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Q D I S K (Query Disk)
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Version : 2.11
Written By : Norman Baccari
Compiler : SAS/C V6.51
Program Icon : John Waszczak
Interface : GadToolsBox 37.300 © Jaba Devlopement.
COPYRIGHT : © 1993-94 Norman J. Baccari
Distribution : FREEWARE. "Its Not PD, But Its FREE!"
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/ DISTRIBUTION \
/ \
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NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY OR
RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED. QDisk is NOT public domain. QDisk may be
freely distributed as long as the there are no charges other than for
media and / or mailing, the program is not used for commercial gain or
included as part of any other software without permission from the
author, and the program and the documentaion file remain intact,
unalterd and distributed together. QDisk is classed as FREEWARE. All
I ask,is that you let me know of any problems or bugs you might
encounter, or just let me know what features you think QDisk should
have.
The following files make up the distribution for QDisk...
QDisk Main program.
QDisk.doc Standard text documentation.
QDisk.guide AmigaGuide format documentation.
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/ WHAT IS QDISK? \
/ \
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QDisk provides you with the ability to monitor, from WorkBench, the
space usage of all AMIGA DOS disk volumes that are currently mounted.
QDisk can also send you a notification using a standard requester or a
recoverable alert when usage exceeds a limit set by you. QDisk
requires WB2.04 or higher.
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/ NEW FOR QDISK V2.11 \
/ \
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° This is a maintenance version and minor bug fix.
° Removed and enforcer hit.
° Made a few optimizations.
° Binary now about 9% smaller.
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/ PREVIOUS QDISK USERS NOTE!! \
/ \
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As I had to restructure the preferences format, prefs prior to v2.10
will be ignored and not loaded. I apologize for this inconvenience.
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
/ MAIN WINDOW \
/ \
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To use QDisk simply double click on the program icon or you can place
QDisk in you WBStartUp drawer. You will then be presented with the
main window on the WorkBench or public screen that you have specified.
In it will be a list of DOS volumes that are currently mounted. There
are 4 columns starting from "Usage", "DevName", "VolName" and
"FreeBytes". By simply clicking once on one of these lines, a detail
window will open showing more information on that particular volume.
Iconifying QDisk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the upper right corner there is a small square gadget with the
letter "I" in it. Clicking on this will cause QDisk to iconify. To
un-iconify, activate the iconified window by clicking once on it and
then click the right mouse button.
Menus
~~~~~
The menu options from the main window are as follows...
Menu Item Description
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Graph : Calls up graph usage window.
Iconify : Iconifies Disk.
Preferences
Notify : Prefs editor for notification of drive usage.
General : Prefs editor for QDisk general preferences.
Load : Load current preferences settings.
Save : Save current preferences settings.
About : Author/program info
Quit : Quit QDisk
Keeping Up To Date
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QDisk reads the systems DOS device/volume lists to update itself.
Updates happen whenever a disk is removed or inserted, or the main
window is made active. Optionally, you can set updates to take place
by activating the timer and setting the timer interval from the
general preferences editor.
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/ DETAIL WINDOW \
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When you select one of the drives from the main windows listview
gadget by clicking on it, you will be presented with a detail window
with information on the drive you selected. Across the bottom of the
window there is a graphic bar that indicates the space usage based on
percent.
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/ GRAPH WINDOW \
/ \
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Selecting "Graph" from the main menu will provide you with a window
that has a bar graph or "gas gauge" representing each drives space
usage. If there are more than 10 drives mounted on your system then
you can use the scroll bar on the right of the window to scroll
through your drives.
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
/ GENERAL PREFERENCES \
/ \
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Windows
~~~~~~~
This group of gadgets allows you to set the TopEdge and LeftEdge of
all the windows or you can manually enter values for TopEdge/LeftEdge.
Or, if the window is currently open, you can take a snapshot of it.
These values will be used next time you boot QDisk. If you try to
snapshot a window thats not open it will be ignored.
Bar Graph Pens
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This group of gadgets allows you to set the pen colors for all the
bar graphs. The front pen is used for the actual bar render, the back
pen for a background to the bar and the text pen is the color of the
text in the bar.
Miscellaneous Prefs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Priority
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The priority for QDisk can be altered by +/- 3. Use this option
keeping in mind that this will effect either QDisks performance or
your overall system performance. Good values would be +/- 1.
Sort Device Names
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This will sort device names in ascending sequence.
Show Free Bytes AS Mb/Kb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This will format the free bytes into Kilobytes/Megabytes. Keep in
mind that a kilobyte is 1,024 bytes and a megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes.
This should be mentioned as there will be a difference between space
expressed as bytes vs Mb/Kb.
Start Iconified
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If activated, QDisk will start up in an iconified state.
Update Every...
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This will cause QDisk to be updated using the timer device at the
interval that you specify in seconds. The minimum interval is 5
seconds, and maximum interval is 999 seconds. Updates are always
performed when a disk is inserted or removed, or the main window is
activated. (See also "Considerations For Timed Notifications").
Mark When...
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This will cause QDisk to