Sdir is a CMD.EXE's DIR command replacement. It is (supposed to be) 100% compatible with it. It adds custom coloration to outputs. It also fixes a minor but annoying misalignment when the /W option is used as well as an incorrect size display when using the /V option with large files (> 1GB). Finally, if the WPTOOLS library is present, it can display objects and links (also known as shadows).
In this typical sample, you can see that the alignment bug is fixed (REXXvio.zip is just under REXXvio.INF). Some coloration has been made, too. The outputs are otherwise identical.
(Files that have been modified in the last 30 days are highlighted. Directories are colored in green, .CMD files in cyan and .ZIP archives in yellow. If more than one coloration apply, and if they can be mixed, it is done so -- for example, REXXvio.test is a directory, and has been created less than 30 days ago, so it is both green and highlighted.)
The coloration is completely directed by environment variables.
Installing SDir is very simple: just copy SDIR.CMD somewhere along your PATH and REXXVIO.DLL somewhere along your LIBPATH.
If REXXVIO.DLL is currently in use, close ALL your OS/2 windowed or fullscreen sessions, and open a bare OS/2 windowed session (that is, one not starting CmdShl or Fl). You can then replace REXXVIO.DLL from this session.
If you were using a previous version of MLRXSHL, execute the following code from an OS/2 command prompt, to allow the new functions defined in REXXVIO to be registered:
rexxtry call VioDropFuncs
If you want to automatically use SDIR instead of DIR, you can add an alias, if your command shell processor recognizes them. For example, with CmdShl, use:
ALIAS dir=SDIR %*
You can also add your preferred coloration settings in your CONFIG.SYS. For example, mine contains:
REM Sdir Settings SET DIRCLR.ATTRIB=D:GREEN;H,S:ON RED;R:BLINK;L:BRIGHT BLUE SET DIRCLR.DATE=-30:BRIGHT SET DIRCLR.EXT=BAT,EXE,COM,CMD:CYAN;ZIP,JAR:YELLOW;INI:MAGENTA SET DIRCLR.NAME=PROFILE:MAGENTA
If you want to be able to display Workplace Shell objects, you have to install the WPTOOLS library somewhere along your LIBPATH. You can obtain this library in the wptool??.zip package by Henk Kelder. If you use an old OS/2 release that has no support for long files (i.e., files that are bigger than 2GB), overwrite REXXVIO.DLL with REXXVIO.OLD beforehand.
See the DIR command in the online reference manual.
Each element in a directory has a set of attributes attached to it:
By default, hidden and system elements are not displayed. To override this behavior, you can use the /a switch when calling SDir.
If the WPTOOLS library is present, SDir recognize two new attributes:
Real files and directories do not have those attributes set. Workplace Shell objects (and hence links too) are not displayed by default.
When in wide mode (i.e., when the /w switch is specified), directories are enclosed in square brackets and Workplace Shell objects in curly braces.
If you want to filter elements according to their attributes, use the /a option. To display the elements attributes, use the /v option. If you want to override the defaults, set the DIRCMD environment variable with the desired value.
Sdir recognizes the following environment variables:
DIRCLR.ATTRIB DIRCLR.DATE DIRCLR.EASIZE DIRCLR.EXT DIRCLR.NAME DIRCLR.NORMAL DIRCLR.SIZE DIRCLR.USEREXIT DIRCMD HELP.COMMAND HELP.SWITCHES
If one or more of those environment variables are not defined, the missing ones are silently ignored.
The last two environment variables are used to define an optional external help subsystem.
The order in which coloration is applied is the following:
An element of higher priority takes precedence over an element of lower priority. For example, if you specify a green background for directories and red background for recent entries, a directory will always have a green background, regardless of its last modification date.
The color specification is of the form:
[NORMAL] [BRIGHT] [BLINK] [color] [ON color]
color being one of: BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN or WHITE.
The case is not significant. Depending on your display type, specifying BLINK may result in either a blinking character or a high intensity background color.
NORMAL means neither BLINK nor BRIGHT white on black.
This environment variable specifies the coloration to be used if an entry attribute has been set.
SET DIRCLR.ATTRIB=attrib[,...]:color[;...]
attrib can be one of D, A, R, S, H, O or L. (Case is not significant.)
If an attribute is defined more than once, the last definition is used.
Example
SET DIRCLR.ATTRIB=D:green;H,S:ON RED;R:BLINK
Directories will be displayed in green, Hidden or System entries will be displayed on a red background, and read-only ones will be blinking (or, in a VIO Window, the background will be intensified).
The O and L attributes (Object and Link) are ignored if the WPTOOLS library is missing.
