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Started by Eric Layton
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 20:32
.fastdir file
Author: Eric Layton
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 20:32
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 20:32
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What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? What does it do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created? -- Eric elayton@zapotec.math.byu.edu
Re: .fastdir file
Author: J. Sadler
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:22
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:22
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: -- Eric elayton@zapotec.math.byu.edu asks... : What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? : What does it do, how does it do it, and : how is such a .fastdir created? the fastdir contains a record of all the 'stuff' on disk/hd ect.. ie the 'dir', it keeps this record handy for the computer and other progs ie the 'fast' ... we get fastdir as for it doing something it just sits there and gets read and written to by the system. there's a bit on it, jeff sadler
Re: .fastdir file
Author: Ian Ferris
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 06:39
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 06:39
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Eric Layton (elayton@zola.math.byu.edu) wrote: : What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? What does it : do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created? : -- Eric elayton@zapotec.math.byu.edu I have seen this file created by a few programs which provide a graphical interface to the CLI; unfortunately the only name of such a program which comes to mind is "CLI Wizard" which came with my Amiga 2000 when I bought it in 1989 (so most people probably won't have heard of it). I believe that what it does is store a list of files in the directory the first time you ask the program to list the directory; then when you ask again it just prints out the list from the .fastdir file. (This sort of program usually has an "update directory list" command.) I don't know if there's anything "special" about creating such a list, other than figuring out how to use dos.library calls, which are not very well documented in the Commodore manuals.
Re: .fastdir file
Author: Jaspal Singh
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 17:24
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 17:24
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Eric Layton (elayton@zola.math.byu.edu) wrote: : What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? What does it : do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created? : : -- Eric elayton@zapotec.math.byu.edu Wow, you aren't using CLImate by any chance are you? No you can't be. Impossible. CLImate was (is?) an ancient file/directory utility like Directory Opus. It created the .fastdir files which were a list of all files in that directory. So when every you did a directory listing, all it did was read the .fastdir. In the old days of floppis it made quiet a speed up. Now I could be wrong, but I don't think so. -Jas -- .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. !Email Jas@phalanx.demon.co.uk (ACME Chickens) ! !Midges T-Shirt saying : The only person to ever enter Parliament with ! ! : honest intensions was Guy Fawkes ! `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
Re: .fastdir file
Author: J. Sadler
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 21:17
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 21:17
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: Eric Layton (elayton@zola.math.byu.edu) wrote: : : What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? What does it : : do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created? -Jas responded ... : Wow, you aren't using CLImate by any chance are you? No you can't be. : Impossible. CLImate was (is?) an ancient file/directory utility like : Directory Opus. : It created the .fastdir files which were a list of all files in that : directory. So when every you did a directory listing, all it did was read : the .fastdir. In the old days of floppis it made quiet a speed up. : Now I could be wrong, but I don't think so. Yep your spot on there, CLImate does make a such list, and it does speed up the dir loading process. as for CLImate being past/present i'd say past (i got from a backup system from when A500's were new so it's definatly ancient)
Re: .fastdir file
Author: G.Nath
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 14:11
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 14:11
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elayton@zola.math.byu.edu (Eric Layton) writes: >What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? What does it >do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created? . fastdir was created by a program called "CLI-Mate", (although i don`t know if it was a standard and used by others too) it is really ancient and i think it contains the directory listing of the drive/dir it is in. When a disk is inserted instead of scanning the whole disk the .fastdir file was used. It really helped speed up lists on the OFS system. It is pretty obsolete now i think, how old is your disk ? GVN -- "Then the willows must scuttle carefully" - Embassador Kosh, B5
Re: .fastdir file
Author: Slick_rk
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 08:18
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 08:18
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G.Nath (cm6700@ccub.wlv.ac.uk) wrote: : elayton@zola.math.byu.edu (Eric Layton) writes: : : >What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories? What does it : >do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created? : : . fastdir was created by a program called "CLI-Mate", : (although i don`t know if it was a standard and used by others : too) it is really ancient and i think it contains the directory : listing of the drive/dir it is in. When a disk is inserted instead : of scanning the whole disk the .fastdir file was used. It really : helped speed up lists on the OFS system. : .fastdir is a feature as mentioned from Climate. Desinged to work in the 1.2 OS. I have found it can create checksum errors sometimes so it is best to remove it. The Climate disk also comes with a program that when ran will check all directories and delete the .fastdir file. If you were using Climate and the disk had several files having it made things lots faster, but again I found that it came with a price. I still use Cli-Mate occasionaly, I have found it is one of the best file copiers/image viewers in the 1.2-1.3 OS system. Grant you that moving to a 2.+ system opens a whole new world of possibilities. -- Amiga/ / slick_rk@xmission.com 500 / / Rick Kelley \ \/ / 2836 Lincoln Ave. #3 \/\/ Ogden, UT 84401 -------------------------------------------- Member of "Team AMIGA" --------------------------------------------
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