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From: billj@uop.uop.edu (Snugglupagus)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: DOS 5.00 - Release Notice and Features
Message-ID: <kWq70Tn@uop.uop.edu>
Date: 10 Jun 91 22:07:27 GMT
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phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>Jonathan.Bradshaw@thevoid.rn.com (Jonathan Bradshaw) writes:

howdy johnathan!  haven't we met somewhere before?   :-) 

>> Unformat - Lets you recover all files on a floppy or hard disc
>Hmmm, let's see, It's JUNE, not APRIL 1.

(gee, he's smart...)  but seriously, i've tested it and it works.
apparently, microsoft licensed some of these features from central point
software, so it's not really "new". 

>> o automaticly updates config.sys and autoexec.bat when installing
>Is this "safe computing"?

>> o provides an uninstall feature
>Assuming it will go back down to the version you had before, it somehow
>has to keep a copy of all that.

it does just that.  in fact, it saves a copy of the necessary recovery
programs on a floppy - just in case.

>> o DIR /s, recursive directory search
>> o DIR /o, specify sort order

and dir /l, for lower case
and dir /g, groups directories at the top - a la 4dos
and dir /b, "bare" format - no heading information 
and dir /a:{a,h,s,r}, shows hidden and system files  (finally!)

you can also set up parameters at boot-time with the dircmd environment
variable. 

(note: the attrib command can now change the hidden and system
attributes as well as read-only.} 

>> o FORMAT, allows non-destructive RECOVERABLE quick format
>NOW we see the joke from above.  I bet they are still going to get a lot
>flack from people wanting to unformat a fully formatted disk.

actually, it can recover from a standard dos format.  i'm sure it can't
recover a low-level formatted disk, though...

>Well, I would still like to have a rename ability that can actually move a file
>from one directory into another just by its rename, without copying anything.

well, it would be nice... but there are shareware move commands that
work just fine. 

>Longer file names would be nice, too.

maybe dos 5.5/6.0?  (hint hint)


snugglupagus 
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