DRIV-MAN 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
-
- 3ACTION KEYS and DISPLAY INFORMATION
- ACTION KEYS
-
- These keys are active when the program is waiting for input at the main
- display.
- [F1]─────────Display the Help Information (this display).
- [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.
- [ESC]───────┬Exit the program.
- [┘(ENTER)]─┘
- [LEFTARROW]─┬Sort the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY information. The order will
- [RIGHTARROW]┘ toggle through: Drive Letter, Capacity, Utilization,
- % Utilization, Free, and % Free (reverse of % Utilization).
- [char]──────┬Change the INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA display.
- [HOME]──────┤
- [END]───────┤
- [UPARROW]───┤
- [DOWNARROW]─┤
- [PAGEUP]────┤
- [PAGEDOWN]──┘
- DISPLAY INFORMATION
- ╔═══════════════════════════════╗
- The DRIV-MAN SINGLE SCREEN display is ║<──────────HEADER─────────────>║
- divided into several SECTIONS - DRIVE ║┌DRIVE DATA┐┌DRIVE DATA───────┐║
- DATA GRAPH, DRIVE DATA SUMMARY, TOTAL ║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║
- DISK SUMMARY, TOTAL DISK GRAPH, and ║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║
- INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA - as depicted in ║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║
- this diagram. ═════════════════════> ║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║
- ║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║
- The display, color, and position of ║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║
- each SECTION can be controlled by ║└─────GRAPH┘└────────────GRAPH┘║
- registered users with the use of the ║┌INDIVIDUAL───────────────────┐║
- optional configuration file. ║│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║
- ║└───────────────────DRIVE DATA┘║
- The HEADER and each SECTION are de- ║<──program/registration info──>║
- scribed in the following paragraphs. ║<─────────help line───────────>║
- To display them, press [PAGEDOWN]. ╚═══════════ SCREEN ════════════╝
- HEADER
-
- The left portion of the header ═╡ DRIVe-MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞═
- line denotes the first and
- last logical disk drives
- included in the summary. These
- drives may range between A and
- Z. Unless they are 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, in 24 hour ═╡ 11/13/92 16:22 ╞═
- notation, are shown in the
- right portion of the header.
- DRIVE DATA SUMMARY
-
- Drive data for each selected and available logical disk drive is shown in
- two columns: A-M on the left and N-Z on the right, in Drive Letter Order.
-
- Drive Free Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m)───────────────────┐
- Drive Used Storage, rounded to the nearest Percent(%)───────────┐ │
- Drive Used Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m)─────────┐ │ │
- Drive CAPacity, rounded to the nearest Megabyte─────┐ │ │ │
- Logical disk DRive────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║Drive data may be sorted (use the [LEFTARROW]║ │D Cap Utilized Free│
- ║[RIGHTARROW] keys) in any of the following ║ │R Mb Mb/Kb % Mb/Kb│
- ║orders (shown in Drive Letter Order): ║ │ │
- ║ Drive Letter ║ │C 33 14.0m 42 19.4m│
- ║ Capacity ║ │D 67 39.2m 59 27.6m│
- ║ Utilization ║ │E 67 27.7m 41 39.1m│
- ║ % Utilization ║ │F 67 36.7m 55 30.1m│
- ║ Free ║ │......................│
- ╚════════% Free (reverse of % Utilization)════╝ │M 1 0.0k 0 520.2k│
- TOTAL DISK SUMMARY AND GRAPH
-
- The TOTAL DISK SUMMARY is ┌Total Bytes CAPACITY = 763,469,824─────────┐
- self-explanatory. Total │Total Bytes UTILIZED = 410,521,600 (54%) │
- Bytes Utilized is calcu- └────Total Bytes FREE = 352,948,224 (46%)───┘
- lated as Total Bytes Cap-
- acity minus Total Bytes
- Free.
-
- The TOTAL DISK GRAPH shows ┌0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100┐
- two bars: the first is the └▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀┘
- percent UTILIZED and the
- second percent FREE.
-
- TOTAL DISK data includes only those drives that were selected - the
- default is all drives to display and use.
