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| (to DFSee main page) | File | Edit | Actions | Image | Display | Scripts | Help | (to BASIC menu) |
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Select an item from the list to key Keyboard usage help for that module
This will present a list of Help-items on using the keyboard
inside various DFSee (or TxWindows) modules.
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Press <F1> again for more help; Some options may require switching to 'Expert mode'
One line descriptions for the generic commands that work in every mode
This will show the available commands that are generic, not
specific to the current mode or filesystem selected.
All these commands can be ecexuted from the DFSee commandline,
and most will give usage help when called with the '-?' option.
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One line descriptions for the current filesystem (mode) specific commands
This will show the extra commands that are available for the
curremt mode or filesystem (FDISK, HPFS, NTFS, FAT, JFS ...).
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Overview for all generic plus the current filesystem-specific sector types
This will display both the generic as well as the filesystem
specific sector-types that can be used in several commands
such as 'find'.
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Overview of common partition types recognized by DFSee, incl. symbolic names
This describes the most used partition types as recognized
and used within DFSee, both as numeric and symbolic values
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Help on script variables and constants, incl. DFSee specific host variables
This describes script variables, and some constant definitions
that are available
It also shows a brief explanation for the host-variables that
are available with advanced (native) scripting in DFSee
These variables give access to many DFSee internals ...
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Present list of builtin or loaded help-sections to select from, for reading.
This lest you select and view any of the loaded help sections
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Present help 'find' dialog to specify a phrase to search the help texts for.
This will start the help viewer and present you with a find
dialog where you can specify a search phrase to be looked for
in all the loaded help sections.
All search hits are presented as a list, and you can toggle back
and forth between the list and the actual helptext using <F8>
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Select a file with additional help information, and load it as help section.
Lets you load an additional textfile with help information. This can be DFSee supplied files, or your own (hints and tips) For best usability, you can number your seperate help-items as:
Install program update, download stable/experimental updates or DFSPUPPY.IMZ
This submenu allows you to download and install various kinds
of updates to the DFSee program, including the DFSPUPPY.IMZ
image that is required to create bootable USB sticks.
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Download the DFSPUPPY.IMZ imagefile, required to create a bootable USB stick
Download the DFSPUPPY.IMZ imagefile, required to create a bootable
Puppy Linux based USB stick from the Scripts menu.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
the (DFSee) version contained in, and the build date for the
DFSPUPPY image to download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a rather large download (about 300 MB)
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
http://dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Install a downloaded or copied 'dfsee_update.zip' from the install-directory
This will INSTALL a program update from the dfsee_update.zip
to be found in the the specific 'dfsee' directory on the
DFSPUPPY memory stick, or the 'Downloads' directory under the
designated HOME directory for other platforms.
This item requires the 'unzip' executable to be available.
Note that this action is performed automatically when using
one of the 'Get latest ... update' menu selections.
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Download the latest STABLE release to the install-directory, and INSTALL it
Download the dfsee_update.zip file, required to update the DFSee
program to a new (major or minor) officiaal/stable version.
The download will be to the specific 'dfsee' directory on the
DFSPUPPY memory stick, or to a 'Downloads' directory under the
designated HOME directory for other platforms.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
both the version of the currently running DFSee as the version
contained in the download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a medium size download (about 10 MB)
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
When the download completes successfully, the script will
automatically start an 'install program update' for this
download, when confirmed by the user.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
http://dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Press <F1> again for more help; Some options may require switching to 'Expert mode'
Download latest EXPERIMENTAL / BETA to the install-directory, and INSTALL it
Download the dfsee_update.zip file, required to update the DFSee
program to a new EXPERIMENTAL or BETA build made available on the
DFSee site, using the Help menu 'Install a program update' item.
The download will be to the specific 'dfsee' directory on the
DFSPUPPY memory stick, or to a 'Downloads' directory under the
designated HOME directory for other platforms.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
both the version of the currently running DFSee as the version
contained in the download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a medium size download (about 10 MB)
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
When the download completes successfully, the script will
automatically start an 'install program update' for this
download, when confirmed by the user.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
http://dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Press <F1> again for more help; Some options may require switching to 'Expert mode'
One line descriptions for switches that can be specified at startup of DFSee
This shows all the switches that can be used at startup of the
DFSee executable to modify some of its behaviour.
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Help on the DFSee application in general and the TxWin user interface
This explains the usage of the basic DFSee user-interface with
the command-entry field and the large text-output window.
It also directs you to the menu-related help.
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Show DFSee program version details and copyright notices for used components
This displays a popup with detailed information about the version
of the DFSee executable currently running, including some of the
used tools and subsystems
It will also identify the operating-system it is running on to
allow better interpretation of analysis logfiles.
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Download the complete menu-documentation as static HTML (24 Mb ZIP)
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Created by Jan van Wijk: Aug 2007, last update: 22-Mar-2018 |
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