dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) (03/15/91)
Phil Dietz's NEWLIST 4.8 came through comp.binaries.amiga today, and I eagerly
UUDECODED it, and read the doco [whatever happened to suck it and see! :^)],
and then proceeded to have a fiddle with it.
First I tried NewList (NL) on my RAM: directory, and it worked fine. Then on
my large DLOAD: directory :
168 files - 1 dirs - 14516 blocks - 7235640 bytes
Which was GREAT. I was so SICK of LIST only telling me block size, and having
to guesstimate by dividing block count by two, and multiplying by 1000.
Then I did 'NL Ram: -q sd' (Forgetting to put the '-' on the sd flag) and I
got a Software Failure! Sigh.
Guru 00000005 (Divide by Zero). This is repeatable - if you use NewList
with the -q option, and specify a file in the path that doesn't exist, NewList
will cause a 'divide by zero' software failure each and every time. Oh well.
I really like NL though, and if that bug's fixed, I'll even send my dollar
over! :-)
Minor documentation hassle:
s Sort by name sd Sort by file size
sd Sorts by Date h No header
So, 'sd' sorts by date, and 'sd' sorts by file size, eh! :-). The
documentation goes on to explain that 'ss' was the flag for size. I guess
Phil just 'Snapped' his help-screen into the doco, because the error is in the
program itself (NewList ? will show the same thing).
My favourite flag combo (so far) is '-qs -v'. It's a neat program.
Thanks Phil. (Now fix that /0 bug!)
Dac
David Andrew Clayton. // _l _ _ dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au *or*|I post.I am.
Canberra, Australia.\X/ (_](_l(_ ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!prolix!dac@munnari.oz231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) (03/16/91)
In article <18d5195c.ARN1313@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au> dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au writes: >Phil Dietz's NEWLIST 4.8 came through comp.binaries.amiga today, and I eagerly >UUDECODED it, and read the doco [whatever happened to suck it and see! :^)], >and then proceeded to have a fiddle with it. > >First I tried NewList (NL) on my RAM: directory, and it worked fine. Then on >my large DLOAD: directory : > >168 files - 1 dirs - 14516 blocks - 7235640 bytes > >Which was GREAT. I was so SICK of LIST only telling me block size, and having >to guesstimate by dividing block count by two, and multiplying by 1000. > >Then I did 'NL Ram: -q sd' (Forgetting to put the '-' on the sd flag) and I >got a Software Failure! Sigh. > >Guru 00000005 (Divide by Zero). This is repeatable - if you use NewList >with the -q option, and specify a file in the path that doesn't exist, NewList >will cause a 'divide by zero' software failure each and every time. Oh well. > >I really like NL though, and if that bug's fixed, I'll even send my dollar >over! :-) > >Minor documentation hassle: > > s Sort by name sd Sort by file size > sd Sorts by Date h No header > >So, 'sd' sorts by date, and 'sd' sorts by file size, eh! :-). The >documentation goes on to explain that 'ss' was the flag for size. I guess >Phil just 'Snapped' his help-screen into the doco, because the error is in the >program itself (NewList ? will show the same thing). > >My favourite flag combo (so far) is '-qs -v'. It's a neat program. > >Thanks Phil. (Now fix that /0 bug!) > >Dac >David Andrew Clayton. // _l _ _ dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au *or*|I post.I am. >Canberra, Australia.\X/ (_](_l(_ ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!prolix!dac@munnari.oz Danke Schon for your bug report! I tried a LOT of bug hunting but came up clean. Lucky you found a major! I'll splat it today. If anyone else has any more WANTED options, tell me now. It's getting pretty big, so I really don't plan any many more versions (probably two more). Thanx again Phil Dietz --- Nothing but the best; Phil Dietz Panic Zone, Howard Stern, 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu an Amiga, and a couple a babes. Univ. of Nebraska
dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) (03/16/91)
In article <1991Mar15.215300.3398@hoss.unl.edu>, Phil Dietz writes: > I tried a LOT of bug hunting but came up clean. Lucky you found a major! Kinda depends upon your definition of luck. :-) > I'll splat it today. Neat. Could you mail me the new version (dac@prolix.ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au) Puhleeze? > If anyone else has any more WANTED options, tell me now. It's getting > pretty big, so I really don't plan any many more versions (probably two more). Not really. It's got more features than I can use already. > Nothing but the best; Phil Dietz Dac --