From my website. You can also download a few help programs and files. I use Directory Opus 4.
WHAT IS DIRECTORY OPUS ?
One of the questions I seem to get asked by newcomers to the Amiga scene is just what is this program called Directory Opus. I have to reply that I would find using my Amiga pretty impossible without Dopus. With Dopus you can file manage your whole system and find, move and copy files at the drop of a hat. Also its very useful for launching applications and viewing files such as pictures and text documents.
I find Dopus invaluable when it comes to creating folders, checking system files and checking the status of files in terms of size and date of entry, particulary after file changes and installs.
There is really very little Dopus can`t do.
I will now refer to CUAmiga which had copies of Dopus4 in their issue for Feb 1995.
THE BUTTONS:
ALL: Selects all drawers and files in thesource window - saving you time.
NONE: Deselects all selected files in thesource window.
PARENT: Moves back to the previous drawer you were in.
ROOT: Moves back to the root directory.
COPY: Highlight one or more files in the source window, click on copy and the file(s)
will be copied to the destination.
MOVE: Just like Copy, except the file(s) in the source window are deleted after after
the copy operation.
RENAME: Click on one or more files and then on this button and you`ll be asked to enter
new file names.
DELETE: Highlight files and drawers and click here to delete them. WARNING. You can`t get these back once you have deleted them.
MAKEDIR: Prompts you for a name and then creates a drawer with that name in the source window.
ASSIGN: To be covered in next TUTORIAL
CHECKFIT: Adds up the sizes of all selected FILES/
DRAWERS and sees if they will fit on the drive in the destination window. The result is displayed in the status bar.
GETSIZES: Similar to Checkfit but a quicker approximation.
HUNT: search the selected files and drawers in the source window for a given file name.
SEARCH: Scan through the files and drawers selected for a given file name.
RUN: Executes the selected programs. You`ll be asked to enter parameters, see the individual manual for details of these perameters.
DATESTAMP: Changes the date stamp of the selected files to that entered. For the current date press the space bar and then return.
PROTECT: To be covered next TUTORIAL.
ICONINFO: Changes icon perameters, similar to that given in the REQUESTER when you click on
INFO menu on the WORKBENCH.
ARC EXTRACT: Extracts files from compressed `LHA` archives to the destination path. LHA is a common compression system used by Public Domain software
and BBS systems. Not available on 1.3 Amigas.
ENCRYPT: Adds or removes password protection files. Select a file, click on this and enter password, now you can only access it if you know the password.
To remove the password click on this button and
enter the password with a minus symbol `-` at the front of the password.
READ: Displays the selected TEXT files.
HEX READ: Displays a file using the HEX numbering system, probably only useful to programmers.
SHOW: Displays an IFF, Animation, icon or font file.
PLAY: Highlight an 8SVX sound file and click on this button to hear it.
PRINT: Print
PATH NAMES: These two allow you to type in PATH names rather than clicking on drawers - if you know the full path name this can save you a lot of time.
HELP: Directory Opus has a comprehensive built in help facility. To use this press `HELP` on the keyboard and then click any part on the program, a help screen will then be displayed. You can keep on clicking on things to get help until you press `HELP` again.
Directory Opus: Dopus Library v22.6
Copywright 1990-94 Jonathan Potter
Compiled on Oct 31st 1994.
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