From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:01:37 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1724 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 10 October 2008 Number 1724 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: ftp://ftp.pmoylan dot org up and running again : Ian Manners" 2 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 3 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 4 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 5 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Voytek Eymont" 6 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Voytek Eymont" 7 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Voytek Eymont" 8 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 9 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 10 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 11 FIREFOX FILE ASSOCIATIONS : Nicholas Lysaght" 12 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Mike O'Connor 13 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Mike O'Connor 14 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant 15 Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:29:32 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: ftp://ftp.pmoylan dot org up and running again Not as bad as me, I upgraded FTPServer here and then forgot to restart it, took 12 days until someone was kind enough to complain :-) On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:04:27 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote: >Somebody - I think it was Ian Manners - told me that my FTP server at >pmoylan dot org was refusing connections. It should now be working again. > >It was a stupid error on my part. I introduced a new feature, and then >tested it by banning practically everyone. And of course I forgot to >remove that test filter. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:04:39 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Peter Rehfisch wrote: > Ed Durrant wrote > > >> I need to list all directories under a directory in size order. I have >> FM/2 which appears to have this feature but it never finishes building >> its index. >> >> > > Under eCS, if you RMB on the directory and chose Folder actions -> Show tree size it seems to > do it. > > Peter R > > > Wow, that was simple ! Thanks, that's just what I need ! Now if I could capture and sort that list largest to smallest it'd be even better, but I can go through this looking for the largest directories to see if I can remove anything from them in any case, Thanks again. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:15:20 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Voytek Eymont wrote: > > > >> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do this with FM/2 or if you >> know of a different tool that will do this. >> > > I think... I have... used to have... ? a rexx script to backup to CDs... > I thought it did something like that...? > if I can find it... > > something like sysfiletree ? > > /* get HD specs */ > arg1=substr(arg1,1,1) > source=SysDriveInfo(arg1) > PARSE VAR source sdrive sfree stotal slabel > > arg2a=substr(arg2,1,1) > target=SysDriveInfo(arg2a) > PARSE VAR target tdrive tfree ttotal tlabel > /* convert bytes to MB */ > sfree = TRUNC((sfree/(1024*1024)),,) > stotal= TRUNC((stotal/(1024*1024)),,) > sused = stotal - sfree > tfree = TRUNC((tfree/(1024*1024)),,) > ttotal= TRUNC((ttotal/(1024*1024)),,) > tused = ttotal - tfree > > > Thanks Voytek, I was thinking of writing something in Rexx and indeed you piece of code could form the heart of it. If I produce a table of all filenames, sizes etc. I could also check for duplicate copies of files in different sub-directories at the same time. Initially I'll try the GUI based folder options /Show tree size that Peter suggested. But as a longer term solution Rexx has to be the way to go. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:29:05 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Mike O'Connor wrote: > Ed Durrant wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to list all directories under a directory in size order. I >> have FM/2 which appears to have this feature but it never finishes >> building its index. >> >> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do this with FM/2 or if you >> know of a different tool that will do this. >> >> I am trying to reduce the size of a tree of directories so that the >> total size comes down small enough to fit on a standard DVD-R disk. >> >> Cheers/2 >> >> Ed. > Hi Ed, > > Sent you a private mail as I had included a graphic and a sample > output text file of >100KB. > > Regards, > Mike > > > Thanks got that and replied, but the dir sizes option of FM/2 that you suggest using is the part of FM/2 that just sits at "working" forever. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:55:23 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted > sizes etc. I could also check for duplicate copies of files in different > sub-directories at the same time. Ed, there is/was an excellent de-duplicator, I think... ERacer ? -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:59:57 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted > there is/was an excellent de-duplicator, I think... ERacer ? http://www.os2ezine dot com/v3n05/eracer.htm -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:39:49 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do this with FM/2 or if you > know of a different tool that will do this. I think... I have... used to have... ? a rexx script to backup to CDs... I thought it did something like that...? if I can find it... Ed, I'll email you several scripts I have from Marcus for zipping 700MB at a time to a CDR, I've never used them, but, that might be of use to you, perhaps -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:43:01 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Voytek Eymont wrote: > > > >> sizes etc. I could also check for duplicate copies of files in different >> sub-directories at the same time. >> > > Ed, > there is/was an excellent de-duplicator, I think... ERacer ? > > I cant find eracer on Hobbes but there are the following utilities, that might be good to try: dupfind finddup clone cleaner Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:46:56 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Voytek Eymont wrote: > > > >> there is/was an excellent de-duplicator, I think... ERacer ? >> > > http://www.os2ezine dot com/v3n05/eracer.htm > > > OK, got that one as well now - thanks - I'll try the various options out and see which is best - the OS2ezine appears to say that eRacer/2 is the fastest and catches most duplicates - we'll see. