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New for DOSNIX version 2.0b
1. When using EDC, if the -t option was combined with the
-s option, the path file would be removed but a new one would
not be generated. EDC would then have to scan the drives
the next time it was used. The problem has now been fixed.
New for DOSNIX version 2.0a
1. EDC now uses just one path file for all hard disk
partitions, stored in the root directory of drive C.
This change improves the way the backspace key works
during speed searches, and should allow EDC to run
faster on large systems with many logical drives. You
can still access drives explicitly but the speed advantage
won't be that great. Floppy drives still have a separate
path file for each floppy, and you will have to scan each
floppy disk to install the path file.
2. When a directory was created, removed or renamed
on a drive locked out with EDNOSCAN, EDC would still
try to access the path file. This problem has now been
fixed.
3. LS has been upgraded to work with the new version of EDC.
You should not try to use an older version of LS with this
version of EDC.
New for DOSNIX version 2.0
1. READ will now allow you to pull in a new file without
leaving the program. Pressing F4 will display the current
directory. You can then use the arrow keys to select a
new file or a new directory. You can start the program in
this mode by using a directory as an argument. F2 and F3
can now be used to start and continue string searches.
The up arrow key now works like an up arrow key should.
2. EDC has been completely reworked and can change to any
directory on any hard drive without using a drive spec.
EDC will automatically scan your drives the first time it
is run. Unwanted drives can be locked out by setting the
environment variable EDNOSCAN to the letters of the drives
you want to ignore. When displaying the directory tree,
EDC will now give you an opportunity to choose a directory
at the end of each page. A new menu for matching directories
has been installed in both EDC and LS.
3. FFIND can now locate files either by date or number of
days back.
4. The short version and the enhanced version of DOSNIX now
have the same number. This should make it easier for SYSOPS
to tell which is the newer version. The short version will
be distributed as DOSNX20.ZIP and the enhanced version will
be distributed as DSX20.ZIP.
New for DOSNIX version 0.94n
1. READ.EXE will now handle files containing up to 30,000
lines. This is a threefold increase from the previous
version. A larger version, READXL.EXE, is included in
the enhanced version of DOSNIX which will handle files
containing up to 100,000 lines. READL.EXE requires 350k
of free memory to run.
2. Speed has always been a problem with READ. By using DOS
calls to read in the text instead of compiler routines,
READ.EXE has been given a hefty speed increase which will
be apparent when doing text searches. READXL.EXE will run
a little slower but still much faster than older versions
of READ.
4. When attempting a case sensitive text search from the
command line, READ would abort with an "Invalid Option"
error. When using the -f option to capture standard input,
text searches would not work. Both problems have now been
fixed.