- DRIVE DATA GRAPH 130▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Z
- 123░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
- The DRIVE DATA GRAPH is scaled to the 116▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- largest logical drive selected/avail- 109░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
- able. Each logical drive's data is 102▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- displayed in a single column, from A-Z. 95░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
- 88▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- The drive's CAPACITY is denoted by the 82░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
- display of two drive letters. The lower 75▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒K▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- bar depicts the portion of the drive 68░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
- utilized and the upper bar is for that 61▓▓▓DEFGHIJ│▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│
- amount which is free. On color monitors, 54░░░││││││║│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
- the utilized and free bars are displayed 47▒▒▒││││║│║│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
- in different color. 41░░░║│││║│║│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║
- 34▒▒▒║│║│║║║║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
- The example at the right shows Drive C 27░░C║║║│║║║║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║
- has a CAPACITY between 32 and 39 20▒▒│║║║║║║║║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
- Megabytes(Mb) and a UTILIZATION between 13░░║║║║║║║║║L░░░░░░░░░░░░Y║
- 13 and 19 Mb. Drive M has both figures 6▒▒║║║║║║║║║║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║║
- between 0 and 6 Mb. Mb 0░░CDEFGHIJKLM░░░░░░░░░░░YZ
- INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA
- The INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA section is at the lower portion of the screen
- and may be scrolled, either by pressing the desired DRIVE LETTER or using
- the cursor arrow keys. Its four portions are detailed below:
-
- Logical DISK DRIVE whose data is being ┌┤ DRIVE C ├─────
- displayed and its Volume Label. └┤ SYSTEM-4C ├
-
- Selected logical drive CAPACITY in bytes. ┤ CAPACITY ├─────
- ┤ 33,431,552 ├
-
- Selected logical drive USED STORAGE in bytes ┤ UTILIZED ( 44.3%) ├
- and percentage. ┤ 14,612,480 ├────
-
- Selected logical drive FREE STORAGE in bytes ┤ FREE ( 55.7%) ├┐
- and percentage. ┤ 18,819,072 ├┘
-
- ->·To display another DRIVE's full data, press the desired DRIVE letter
- or used the cursor arrow keys - [HOME] [END] [UPARROW] [DOWNARROW]
- [PAGEUP] [PAGEDOWN]
-
- 4[F2] EDIT 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 selected DRIVE RANGE is displayed. Edit the DRIVE RANGE, using
- the control keys noted on the bottom line, as it would have been entered
- on the command line. When editing is complete, press [ENTER].
-
- ─>·To leave the DRIVE RANGE as it was before editing, press [ESCAPE].
-
- 5[F3] STORE DATA
- The DRIV-MAN screen display, of the Disk Summary Data, may be saved to
- allow comparisons with previous or future displays.
-
- Using this feature, a snapshot 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 monthly to see how the
- system's disk status is changing over time.
-
- ->·To store the screen display, press [F3]. The screen display 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.
-
- 6[F4] SHELLING TO A FILE MANAGER
- 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].
-
- Registered users may change the name of the desired file manager by use
- of the configuration file.
-
- 7CONFIGURATION FILE
- 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.
-
- USE OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE IS LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS.
-
- 8DRIV-MAN QUICK ORDER FORM
-
- NAME_______________________________ COMPANY______________________________
-
- ADDRESS________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP___________________________
- DRIV-MAN, Version 1.0, single system registration................... $20.
- DRIV-MAN, Version 1.0, site license.................................$100.
- Both include a printed/bound manual and the latest version diskette
- Check one ( )5 1/4"LD ( )5 1/4"HD ( )3 1/2"
- Shipping - Outside of the US/Canada/Mexico ONLY..................... $10.
- Florida residents, add 7% sales tax
- COD($5)/Credit Card orders, call the toll free order line.
-
- Press [PrtScreen] to print this quick order form, enter the necessary
- data and mail, with a check in US funds for the total amount, to:
- Micrometric
- 98 Dade Avenue
- Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
- Voice: (813) 377-2515 Toll free Order line: (800) 929-0184
- FAX: (813) 377-2091 Support BBS: (813) 371-2490 RIME ->ACTION
- The BRAND function accepts entry of the system serial number, supplied
- upon system registration.
-
- A REGISTRATION INFORMATION data entry window is displayed. Enter your
- company name/your name and then the system's serial number (from inside
- the front cover of the system's manual) using the alphanumeric keys and
- the cursor control keys shown on the bottom help line.
-
- ->To exit the program without completing the registration process, press
- [ESCAPE].
-
- ->To accept the name and then the registration number as edited, press
- [ENTER]. An informational message will be displayed when the branding
- process is complete for this system. Press any key to continue.
-
- ->If the registration number as entered is NOT valid, pressing any key,
- other than [ESCAPE], will allow re-entry of the registration number.
- Pressing [ESCAPE] will exit the program without completing the
- registration process.
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