-- Summaries -- -- XDIR Details --
0 - Overview B - Basic Use
1 - XDIR F - File Selection
2 - XD N - File Name Scan
3 - DIR O - Output Control
4 - RCP DIR
5 - ZCPR3 DIR
Attribute Z3 DIR RCP DIR DIR XD XDIR
--------- ------ ------- --- --- ----
Size N/A N/A 2K 4K 8K
Sort File Names No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Select Sort Order N/A No Yes Yes Yes
Select SYS Files Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Select All Files Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Negate File Select No No No No Yes
Displ File Attr No No No Yes Yes
Horiz/Vert Format No No No Yes Yes
Printer Output ^P ^P No Yes Yes
Form Feed No No No Yes Yes
Select All Users No No No No Yes
Disk Output No No No No Yes
File Scanner No No No No Yes
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Command: XDIR 2.0
Syntax:
XDIR dir:afn ooo...
or
XDIR /ooo...
Function:
XDIҠ display� � dis� director� t� th� use� an� act� a� �
a file name scanner.
Options:
Aa - Indicate attributes of files to be selected
a=A for All Files (System and Non-System)
a=N for Non-System Files [default]
a=S for System Files
� - Sen� Outpu� t� Dis� Fil� XDIR.DIR
Ff - Enable a File Scanner Function
f=L to Log File Names to FNAMES.DIR
f=P to Print File Names Stored in FNAMES.DIR
f=S to Scan Disk and Compare to FNAMES.DIR
I - Inspect Logged Files (use with FL option only)
N - Negate Selection of Files
Oo - Select Output Features
o=� t� Disabl� Displa� o� Fil� Attribute� (R� S)
o=F to Form Feed Printer when Display Done
o=G to Group Files by Name and Type
o=H to Display Files in Horizontal Format
P - Send Display to Printer
PF - Send Display to Printer with Trailing Form Feed
U - Select All User Areas
Comments:
XDIR is on the order of 8K in size.
Th� principa� reason� t� us� XDIҠ ove� th� othe� �
director� displa� utilitie� are:
1. XDIR is able to send its output to disk
2. XDIR provides the File Scanner Function
3. XDIR can display all user areas of a disk
I� th� defaul� attribute� o� XDI� ar� no� t� th� user'� �
likin� (eg�� � listin� b� fil� nam� an� typ� i� preferred)� �
there are three alternatives:
1. XDIR can be reassembled
2�� th� attribute� ca� b� patche� vi� DDԠ (the� �
start at the 6th byte from the front of the program)
3�� a� ALIAӠ ca� b� create� whic� select� th� �
desired attributes for the user
1. Sort is by File Type and Name
2. Listing is in a Vertical Format
3. Attributes of Each File (R/O, SYS) shown
4. File Sizes in K
5. Total of Sizes of All Files
XDIR /AA
-- lik� th� firs� example� bu� bot� non-syste� an� �
system files are displayed
. Name of File
. Size of File (in K bytes)
. Attributes of File (Read/Only or System)
. Sum of Sizes of All Files Displayed
. Total Number of Files on Disk
. Amount of Space Remaining on Disk
. What Disk and What User Area is being displayed
A� � fil� scanne� utility� i� doe� th� following:
. Logs a group of selected files to disk
. Prints the contents of such a log file
� Scan� � lo� fil� an� compare� i� wit� th� file�
selected by the user, telling him what files
are missing and what files are additional
XDIR Summary
XDIҠ i� quit� human-oriented��� wit� man�� built-i� �
feature� whic� provid� � human-interfac� typ� o� servic� t� �
th� user� Som� o� thes� include:
. Named Directories may be specified
. The file listing is alphabetized by file name and
type or file type and name, depending on user
preference
. The file listing is organized vertically or
horizontally, depending on user preference
. Output may also be sent to disk or printer
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XDIR Output Control
The Output Control options of XDIR are:
D - Send Output to Disk
Oo - Output Control
OA - Toggle Display of File Attributes
OF - Toggle Send of Form Feed with Print
OG - Toggle File Grouping (name/type or type/name)
O� - Toggl� Forma� (Horizonta� o� Vertical)
P - Send Output to Printer
PF - Same as POF, which sends output to printer and
form feeds when done
Aa - Set the attributes of the files to be displayed
a=S for System Files, a=N for Non-System Files
a=A for All Files (Non-System and System)
N - Negate Selection; select those files which do NOT
match the ambiguous file name
U - Select All User Areas
Th� ՠ optio� select� al� use� area� o� th� dis� �
selected�� Fil� name� ar� displaye� wit� th� numbe� o� th� �
user area they reside in front of their names.
Ff - Engage File Name Buffer Facility
f=L to Log File Names to Disk
f=P to Print Names Logged to Disk
f=S to Scan Disk for File Names and Compare to
Log
I - Inspect files selected by FL option
Function:
XĠ display� � formatted�� alphabetize� listin� o� th� �
contents of a disk directory.
Options:
Aa - Indicate attributes of files to be selected
a=A for All Files (System and Non-System)
a=N for Non-System Files [default]
a=S for System Files
Oo - Select Output Features
o=� t� Disabl� Displa� o� Fil� Attribute� (R� S)
o=F to Form Feed Printer when Display Done
o=G to Group Files by Name and Type
o=H to Display Files in Horizontal Format
P - Send Display to Printer
PF - Send Display to Printer with Trailing Form Feed
"TP�� Error�� mean� tha� ther� wa� no� enoug� roo� i� �
memory to load the disk directory.
Examples of Use:
XD
-- displa�� th� non-syste� file� i� th� curren� �
directory in the following fashion:
1. sorted by file type and name
2. vertical format
3. R/O and SYS attributes included
XD *.COM AAOA
-- displa�� bot� non-syste� an� syste� file� whic� �
match *.COM in the following fashion:
1. sorted by file type and name
2. vertical format
3. no attributes included in display
XD ROOT:*.COM AAOA
-- like above, but files in directory named ROOT
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Command: DIR 1.0
Syntax:
DIR dir:afn o...
Function:
DIҠ display� � formatted�� alphabetize� listin� o� th� �
files in a disk directory.
Options:
A - Display both non-system and system files
S - Display only system files
T - Display files sorted by file type and name
(sort by name and type is default)
