Date : Fri, 28 Oct 1983 23:09:54 EDT
From : Bob Bloom (TECOM) <bbloom@brl>
Subject: Review of File Maintenance Utilities
I have, at the moment, 7 file maintenance utilites. They're the (hopefully
small) utilities used to clean up disks - they can delete, copy, rename, etc.
Unfortunately, none does everything I want to do. "SWEEP" comes closest, but
is too large. Here's the review: (Comments are welcome.)
File Utility Name |CLEANUP| WASH | DISK |TFILER|NSWEEP|VFILER|SWEEP |SDFMU |
Version |1/20/80| 1.4 | 1.7c | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.5 | ?.? |
Size (1k blocks) | 1k | 3k | 4k | 6k | 7k | 8k | 27k | ~?k |
| | | | | | <12> | | |
Display | | | | | | | | |
Filename .........| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
File Size ........| - | - | - | - | * | - | * | * |
Attributes .......| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
Disk letter ......| - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
User # ...........| - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * |
$SYS Files .......| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 4 |
Alphabetic List ..| - | * | * | * | * | 10 | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
Deletion | | | | | | | | |
File-by-File .....| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Mass Delete ......| - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * |
$R/O w/Verify ....| C | C | C | C | C | C | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
Copy | | | | | | | | |
To Another Disk ..| - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
To Another User ..| - | - | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Auto Verification | - | - | * | * | - | * | - | - |
Opt Verification .| - | - | - | - | * | - | * | * |
Mass Copy ........| - | - | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Overwrite w/Verify| - | * | 7 | * | - | * | - | * |
Overwrite $RO w/V | - | C | C | C | C | C | 5 | * |
& Rename .........| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
Back to Same Dsk .| - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * |
With PIP Options .| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
Concatinate Files | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
Error Full Dsk ...| - | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| | | | | | | | |
Rename | | | | | | | | |
File-by-File .....| - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Mass Rename ......| - | - | - | - | 1 | - | * | * |
Rename R/O w/Ver .| - | C | C | C | C | C | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
View | | | | | | | | |
Straight listing .| * | * | - | - | - | - | * | - |
View by Pages ....| - | - | * | * | * | * | - | * |
Output to LST: ...| - | * | * | * | * | * | - | - |
Ouptut to PUN: ...| - | * | * | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | |
Menu on Start-up ....| * | * | * | - | * | - | * | - |
Menu on Demand ......| - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Screen Oriented .....| - | - | - | - | - | * | - | * |
Line Oriented .......| * | * | * | * | * | - | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
Tagging | | | | | | | | |
Tag/untag files ..| - | - | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Retag files ......| - | - | - | - | * | - | * | * |
Mass tag/untag ...| - | - | - | - | - | * | - | - |
Copied tag .......| - | - | - | - | * | - | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
Switch Disks ........| - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Switch User # .......| - | - | * | * | * | * | * | * |
View all User #'s ...| - | - | - | - | 6 | - | * | * |
View file subset ....| * | * | * | - | 6 | - | * | * |
Start on alt Dsk ....| * | * | * | - | * | * | * | * |
Start on alt Usr ....| - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
Movement | | | | | | | | |
Forward .........| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Backward .........| - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Sideways .........| - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
Multiple Screens .| - | - | - | - | - | * | - | * |
Goto File ........| - | - | - | * | - | * | * | - |
Jump .............| - | - | * | * | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | |
Free Space | | | | | | | | |
On Dsk on Entry ..| - | - | * | * | * | - | * | * |
On other Dsks ....| - | - | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
File size on Demand .| - | - | * | * | 3 | * | 3 | 3 |
Tagged files size ...| - | - | * | * | * | 9 | 8 | 8 |
# Files Selected ....| - | - | - | - | * | - | * | * |
| | | | | | | | |
Change Attributes ...| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
Squeeze/Unsqueeze ...| - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | |
Warm Boot Exit ......| - | * | - | - | - | - | * | - |
Quick non-boot Exit .| * | - | * | * | * | 11 | - | * |
* - Has this attribute
- - Doesn't have this
C - Crashes with $R/O error if you try this
W - Error is trapped, gives warning
Notes:
1. On Menu, not currently working
2. Cursor keys active (^,v,<,>)
3. File size shown as part of listing
4. Hide/Show system files on demand
5. Warning Given, no Crash
6. Only on initial entry
7. No warning if mass copy
8. Both in current block size and 1k block size
9. Shown only during a tag operation
10. Sort by filename OR filetype
11. User choice of exit
12. Vfiler also contains other attributes in ZCPR environment
SDFMU is "Super-Duper File Maintenance Utility" - it does not exist but is my
combination of best features of all of them. Corrections or reviews of other
programs are welcome. Anybody care to write "SDFM"?
-Bob Bloom