Can't get descriptions to work

[Tim Rowe]

How do I get descriptions to show in TakeCommand?

I'm trying this - no description shown with dir /Z

D:\Users\Tim\programming\beginning-elm\src]describe Playground.elm
Describe "D:\Users\Tim\programming\beginning-elm\src\Playground.elm" : Dummy

[D:\Users\Tim\programming\beginning-elm\src]dir /Z

Volume in drive D is Storage Serial number is 5ee5:8bc3
Directory of D:\Users\Tim\programming\beginning-elm\src\*

. <DIR> 2021-01-30 22:41
.. <DIR> 2021-01-30 22:41
HomePage.elm 593 2021-01-26 21:40
Playground.→ 1162 2021-01-30 21:23
RippleCarry→ 2787 2021-01-29 02:35
4,542 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 12,288 bytes allocated
420,804,902,912 bytes free

[D:\Users\Tim\programming\beginning-elm\src]

 

[Charles Dye]

DIR /Z is correct.

Do the files listed actually have file descriptions? Try DIR /A and see whether there is a file DESCRIPT.ION in the directory.

 

[Tim Rowe]

No, but I've got NTFS descriptors turned on.

 

[vefatica]

They really don't seem to be working. DESCRIBE makes a data stream but donsn't put anything in it.

v:\> d /: sav*
2021-01-02  22:39           2,288  savedcommands.txt

v:\> describe savedcommands.txt /D"saved commands"

v:\> d /: sav*
2021-01-02  22:39           2,288  savedcommands.txt
                                0    {4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA

v:\> d /z sav*
savedcomman→      2288  2021-01-02 22:39

 

[vefatica]

I had to go back to v25 to get any descriptions. And now (having given ONE DESCRIBE command, I see this which is inaccurate in v25. In v27 I see no descriptions at all.

v:\> describe savedcommands.txt
Describe "V:\savedcommands.txt" : saved commands

v:\> d /: sav*
2021-01-30  21:29           2,288  savedcommands.txt
                              128    SummaryInformation:$DATA
                                0    {4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA

