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Free by Omar Siddique
for the Amiga computer
WHAT IS FREE?
Free is a simple CLI utility that displays the number of bytes and kilobytes
available and in use on any mounted storage device (e.g. hard drive or floppy
disk).
I wrote Free because the old, old utility I was using for this purpose
(it was also called "Free") couldn't display byte amounts higher than 100
million and had other problems, and I just bought a gigabyte drive (suddenly
making the old utility rather useless). Free is also easier to use than the
AmigaDOS info command, since it doesn't clutter the screen with so much text
or force you to figure out what 13% of 23000 blocks is in bytes in your head.
HOW TO USE FREE
To use Free, type:
Free <drive>
with <drive> being the designation of any storage device (e.g. DF0:,
WORK:, RAM:, etc).
Simply typing "Free" by itself on the command line obtains information on
the current drive.
If you call Free with the name of an assigned device (e.g. FONTS:, S:),
Free will return the information associated with the actual device (in the
above examples, probably SYS:). To obtain information on individual
directories, try Michael Illgner's "du" program.
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
Feel free :-) to send any comments, question, complaints, flames,
bug-reports, requests, and whatever else to me at:
Internet: osiddi1@gl.umbc.edu
o.siddique2@genie.geis.com
GEnie: O.Siddique2
Or if you prefer to use slower means (or wish to send presents, money,
a new SGI Indigo2, etc):
Snail Mail: Omar Siddique
P.O. Box 451
Perry Hall, MD 21128
DISTRIBUTION, DISCLAIMER, AND COMPATABILITY
Free is freely distributable. However, the binary and documentation file
must be distributed together in their unaltered form.
Free was written in C on an Amiga 3000/25 and compiled with SAS/C 6.3.
It should work correctly on any Amiga.
While Free has proven stable and problem free, the standard disclaimer
applies; no warranty is expressed or implied, and the author shall not be
liable for any damage or claims that arise from usage of this program.
OTHER FINE AMIGA WORKS BY THE AUTHOR
QuoteGiver -- A small fortune cookie program that displays quotes, quips,
and sayings from a user-expandable list.
VERSION NOTES
1.00 Initial Release