Re: U2 FREE frame

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,

Thanks for the updating. FREE works fine here.



In recent builds of vDos-lfn the DOS DIR command will properly
report the free disk space (and volume label) in directory listings
instead of reporting a fake free space (and a fake volume label) as
in original vDos. However, I noticed that the U2 FREE frame seems to
use the result from the XY DIR command instead of the DOS DIR
command, but the result from the XY DIR command can never exceed
2GB. Furthermore, I think the easiest way to get the actual free
disk space within vDos-lfn is to use the @DISKFREE variable function
(e.g. "ECHO %@DISKFREE[C:]"). Perhaps the U2 FREE frame can use this
to get the correct free disk space too.


Wengier, thanks for pointing this out; I've taken your suggestion. Now
frame FREE uses @DISKFREE if vDos-lfn is running; otherwise, it reads
the "bytes free" line from a Windows directory listing. In either
case, the free-space report should be accurate.

The revised frame is attached (FREE.FRM). As usual, CAll it in
XyWrite, do DFA to highlight the entire file, then
ADD2U2 to add it to U2.

I've also updated the U2 archives:

For new users (or users running U2 v122 or earlier):
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/XYWEB124.ZIP

For users running U2 v123 or v124:
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/U2VER124.ZIP

Unzip all files into the directory with EDITOR.EXE. Overwrite existing files.

The current U2 archives include several recent "stealth" revisions, so
I recommend updating when you have a chance.

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx