SuperDIR 98 Version 7.70 REVISION HISTORY Copyright (c) 1989-98, Omnivision Technologies http://www.ozemail.com.au/~sdir email: sdir@ozemail.com.au =========================================================================== SuperDIR 98 7.70 32-bit (16 May 98) ----------------------------------- * New option for year 2000 compliance (/Y2K) which displays dates in four digit format. This is equivalent to the new /4 option in Microsoft's COMMAND.COM update. Note /4 in SuperDIR displays 4 columns. SuperDIR 98 7.60 32-bit (25 January 98) --------------------------------------- * New batch mode (/@) option which allows batch files to be generated based on SuperDIR output * Free space now displayed in recursive mode (/S) * Fixed bug in tree mode (/TREE) when display reaches end of screen * Fixed bug in tree mode (/TREE) relating to incorrectly drawn branches SuperDIR 98 7.50 32-bit (26 October 97) --------------------------------------- * New options for specifying range filters * /[S...] filters by file size * /[D...] filters by file date * /[T...] filters by file time * New mode that interprets wildcards as regular expressions (/R) * Now supports multiple wildcards * Fixed problem displying free space on Novell Netware volumes * Improvements and bug fixes made to bare mode (/B) * No longer pads lines with spaces when redirecting output * Improvements made to console mode handling * Improved handling of conversion from ANSI to OEM character sets * Can now press 'Q' to end display as well as 'X' * SuperDIR 97 6.17: New 16 bit version that fixes /L and /E functionality under exclusive DOS mode. SuperDIR 97 7.10 32-bit (3 August 97) ------------------------------------- * New options for Windows NT * /MO[x] displays file owners, where x is an optional paramater specifying the column width (default 15) * /MC displays compressed file size * /MR displays compressed file ratio * New options for compatibility with Windows NT * /C and /-C to enable/disable comma thousand separators * /N to display files in "new NT display format" * /D to display files in wide format with vertical sorting (Previous /D option renamed to /G) * New /(1..9) option to specify number of columns. The previous /(1..4) option to specify minimum of columns is now /Q(1..4) * New options to display more than one file date/time type simultaneously * /MT1 displays last accessed time (Win95/NT) * /MT2 displays creation time (Win95/NT) * /MT3 displays last write time (Win95/NT) * New /Kx option to specify width of redirected output * Now fully supports hard disk sizes greater than 2.1GB * Now supports console windows wider than 255 characters * Help screen redesigned * Free space now displayed if search specification not found or no files found * Tree display (/TREE) now sorted alphabetically * Fixed problem causing exception error with vertical sorting (/Y) on recursing subdirectories (/S) * Fixed problem causing excpeption error on certain invalid command line options * Fixed problem causing exception error under Windows NT when search specification not found using recursive directories * Fixed bare mode (/B) so file sizes and descriptions are not displayed when descriptions exist * Fixed full path mode (/F) display when descriptions exist * Fixed incorrect free space being reported on large FAT32 drives due to flaw in Windows API function * Fixed truncation of top horizontal bar SuperDIR 97 7.01 32-bit (6 May 1997) ------------------------------------ * Fixed problem with calculation of column widths with date fields * Added SDIR16.TXT to archive * Fixed problem with some registration keys SuperDIR 97 7.00 32-bit (23 March 1997) --------------------------------------- * Complete rewrite of SuperDIR 95 using 32-bit code * Windows NT support (NTFS and VFAT) * Full support for FAT32 (Windows 95 OSR2) * Improved performance under Windows 95 / NT * Full support for volumes and files larger than 2GB * New GUI configuration utility (settings now stored in registry) * New windows help file * New improved /I drive information screen * Removed /! option as redirection is now automatically detected * New features available when pausing between screens * CTRL-C / CTRL-BREAK now instantly stops output * Numerous other minor enhancements * Includes SuperDIR 6.16 16-bit version SuperDIR 6.16 (23 March 1997) ----------------------------- * Fixed bug when adding 99th color extension SuperDIR 6.15 (1 November 1996) ------------------------------- * Now features full network support * Correct handling of UNC specifications (eg. \\comp_name\shared_drive) * /TREE now supported over un-mapped network * Fixed problem with leading backslash (\) not being added to directory specifications. * Added extensive error handling for network errors * Changed parsing of file specification so "*" is appended rather than ".