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From: murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: XTREE tip for quick directory scan.
Message-ID: <5542@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 21 Apr 88 16:01:35 GMT
Reply-To: murillo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo)
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There has been some discussion on XTREE and one of its 'faults/features':
The fact that it scans the entire disk before presenting the structure,
which can take a long time.

If you want to save time and isolate one directory structure, use SUBST:

   subst y: \dirname
   xtree y:

XTREE pops up in a flash, only scanning \dirname.  Very handy.  This is
for DOS 3.x users only, and you should have a line in config.sys that reads
    
     lastdrive=z

This will give you 26 logical drives for easy SUBSTitution.

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