Comparison Of DOS 'DIR' Replacement Programs

                    1. DD v4.04 By Keith Cohen
                    2. HotDir Plus v7.3 By Robert Woeger
                    3. ColorDir v1.0 By Loren Blaney
                    4. Handy Directory v2.9 By James Walters
                    5. DD v1.42 By M. F. Oryl Jr.
                    6. ZDir v2.0 By Christopher Kirmse

                                           1   2   3   4   5   6
                                          --- --- --- --- --- ---
-Configurable File Size Separator......... *
-File Sizes Shown In Bytes/KBytes......... *
-1 Column Display......................... *   *       *   *   *
-2 Column Display......................... *   *   *       *   *
-3 Column Display......................... *                   *
-4 Column Display......................... *   *       *   *   *
-5 Column Display.........................                 *
-6 Column Display......................... *   *   *           *
-Auto-Determine Optimum # Of Columns...... *                   *
-Abort Listing At Any Pause Prompt........ *       *       *   *
-Advance Display One Line At Pause Prompt. *                   *
-File Names In Upper/Lower Case........... *           *
-Periods Before Extensions On/Off......... *                   *
-Justification Of File Names On/Off....... *
-Mulitple Date Formats.................... *
-12 Hour/24 Hour Time Option.............. *
-43/50 Line Support....................... *   *   *   *   *   *
-Auto-Detect Screen Length................ *       *   *   *   *
-Direct Screen Writes On/Off.............. *                   *
-Snow Checking On/Off..................... *
-Hidden Files On/Off...................... *           *   *   *
-System Files On/Off...................... *                   *
-ReadOnly Files On/Off.................... *                   *
-VolumeID Files On/Off.................... *                   *
-. & .. Sub-Dirs On/Off................... *                   *
-Re-Directable Output..................... *   *           *   *
-Filter Files By Attribute................ *
-Exclude Specifed FileSpec................                 *
-Maximum # FileSpecs Accepted............. 25  1   1   1   8   1
-Sub-Directories Sorted With Files........ *   *   *   *   *   *
-Sub-Directories Displayed Separate/First. *           *       *
-Sub-Directories Displayed Separate/Last.. *                   *
-"No Sorting" Option...................... *   *       *   *   *
-Sort Files By File Name.................. *   *   *   *   *   *
-Sort Files By Extension.................. *   *   *   *   *   *
-Sort Files By Size....................... *   *   *   *   *   *
-Sort Files By Date/Time.................. *   *   *   *   *   *
-Ascending/Descending Sort Order.......... *               *   *
-Maximum # Of Sort Fields ................ 2   1   1   1   1   4
-Up/Down Ordering......................... *   *   *   *   *   *
-Left/Right Ordering...................... *   *           *   *
-Configurable Border Type................. *
-Configurable Program Colors.............. *   *       *   *   *
-Maximum # Configurable File Types........ 36  20  0   50  0   50
-Entire Entry In File Type Color.......... *                   *
-User Chosen File Types................... *                   *


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