History
V1.00 01-AUG-'92 First release of EDIR.
Recognizes : PCX, MIF, GIF, ILBM/IFF, EPSF,
WP, BMP, EXE.
02-AUG-'92 Added : LZEXE, TIFF, ARJ, PKZIP, PAK/ARC,
LZH, GRP, RIFF Wave.
V1.06 07-AUG-'92 Straightened the code out a bit and added
a very simple help screen (EDIR /?).
09-AUG-'92 Small bug in PCX file recognition corrected
(16 colors PCX file was seen as 256 colors
PCX file).
19-AUG-'92 Added SB .VOC files.
V1.07 30-AUG-'92 The "could not EDIR another sub-dir in a
sub-dir" bug fixed.
03-SEP-'92 Added JPEG recognition.
05-SEP-'92 Added Windows RLE & DrHalo PAL recognition.
Added PCX and ILBM/IFF resolution and
colors info, IFF Anim (and info) and
Anim-brush.
Fixed problem with finding files like *.XXX
or something like this.
V1.10 08-SEP-'92 Added /P (Pause after page) option.
Fixed problem with reading file like
XXXXXXXX.* or something like this.
09-SEP-'92 Added an Turbo C routine for calculating
the X and Y coords for GIF pictures.
Added .BGI and .CHR recognition.
21-SEP-'92 Added Executable Fonts from Michael J.
Mefford's FontEdit.
25-SEP-'92 Added "version need to extract" for .ZIP
archives.
V1.14 02-OCT-'92 Added FLIC animation from Autodesk Animator
with frame info.
04-OCT-'92 Added AutoCAD DWG files.
25-OCT-'92 Added Microsoft Publisher files.
30-OCT-'92 Added JPEG JFIF standard.
Changed PCX recognition.
31-OCT-'92 Added ROL files.
10-NOV-'92 Added TPU files.
V1.15 14-NOV-'92 Fixed problems with *.* and HELP92??.TXT
and so on. Rewrote the 'search-directory'
part of the program.
Fixed GIFXXX color problem.
30-NOV-'92 Added non-expanded Microsoft compressed
file recognition.
V1.16 02-DEC-'92 Added Colorsyntax (/C option). Some files
can now easily recognized by their color.
The Colorsyntax checks only the extension
of a file.
V1.17 06-JAN-'93 Added subdirectories search (/S option).
Added File attribute display and volume
label.
V1.18 07-JAN-'93 Added Quick option (/Q).
Fixed some little bugs.
Changed Month display in '01' instead of
'Jan'.
09-JAN-'93 Fixed Read-only bug.
Changed "Press [ENTER]" to "Press any key".
16-JAN-'93 Added CMF, MID and ORG file recognition.
V1.19 31-JAN-'93 Added /Y American-style date display.
Displays volume name without that stupid dot.
28-FEB-'93 Added HPACK, HYPER and SQZ archive recognition.
02-MRT-'93 Added ADEX, Erdas and Jovian IV image formats
and optimized some routines.
16-MRT-'93 Added some new OS fields to ARJ recognition.
V1.21 23-APR-'93 Added MPEG recognition and registration key
functions.
24-APR-'93 Final fix for registration functions.
27-MAY-'93 Added the options to the doc file.
20-JUN-'93 Added DIET compressed EXEs recognition.
V1.22 31-JUL-'93 Added .WRK and .MTS recognition and more
MIDI and MIF info.
30-AUG-'93 Added Imagine Raytrace IFF picture, newer
EPSF versions and IFF 16.7M colors
recognition.
01-SEP-'93 Added AR7 archive recognition.
02-SEP-'93 Added Autologic and Sun Raster files
recognition.
V1.23 03-SEP-'93 Added Alpha BMP, Silicon Graphics and
ColorRIX file recognition.
I made the Read-Ahead buffer bigger.
10-SEP-'93 Added AVI recognition.
08-OCT-'93 Added LHWARP Disk-Image recognition.
09-OCT-'93 Added RTF, MS Word, WordStar and DiskDupe
file recognition. Added more WP info.
V1.24 10-OCT-'93 Added Heuristic scan.
30-NOV-'93 Added more PCB Dir information.
04-DEC-'93 Added AMF recogition.
V1.25 14-DEC-'93 Added ARJ archive version recognition.
Notice : archives created with ARJ 2.10,
2.20, 2.21 and 2.22 are recognized as
ARJ 2.00 archives!
29-DEC-'93 Added GWSWIN Thumbnail recognition.
03-JAN-'94 Added Windows .EXE recognition.
V1.26 04-JAN-'94 Added QuickTime files and System device
driver (.SYS) recognition.
Added environment variable.
V1.27 08-FEB-'94 Added MultiTracker Module (MTM) and .669
module recognition. Added auto date format
recognition.
02-MRT-'94 Added more JPEG information.
V1.28 05-MRT-'94 Added more WP information and ARJ & LHA SFX.
V1.29 15-MRT-'94 Added C64S tape file and HAP archive
recognition.
Added new option (/O) to redirect output.
Fixed some small 'BEAUTY' bugs.
23-MRT-'94 Added .VOC KHZ information and REGISTER.NL
02-APR-'94 Changed maximum dir size from 512 to 1024.
V1.30 02-MAY-'94 Added Internet Email address.
13-MAY-'94 Changed detection JPEG routine.
21-MAY-'94 Added more .WPG information.
V1.31 25-MAY-'94 Changed PAK/ARC and JPEG detection. Added MPEG
resolution information and True Type font
recognition.
V1.32 23-JUN-'94 Added more .WAV information, Norton Guide,
UltraCompressor, S3M, STM, STS & MOD
recognition.
Straightened the code out a bit.
08-JUL-'94 Added beter MPEG recognition.
14-JUL-'94 Corrected some recognition problems.
V1.33 18-JUL-'94 Added ADPCM, PBM, PPM and PGM recognition.
29-JUL-'94 Fixed 'Error reading file' bug.
V1.34 30-JUL-'94 Added IMG, WKS, WK1, WQ1 and WAD recognition.
V1.35 08-SEP-'94 Removed /C (color-syntax) and /O (output)
option. EDIR now uses standard DOS redirectable
output (EDIR > TEST.TXT).
Added more Hyper information, RAR and TGA
recognition.
V1.36 17-SEP-'94 Added .KFX, .MSP, .CAL, .WMF, .DRW and .DXF
recognition.
25-SEP-'94 Added PKZIP & RAR SFX, PGMPAK .EXE and
Crush archive recognition.
23-OKT-'94 Fixed some bugs and added ProPack, Stirling,
.AU and .TD0 recognition.
02-JAN-'95 Added Extended Module format recognition.
21-JAN-'95 Added NU Diskreet encrypted file recognition.
V1.37 25-FEB-'95 Added HD-Copy disk image and NLM recognition.
Fixed some recognition problems.
25-APR-'95 Added Quantum archive recognition.
V1.38 03-Jun-'95 New Internet Email address & WWW Home Page.
V1.50 05-Jun-'95 New sorting routines with more options and
better attribute handling routines.
Word 6.0 and Excel 5.0 file recognition.
20-Sep-'95 Added PNG recognition.
V1.51 08-Oct-'95 Straightened the code out a bit.