EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE DOCUMENTATION, PLEASE READ THIS FILE. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SETTING UP AND USING DF! Directory Freedom (DF) Version 4.60 Copyright 1989 - 1992 by Gordon Haff. All Rights Reserved. Shareware: $25 registration w/ diskette; See REGISTER.DOC for complete ordering information and manual/disk/update pricing . Gordon Haff is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals. A product of Gordon Haff and Bit Masons Consulting 3205 Windsor Ridge Dr. Westborough MA 01581 Compuserve ID: 72561,2637 Phone: (508) 898-3321 (no collect calls please) Descriptions for BBS operators and Vendors: ------------------------------------------- Short: DF 4.60: Small, fast, configurable file manager Medium: DF 4.60: Small, fast, configurable file manager with advanced user-defined functions and SmartViewers. 100% assembly = <25KB! New version is even more configurable and even faster. Long: DF 4.60: Small, fast directory manager with advanced user-defined functions such as SmartViewers. Move and copy files, delete and rename files and directories, create archives, change file time/date stamps, create archive files, and much more. Yet the program is less than 35KBytes in size! Ideal for both the latest 80486 desktop system and the most venerable laptop, Directory Freedom addresses the needs of both the novice unsure about cryptic DOS commands and the experienced user who just wants to avoid typing in whole lists of filenames. New version has sysinfo screen, DesqView/Windows-aware, improved large directory/disk support and much more. Feature Summary: ---------------- Directory Freedom 4.60 offers users a fast, compact alternative to DOS Shells and a wide range of features including: A scrollable environment for examining files and directories Selective file and directory operations such as Copy/Move file; Rename/Delete file or directory; Change file/directory attribute; Create directory User-defined keys which can operate upon highlighted files (such as defined editors) SmartViewers which call different user-defined viewers depending on the highlighted file's extension Archive (e.g. .ZIP) creation File date/time modification Volume label editing Support for extended screen modes (e.g. 43/50 line) Extensive configuration through an external, user-friendly configuration program A very complete system information screen There are many DOS shells on the market, but DF is small and fast. Yet at the same time, DF is powerful and highly configurable. DF lets you continue to use the utilities (such as file viewers) which you have become comfortable with but it ENHANCES those utilities by providing a scrollable environment from which they can be called. Important operational notes for 4.60: ------------------------------------- Trailing backslash removed from %p parameter (user-defined commands) If you are a 4.50 user, you can bring over your user-defined settings. Please read the installation section of the manual! Files in DF460.ZIP: ------------------ DF.COM Directory Freedom program file DF460.TXT Documentation DF460.HST Info on DF 4.60 (and earlier) revisions DFCONFIG.EXE Configuration program DFCONFIG.HLP Hypertext help file for DFCONFIG DFHELP.TXT New help text in a text file DF.ICO Windows 3.0 icon LIBERTY.ICO Another Win3 icon (from Phil Baltzer) READ_ME.DFD This file REGISTER.DOC Registration and update info VENDOR.DOC Distribution info for vendors and BBS's FILE_ID.DIZ File description for BBS systems (The X-Ray file viewers version 1.02.) ZR.COM Zip X-Ray AR.COM ARJ X-Ray LR.COM LHA X-Ray ZOR.COM ZOO X-Ray UNARJXR.EXE ARJ listing file generator XR102.TXT Archive X-Ray documentation Note: in the interests of providing smooth integration, the current revision of the X-Ray file viewers is included as part of the DF460.ZIP archive. Updates to the X-Ray viewers may be made available through electronic distribution as XRAYxxx.ZIP where xxx is the version number. The DF archive available through electronic distribution may not be updated solely to include new versions of the X-Ray utilities. Files in NAMD200.ZIP: -------------------- ND.EXE Convert filenames to current date ND200.TXT Short documentation for above Hardware Requirements and Important Information: ------------------------------------------------ Directory Freedom does not require any special hardware to operate. It has been tested across a wide range of IBM compatible hardware. Graphics cards and hard disks are NOT needed to use this program. The Directory Freedom user-defined commands and archive creators come preconfigured with command lines which use some common shareware and freeware software. Most of this software is NOT supplied with DF. If you do not have the appropriate programs on your system and accessible through your PATH statement, the pre-configured commands WILL NOT WORK out of the box. DF will function with DOS 3.0 and later (DOS 3.3 and later recommended). DF is no longer supported under DOS 2.1. To run DF, you must set the DOS COMSPEC variable (e.g. SET COMSPEC=c:\command.com). This requirement is discussed in detail in the manual. Directory Freedom is a shareware program. If you use DF and find it useful, registration with the author is required. Please see the REGISTER.DOC file for more information on registering. System Information Screen: -------------------------- DF 4.60 includes a new system information screen which I think you'll find very useful. I would like to mention here that, although this version (including the sysinfo screen) has been tested across a very wide range of hardware and software configurations, the sysinfo screen can probably not be totally accurate for all possible environments. While I will try to incorporate changes for major new hardware such as the 80586 (or whatever Intel's calling it these days), it will in all likelihood not be possible to reflect every quirk of every clone on the market. So, please send me any comments you have but don't expect DF to switch its focus from file management to system configuration information. Distribution Points: -------------------- I frequently am asked: "Where can I download future versions of DF when they appear?" DF actually makes the rounds pretty well -- you can usually pick up a copy on most major BBS's. To make certain of a few specific locations, however, I will try to make sure DF gets to the following boards. The name is always DFxxx.yyy where xxx is the revision number and yyy is the archive name (typically ZIP for now). So, for example, this version is DF460.ZIP. I don't guarantee DF will make it to all these boards immediately, but they are all on my distribution list. Channel 1, Cambridge MA (617) 354-8873 Xevious, Cambridge, MA (508) 875-3618 Kandy Shack (714) 636-2667 Chips (714) 760-3265 (To the best of my knowledge, at the time of this writing, the above boards allowed downloads without membership -- although membership may be available to offer access to more nodes and other benefits.) and on Compuserve in the IBMSYS area, LIB 5 (DOS Shells).