ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) (10/17/89)
Mon 16-Oct-89: Released a new utilities package tsutld10.arc and update tsutlc16.arc of my third set of PC utilities: In managing and backing up the harddisk I have noticed a need for a utility that would scan the disk for files that are dated today (or a given number of days back from today). I have written a new utility TODAY.EXE which performs this task. This program starts my fourth utility collection /pc/ts/tsutld10.arc. The new package is available by anonymous ftp in the usual manner. There is another utility which I use in managing the harddisk. This is a utility which tells if there are any duplicate files on a disk. I have a DOUBLES.EXE program for this purpose, and it is updated in my third utility collection /pc/ts/tsutlc16.arc. I know that there are other programs around for the same task, but I have noticed problems with those of them which I have tried out. Either they have lacked the capacity to scan large numbers of files, or they have lacked the ability to test whether the duplicate files are duplicate by contents, not only by name. DOUBLES.EXE has a capacity of scanning 5040 files, and the user can decide whether to scan for files with same names, or for files with same names and contents (comparison by filedate and size). DOUBLES.EXE has the capability of scanning one or TWO disks for double files. Extending DOUBLES to handle two disks was suggested to me by Petri Hartoma of Tampere University of Technology. Thank you Petri for your useful feedback. I wish more of the users were as active as you. While I am at it, let me take up a request for those of you who may have found my programs useful. As I am not asking for any registration fees for the PD versions, would you do me a reciprocal favor by uploading at least some of my packages to, say eg one local bulletin board (BBS), and thus contribute to disseminating the *latest* versions of these packages. And, if you distribute these packages, would you PLEASE distrubute an entire package, not individual programs from within any package. This is a request that all of us share who write PD programs. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: vakk::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun Searching Archive: TSUTLC16.ARC - Third set of Utilities, T.Salmi Filename Comment Date Time CRC -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- --- DIRF.EXE Directory in full, recursive 07-02-89 09:48:20 A074 DIRINFO.EXE Directory information of a disk 06-16-89 15:36:08 C51A DOUBLES.EXE Find double file names on a disk 10-16-89 18:20:10 C88F DTEDIF.EXE Difference between two dates 07-02-89 13:12:10 6DFE HIDDEN.EXE Find all hidden files on disk 06-09-89 23:02:58 3587 READONLY.EXE Find all readonly files on disk 06-09-89 23:00:06 2EC8 SPLIT.EXE Split a file into pieces 06-23-89 08:41:50 0EDD TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi 10-16-89 08:30:44 D636 TSUTLC.INF Document 10-16-89 20:05:22 3CFE VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa 06-23-89 08:30:08 88AB WHATDATE.EXE Date +- number of days from now 07-02-89 09:23:08 2190 YES Yes for redirected DOUBLES prog 06-16-89 12:41:44 5BA2 ZEROFILE.EXE Find all empty files on disk 06-09-89 22:55:42 B765 ---- ------ ------ ----- 0013 143434 107775 25% Searching Archive: TSUTLD10.ARC - Fourth set of Utilities, T.Salmi Filename Comment Date Time CRC -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- --- TODAY.EXE Scan disk for files made today 10-16-89 08:04:34 6110 TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi 10-16-89 08:30:44 D636 TSUTLD.INF Document 10-16-89 08:44:22 FBD1 VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa 06-23-89 08:30:08 88AB ---- ------ ------ ----- 0004 24977 18024 28%