This environment variable specifies the coloration to be used depending of the entry's last modification date.
SET DIRCLR.DATE=[-+=]date:color[;...]
If date is a number, it specifies a number of day. Otherwise, it is a date in ISO format (yyyy/mm/dd).
If you have specified a number of day, a leading "-" selects files modified in the last date days. A leading "+" selects files that have not been modified in the last date days. A leading "=" only selects files modified exactly date days ago (it is not that useful :-) ).
If you have specified a date, a leading "-" selects files that have not been modified since date. A leading "+" selects files that have been modified since date. A leading "=" only selects files modified on date.
The first matching value is used. The evaluation order is from left to right.
Example
SET DIRCLR.DATE=-30:bright
A bright color will be used for files modified in the last 30 days.
Not implemented yet.
This environment variable specifies the color to be used depending on the entry extension.
SET DIRCLR.EXT=ext[,...]:color[;...]
ext is the extension (without the leading dot) to be colored. It is case insensitive. Jocker symbols ("*" and "?") are not allowed.
If an extension is specified more than once, the last specification is used.
Example
SET DIRCLR.EXT=BAT,EXE,COM,CMD:CYAN;ZIP:YELLOW
Files ending with either .BAT, .EXE, .COM or .CMD will be displayed in cyan while archive files ending with .ZIP will be in yellow.
This environment variable specifies the color to be used depending on the entry name.
SET DIRCLR.NAME=name[,...]:color[;...]
name is the name to be colored. It is case insensitive. Jocker symbols ("*" and "?") are not allowed. Neither are null ("") names.
If a name is specified more than once, the last specification is used.
The name of an entry is the part preceding the extension. For example:
foo --> foo bar.baz --> bar foo.bar.baz --> foo.bar
Example
SET DIRCLR.NAME=PROFILE:magenta
Files whose name is PROFILE will be in magenta.
This environment variable specifies the default color to be used for non-defined areas.
It defaults to NORMAL if not defined.
Not implemented yet.
Not implemented yet.
See the (inexistant :-) description of it in the online reference manual.
If this environment variable is defined, SDir will not use its build-in help messages. Instead, it will call the script/application defined by this variable.
For example, if HELP.COMMAND is defined as:
SET HELP.COMMAND=ECHO Help for
Issuing "SDIR /?" will give:
Help for SDIR /?
(In other words, the command is displayed back to the user.)
The syntax of the call is the following:
call %HELP.COMMAND% SDIR <args>
where <args> being the argument(s) given to the command by the user.
If this environment variable is defined, it contains a space-delimited list of switches used to obtain help from the command.
For example:
SET HELP.SWITCHES=/? -h
If this environment variable is not defined, SDir assumes "/?" as its value.
1.03.000 Mar 06 2002
--- New feature:
o added a new DIRCLR.NORMAL environment variable, for use if
the VIO session default color is not white on black.
1.02.000 Sep 14 2000
--- Bug fix:
o added a missing END statement in emit procedure.
1.01.000 Mar 02 2000
--- Bug fix:
o Huge sizes (>1E10) no longer uses scientific notation. Sizes
up to 2^64 now handled correctly.
o /w now displays file names when used in conjunction with /s.
1.00.000 Sep 13 1998
--- New feature:
o l and o option added for /a switch, to support WPS shadows
and objects. Those objets are handled as files with new
attributes (O and L for shadows, and O for objects).
0.99.000 May 11 1998
--- Bug fix:
o Incorrect display of disk label if it contains a space.
0.98.000 Dec 15 1997
--- Bug fix:
o lineCount, pause and height were not always exposed when
needed.
0.97.000 Dec 09 1997
--- New feature:
o Optional external help subsystem added (use HELP.COMMAND and
HELP.SWITCHES if defined).
0.96.000 Nov 26 1997
--- Bug fix:
o /o works like CMD.EXE's DIR when used in conjunction with /s.
0.95.000 Nov 23 1997
--- New feature:
o /p option added.
0.94.000 Nov 21 1997
--- Bug fixes:
o total size no longer displayed if /s is not specified.
o partial size correctly displayed when using more than one
specification in a given directory.
o abend when /w was used with multiple specifications in
different directories.
--- New feature:
o DIRCMD environment variable used if defined.
0.93.000 Jun 17 1997
--- Bug fix:
o /s now completely implemented.
0.92.000 May 31 1997
--- New feature:
o /v option added.
0.91.000 Mar 14 1997
--- Bug fix:
o full path is displayed when /b is used in conjunction with /s.
0.90.000 Sep 24 1996
--- First public release