*" under Windows 95 LFN mode * Corrected parsing of file specifications ending with "." and "*." * Reduced size of SDIR.EXE by code optimisation * Fixed delay when loading a mouse driver and not under Windows 95 (again!) * Fixed ".C" extension in defaults not functioning * Fixed problem with "Range Check Error" on certain file specifications * Fixed problem with runtime error when running SuperDIR from a root directory SuperDIR 6.10 (15 September 1996) --------------------------------- * Configuration file (SUPDIR.CFG) now automatically generated whenever settings are changed. Consequently, the /SAVE and /REST options have been removed as they are now redundant. This facility is now also available in the unregistered version. * Fixed display bug caused with redirection (/!) and /TREE or /-TURBO * Summary information now displays space allocated (based on cluster size) * Tree display now shows space usage of directories (based on cluster size) * Bug with /SET remembering old settings rectified (introduced in 6.02) As a result, settings will not import properly from v6.02 but still will from v6.01 SuperDIR 6.02 (18 August 1996) ------------------------------ * Modified vertical sorting (/Y) so that it applies to each screen rather than the entire set of files * Fixed problem with leading backslash (\) not being added to hidden directories * Fixed bug preventing default switches from being overridden on the command line * Fixed filename justification option (/J) so that it works under exclusive DOS mode * Fixed long filename wildcard specification bug * Updated manual, particularly the section which explains the functionality of each option * Fixed /TREE option under exclusive DOS mode which prevented output from being displayed * Fixed display problem with truncation of first column under certain circumstances * Corrected errors on help screen (/?) SuperDIR 6.01 (15 June 1996) ---------------------------- * Can now handle thousands of more files * Fixed single column display when using /M option * Fixed bug when sorting by file extensions greater than 3 characters * Fixed bug with wildcard extensions greater than 3 character * Added /REST and /SAVE options so custom settings can be transferred to future versions of SuperDIR SuperDIR 6.0 Release (11 May 1996) ---------------------------------- * Fixed bug when reading descriptions created by 4DIZ * Fixed bug when reading descriptions created by QPEG * Fixed bug when using corrupt or zero byte DESCRIPT.ION files * Redefined definition of 1K to 1024 bytes (to match Windows 95 calculations) * Fixed file/directory total bug with /S option * Fixed bug with /SET remembering old settings * Added shareware information SuperDIR 6.0 Beta 6 (17 March 1996) ----------------------------------- * Added /BYTE option to display file sizes in bytes * Decreased memory requirements - stops repeated entries on directories with more than 700 files * Enhanced "out of memory" checking * Sorting by extension, now sorts files alphabetically as a secondary sort * Fixed delay when loading a mouse driver and not under Windows 95 * Fixed /S and /TREE bugs with mapped network drives SuperDIR 6.0 Beta 5 (17th February 1996) ---------------------------------------- * Fixed bugs with custom display formatting (/M switch) * Fixed handling of custom file display formats outside the Windows 95 GUI, including verbose mode and 4DOS/NDOS descriptions * Fixed support for mapped network drives * Added extra verbal error messages * Added support for custom date and time formats * Added info screen the first time SuperDIR is executed SuperDIR 6.0 Beta 4 (27th January 1996) --------------------------------------- * First publicly released beta of SuperDIR 95 Version 6.0 * Major upgrade with many new features and support for Windows 95 long file names. SuperDIR 5.0 ------------ * Changed all switches so they are compatible with that of MS-DOS v6 SuperDIR 4.0 ------------ * Turboscroll implemented (fixing many bugs with the old scrolling routine) * Added attribute specification * Added ability to sort by date and in reverse order * Added ability to redirect output to file or printer * Fully configurable (colours and settings) * Display free space on drive * Clear screen on startup option fixed * Ability to display directories first * Support for 7 bit ascii * Ability to show hidden directories * Ability to save and restore directories * Added quite mode which disables output * Added feature to display graphical tree * Added option to display files in upper or lower case * Added option to change video modes * Added option to right-align extensions * Maximum files which can be handled only limited by amount of free memory * Increased error checking and error handling * Unregistered version now has ALL the features of the registered version * Documentation rewritten SuperDIR 3.2 ------------ * Increased the maximum number files which can be handled * Added ability to configure colours SuperDIR 3.1 ------------ * Added ability to sort by size and extension SuperDIR 3.0 ------------ * First shareware release SuperDIR 1.0 & 2.0 ------------------ * Initial releases (not distributed as shareware)