Robert Bull wrote to Ken Hrynchuk on 04-27-03 18:25:
 
 BC>> CTREE181.ZIP      49,568  04-20-03    13:48:42    Crc32:910E4D4D
 BC>> CompTree v1.81 by Allan H›iberg
 
 KH> Compressing the .EXE with PKLITE 1.5 (other versions may work, too
 KH> (?)) will re-enable commandline recall via F3 (after all, who only
 KH> makes one copy of a floppy backup? ).
 
 RB> Sorry, I don't follow that.  Isn't F3 command-repeat a function of
 RB> DOS?
 
Yes, it is, and I've noticed that some of the newer DOS programs that
I've tried don't seen to support F3, anymore. Since PKLITE worked on the
above, I'm guessing there's 'something funny' about the way that the
newer code terminates, or loads (and/or a possible side-effect of
COMMAND.COM loading in the top of conventional memory).
 
 RB> I'd like CTREE to have the ability to show files present in the
 RB> target that aren't present in the source, but he already has that
 RB> on his list.  IIRC, a note on his Web site says he isn't actively
 RB> working on CTREE owing to pressure of other projects.  Another note
 RB> said "Coming soon, a Norton Commander clone."  I'd be quite happy
 RB> if people dissuaded him from wasting his time making another
 RB> NC-clone as plenty of good ones already exist, whereas CTREE-type
 RB> programs are much rarer, and ones that are Windows LFN- aware rarer
 RB> still.
 
That's for sure; I'm really sorry to hear that Allan's 'put it on the
back burner'. Maybe he's getting tired of trying to deal with LFN's (an
odious task, to say the least)? I would've liked to have seen an option
to report compare errors only, to the console. I might send him an
email, supporting the above stance, but I imagine he's already tired of
hearing from disappointed users.
 
 KH> I run the above to perform 'true floppy compares' in Win9x. I would
 KH> much prefer to disable the floppy caching in Win9x, but haven't found
 
 RB> Yes, it's a pain  :-(  Typical Windows, trying to be too clever.
 
And losing sight of the 'bigger picture', in the process (again,
typical). I don't do Win32 programming, but I would've thought that
there'd be a 'clear cache' or 'invalidate cache' type of call, to VCACHE
(or, something along those lines). If there was, I'd guess that writing
the program would be relatively easy.
 
   Ken
 
 
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