

VOLumeCHECK 1986-1989 (C) andydecepida v3.0 áeta

Usage: VOLCHECK [switches] [options] [drive:[alarmLevel] ...] [*:alarmLevel]

The mutually exclusive SWITCHES are:
 none = (i.e., when no switches are specified [DEFAULT]) causes the display
        of the volume label, volume label's date/time stamp, total, used
        and available statistics for each participating system drive.
        Each statistic is displayed on one line and is expressed in bytes
        as well as a contextually appropriate collective unit.
    B = (Brief) displays total, used and available drive capacity (in bytes)
        statistics all on one line for each participating system drive.
    F = (Full) displays same information as the DEFAULT plus others that can be
        gleaned through "DOS" interrupts (the amount of information will depend
        on the "DOS" version you are using).
  ?|H = (Help) displays this text.



The OPTIONs available are:
   REMovable = when specified, will display information about drives
        on your system that handle removable media (e.g., floppies) as well.
        By default, VOLCHECK will exclude removable media in its report.
   NOPause = when specified, will disable paginated display.  By default,
        VOLCHECK will prompt the user every 24 lines of output or when the
        context permits.   NOTE:  It is superfluous to specify NOPause when 
        redirecting output since VOLCHECK suppresses pagination during STDOUT
        redirection.
   LOG = when specified, will cause VOLCHECK to display and record
        significant changes in available storage.  Up to 11 significant
        observations per drive are kept in a text file, called
        "VOLCHECK.LOG", on the drive's root directory.

On the command line, you can specify a particular drive or list of drives
  to participate in the report.  Be sure to include the ":" suffix for each
  drive specified.  By default, VOLCHECK will report on drives C: and upwards
  only, ignoring drives handling removable media.

An "alarmLevel" is an integer [0..100] that can be associated with any drive
  specifier.  The value you specify is compared with the percentage ratio
  of in-use to total storage for the drive (e.g., "C:80" specifies, for drive
  C:, an 80% tolerance which when reached/exceeded causes VolCheck to issue an
  audible and visual alarm).  Specifying "*:75" sets a 75% tolerance for all
  drives that participate in a given execution.



TAILORING your VOLCHECK:
  You can define the DOS environmental VOLCHECK with your preferred command
  line parameters as its value (SET VOLCHECK=yourParms).  When the VOLCHECK
  environmental is defined, you can still specify parameters on the command
  line with the following effects:

  þ  switches on the command-line will override any switches in
     the environmental;
  þ  drive designators and options on the command-line will be added to
     the environmental's value(s), if any.

This program has been released to the public domain by the author who can
be reached by E-Mail on:

      BIX [ajsdecepida] or Compuserve [72537,2630]
      Canada Remote Systems (416) 752-4150      Exec-PC (414) 964-5160
      Fargo RBBS (701) 451-0457      Programmer's Guild (416) 824-4731
      RoseMedia (416) 733-2285    Torus Support Network (416) 751-6337

If you prefer, direct queries, suggestions or complaints to the author:

   Andy J. S. Decepida
   416 Perth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA  M6P 3Y6  (416) 762-5202

If you will be distributing VOLCHECK 3.0, it is requested that you send out
the unaltered VOLCHECK.DOC, VOLCHECK.HLP and VOLCHECK.EXE.

                             ­­­DEATH TO VIRUSES!!!
