home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Shareware Overload Trio 2
/
Shareware Overload Trio Volume 2 (Chestnut CD-ROM).ISO
/
dir34
/
tladf11.zip
/
DF.DOC
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-04-23
|
4KB
|
122 lines
- Thom Little Associates - Essential Command Line Utilities -
- tlaDF11.zip - Disk Farm -
- Version 1.10 -
tlaDF11.zip CONTENTS:
DF.DOC This documentation file.
DF.EXE Complete disk farm utility.
DFHARD.BAT Batch file to bypass error on some machines
(see OPERATION below).
FUNCTION:
DF will display the allocated space, available space, and total space
on disks installed on the system. This is either for hard disks
only (the default), for all disks that are installed, or for a range
of disks that you specify. In addition, DF will indicate the
percentage of space allocated and available on each volume.
OPERATION:
In general you will probably want to only display information on
your hard disks. This is the default condition for DF. Simply
issuing the command "df" without parameters should accomplish this.
Occasionally you may want to include all disks in the display.
Issuing "df /all" or "df /a" will produce this summary.
In our testing, we have encountered some machines that erroneously
flag RAM disks and CD-ROM drives as hard disks. It is therefore not
possible for DF.EXE to determine the correct hard disks on these
systems.
If you issue the command "df" and it displays information on your
RAM disk or CD-ROM, then you have a machine that has this "feature."
To use DF.EXE on these machines, use the range option in the command
call. An example is "df /c /e" to display information on drives C,
D, and E.
If you are forced to use this option, a simple batch file (like the
one supplied can easily be established to call DF.
COMMAND SYNTAX:
df display information on hard disks only
df /all display information on all disks
df /<f> /<l> display information on disk <f> to disk <l>
df /? list an abbreviated description of the
command syntax.
INSTALLATION:
To install DF.EXE on your machine, you only need to copy DF.EXE to a
subdirectory that exists on your system path.
As an example, on our systems this directory is at D:\DOS\TLA. To
install DF.EXE, if DF.EXE is in the current directory, we would
enter:
copy df.exe d:\dos\tla
ERROR MESSAGES:
DF.EXE issues the following error messages:
Error: Invalid number of parameters.
Too many parameters were specified. Eliminate parameters and
reissue the request.
Error: Invalid parameter specified.
A parameter is incorrect.
SHAREWARE:
This software is provided as shareware for your evaluation, use,
and financial contribution. This software has not been placed in
the public domain.
If you use this software, and live outside Massachusetts, please
send a payment of $7.00 to:
Thom Little Associates
Product Support
P.O. Box 1901
Boston, MA 02205-1901
Voice ......... 617.227.4644
Compuserve .... 70724,71 (Thom Little)
Channel One ... Thom Little
(If you reside in Massachusetts please include Massachusetts state
tax of $.35 for a total of $7.35.)
Copyright 1994, Thom Little Associates, all rights reserved.
DISCLAIMER:
Thom Little Associates disclaims all warranties as to this
software, whether express or implied, including without limitation
any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, functionality or data integrity or protection.
HISTORY:
01-29-94 Version 1.00 first shareware release to public.
04-23-94 Version 1.10 add percentage allocated and available.