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 10 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:51:14 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Voytek Eymont wrote: > > > >> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do this with FM/2 or if you >> know of a different tool that will do this. >> > > I think... I have... used to have... ? a rexx script to backup to CDs... > I thought it did something like that...? > if I can find it... > > Ed, > > I'll email you several scripts I have from Marcus for zipping 700MB at a > time to a CDR, I've never used them, but, that might be of use to you, > perhaps > > > Thanks again, but for now I'll see how I get on with the varios tree listing and duplicate find options. If these don't work for me, I'll drop you a line, I guess it shouldn't be too difficult to take those rexx scripts and change them, but I don't want to zip the stuff going to the DVD (most of it is already zipped in any case) I just want a way to manage the size down to fit the available space. By being able to see which directories contain the most data, I have my prime targets to see if anything can go and in addition to that if I have a file appearing many times in the image file structure, I'll move it off into it's own "common" data sub directory and just keep one copy in the image that will be burnt to the data DVD. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 11 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:15:27 +0800 From: "Nicholas Lysaght" Subject: FIREFOX FILE ASSOCIATIONS Hi All. Have *finally* got around to updating Firefox to 2.0.0.17, but have found that I am not able to setup File Associations. Went to Tool > Options > File Types...Manage and opened the window to find that everything is greyed out. So, for instance, I can't use Warp Vision to view videos, or PM123 to listen to various sound formats. Amazingly, when I was using Firefox 1.8x, I could actually listen to ABC 720AM here in Perth....strangely enough, through Warp Vision, but she no works now :-) I bet there's something I missed. Any ideas, please? Regards NICK [attachments have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 12 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:23:10 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Ed Durrant wrote: > Mike O'Connor wrote: >> Ed Durrant wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I need to list all directories under a directory in size order. I >>> have FM/2 which appears to have this feature but it never finishes >>> building its index. >>> >>> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do this with FM/2 or if you >>> know of a different tool that will do this. >>> >>> I am trying to reduce the size of a tree of directories so that the >>> total size comes down small enough to fit on a standard DVD-R disk. >>> >>> Cheers/2 >>> >>> Ed. >> Hi Ed, >> >> Sent you a private mail as I had included a graphic and a sample >> output text file of >100KB. > Thanks got that and replied, but the dir sizes option of FM/2 that you > suggest using is the part of FM/2 that just sits at "working" forever. > > Cheers/2 Hi Ed, Just wondering two things. 1. what version of FM/2 are you using - the current 3.13 (September 2008) or an older one? 2. are you running dirsizes against your HDD master ori against your DVD? Regards, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 13 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:25:43 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Voytek Eymont wrote: > >> sizes etc. I could also check for duplicate copies of files in different >> sub-directories at the same time. > Ed, > there is/was an excellent de-duplicator, I think... ERacer ? Hi Voytek, Ed, Another good one is Clone250 by Edward Marsh, that I have. Regards, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 14 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:01:18 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Mike O'Connor wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Just wondering two things. > > 1. what version of FM/2 are you using - the current 3.13 (September > 2008) or an older one? > 2. are you running dirsizes against your HDD master ori against your DVD? > > Regards, > Mike Version 3.1 March 2008 - so I could try the newer version. I'm looking at the directories on the harddisk. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 15 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:24 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: How to use FM/2 to show directory sizes sorted Mike O'Connor wrote: > Voytek Eymont wrote: >> >>> sizes etc. I could also check for duplicate copies of files in >>> different >>> sub-directories at the same time. >> Ed, >> there is/was an excellent de-duplicator, I think... ERacer ? > Hi Voytek, Ed, > > Another good one is Clone250 by Edward Marsh, that I have. > > Regards, > Mike > Yes I downloaded clone250 from Hobbes this morning - hopefully I'll get around to testing these over the weekend. Cheers/2 Ed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------