Short: Purge PFS .DelDir of useful file references Author: Giles Burdett (layabouts@the-giant-sofa.demon.co.uk) Uploader: Giles Burdett (layabouts@the-giant-sofa.demon.co.uk) Version: 1.4 Type: disk/misc Replaces: PurgeDelDir.lha and PurgeDELDIR.lha PurgeDelDir has been designed and programmed by Giles Burdett. - layabouts@the-giant-sofa.demon.co.uk PFS is the Professional File System by GREat Effects Development. - www.greed.nl PurgeDelDir v1.4 ---------------- What is it? A tool to erase the entries listed in Device:.DELDIR on a PFS 2 or 3 formatted partition. How do I use it? Have the command somewhere in your path. I have the directory created during the PFS installation, pfs2/tools, in my path, and I keep PurgeDelDir in there so it's with all the other PFS related tools. Quick start - PurgeDelDir Work: This will erase 32 entries from Work:.DELDIR, with 32 being the default value the program uses unless you override it (explained below). This is all a user of PFS 2 will really need. More details - PurgeDelDir Work: 50 This will erase 50 entries from Work:.DELDIR. Any value between 1 and 992 inclusive can be specified. This is most useful to users of PFS 3 which can have deletion directories of variable size, but both PFS 2 and 3 users can specify a low value to erase fewer entries than exist in Device:.DELDIR. Environment control - If you want to permanently override the default value of 32 used by PurgeDelDir, to save yourself typing your preferred value on the command line every time you use it, create a plain text file called - Env:PurgeDelDir/slot_value and simply enter the number you want into this file. Be sure to copy this file (with the directory) to EnvArc: if you want to have it available after you reboot. Notes C source code included. Compiled with vbcc m68k. Take a look at the source if you're curious! Thanks Thanks go to the people on the Amiga C mailing list for helping me squish some initial bugs! Thanks also go to all those who contacted me after the first Aminet release to suggest improvements and bugfixes, and especially to Jeroen Vermeulen for his many useful remarks and suggestions. Thanks Jeroen! :) Known bugs None. Yeah, sure! ;) History v1.4 (public release) - Corrected maximum allowable entries parameter for PFS 3; actually 992 but I read it as 99. Oops! :-) - Improved environment variable support; should work correctly with HappyEnv now. - Better script support (uses correct error levels). v1.3 (public release) - Added support for env variable to override compiled in value. v1.2 - Rewritten to use standard dos.library ReadArgs() function. - Now compiled with vbcc m68k instead of StormC 2 demo. - Filename bug *removed*. v1.1 - Minor changes and the one and only known bug (see below) still present :( v1.0 (public release) - Contains one known bug that inserts strange characters in the filenames the program fills .DelDir with. Disclaimer Use this program at your own risk. I cannot take any responsibility for damage, data loss or any other calamity related to the use of this software. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2322 1513 34.8% 09-May-00 01:08:06 PurgeDelDir.info 64 64 0.0% 08-May-00 22:43:34 +mk 6092 3692 39.3% 01-Aug-00 00:37:26 +PurgeDelDir 3111 1276 58.9% 01-Aug-00 00:28:00 +PurgeDelDir.c 1775 1288 27.4% 09-May-00 00:45:26 +PurgeDelDir.c.info 3815 1660 56.4% 01-Aug-00 00:36:32 +PurgeDelDir.readme 1593 1074 32.5% 09-May-00 00:48:38 +PurgeDelDir.readme.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 18772 10567 43.7% 01-Aug-100 04:04:56 7 files