v:\> d /z
7ztest       <DIR>      2020-04-08 21:47
btm-archive  <DIR>      2019-10-12 11:22
compresstes→ <DIR>      2020-10-17 17:38
conemudist   <DIR>      2021-01-12 13:23
empty        <DIR>      2020-11-01 14:32
en-us        <DIR>      2020-12-30 16:49
help26       <DIR>      2020-08-09 15:50
hold         <DIR>      2020-09-17 10:25
ipreg        <DIR>      2020-01-28 14:10
nation-puzz→ <DIR>      2020-05-18 12:16
new          <DIR>      2020-03-26 15:34
perms        <DIR>      2020-03-14 16:06
plugins      <DIR>      2020-02-15 15:17
System Volu→ <DIR>      2019-06-24 13:58 saved commands
test         <DIR>      2020-07-29 16:49 saved commands
tweakstuff   <DIR>      2019-11-07 15:19 saved commands
128-255.bin        128  2020-02-02 11:26
128-255.txt        128  2020-02-02 11:26
age2dhms.btm       443  2019-10-03 11:34
arrayavg.btm       465  2020-12-17 11:23
avecpu.btm         422  2020-12-24 23:57
base64.btm         919  2020-12-30 21:47
bcopy.btm          324  2020-12-09 21:58
blueslice.b→       163  2021-01-13 17:56
btms.zip         26196  2020-12-05 14:00
bugs.txt           246  2020-11-13 20:57
calendars.b→       370  2020-11-18 14:41
coupon.btm         675  2020-11-30 22:03
coupon2.btm        448  2020-11-30 22:00
dechex.btm         951  2020-12-21 17:04
doverb.ps1         138  2020-07-22 10:34
echo                 0  2021-01-28 16:56
embedtest.b→       851  2021-01-01 12:26
fact0s.btm         185  2019-11-10 15:13
factorial.b→       125  2020-12-24 15:59
fm.btm             297  2020-11-19 17:39
fwritebtest→       383  2020-11-29 12:31
fwritebtest→     16384  2020-11-29 12:45
helloshare.→        50  2019-07-16 07:50
iconshow.btm       400  2020-11-01 13:23
initarray.b→      1750  2020-12-04 13:14
killers.btm        941  2021-01-12 23:27
killers.log     367401  2021-01-30 02:52
kisses.txt         917  2020-01-06 21:53
lastproject→       486  2020-08-03 15:15
lotsacolors→       508  2021-01-15 18:14
ms-settings→      9684  2020-08-26 13:47
nstat.btm          739  2020-10-04 11:44
OpenConsole→   1106944  2021-01-28 13:05
perf2dhms.b→       602  2019-10-03 11:59
permute.btm        286  2020-03-25 16:52
randomcolor→       380  2021-01-13 13:47
routable.btm       558  2020-12-30 12:47
savedcomman→      2288  2021-01-30 21:29 saved commands
servicescon→     24712  2020-12-15 11:19 saved commands
sortarray.b→       241  2020-11-24 23:54 saved commands
spectrum.btm       182  2021-01-13 17:09 saved commands
stoppers.btm       817  2021-01-29 12:36 saved commands
sv.btm            4798  2020-12-24 16:30 saved commands
sv.txt            1540  2020-11-12 12:48 saved commands
svccleanup.→      1762  2020-08-28 00:10 saved commands
svccleanup.→    677340  2020-09-20 13:50 saved commands
svcmon.btm         948  2020-03-12 16:07 saved commands
test.vbs           635  2021-01-11 12:37 saved commands
test.vhd      10486272  2021-01-27 15:50 saved commands
testscript.r        15  2021-01-24 21:51 saved commands
timecheck.b→      2286  2021-01-26 16:09 saved commands
timecheck2.→      1410  2020-02-16 11:35 saved commands
timecheckex→      1107  2020-06-18 09:57 saved commands
timecheckex→      1107  2020-06-18 09:57 saved commands
tl.btm            4958  2021-01-09 14:17 saved commands
todec.btm          564  2019-07-29 22:56 saved commands
tohex.btm          363  2019-07-28 21:38 saved commands
twinkle.btm        249  2020-09-15 13:02 saved commands
twinkle2.btm       402  2020-11-26 23:20 saved commands
uline.bat           73  2021-01-12 11:28 saved commands
v27key.txt          57  2020-12-11 20:54 saved commands
v27keys.txt         95  2020-11-26 14:14 saved commands
va_list.txt        547  2020-02-05 10:40 saved commands
vbeeb.zip        65513  2021-01-27 17:21 saved commands
vbeep.cpp         1541  2021-01-27 17:19 saved commands
vbeep.exe       121344  2021-01-27 16:33 saved commands
w32tmparams→      1961  2020-10-01 20:15 saved commands
w32tmweight→      1467  2020-03-17 22:29 saved commands
winhttpmoni→       318  2021-01-09 12:44 saved commands
wmi-c-sampl→      2336  2020-10-08 14:14 saved commands
wmi-cpp-sam→      5804  2020-10-08 14:16 saved commands
wmips.btm         4699  2020-12-19 14:20 saved commands
xavtemp.btm       1764  2021-01-12 22:43 saved commands
zscore.btm         292  2020-12-27 22:32 saved commands

 

[Alpengreis]

Yup, same problem here!

 

[w_krieger]

It can also depend on how the discriptions are entered, I have the occasional problems with long file names and descriptions, if you edit them with 4desc.

 

[Tim Rowe]

Hmm. I was just trialling the software, and it doesn't look worth buying if features are left broken for so long.

 

[Alpengreis]

It's already fixed in version 27.0.19 from Feb 3, 2021 ...

 

[Tim Rowe]

It's already fixed in version 27.0.19 from Feb 3, 2021 ...

"Already" seems quite generous for something that seems to have failed at v25 and not been fixed until v27.0.19 :) Still, yes, it does seem to work now.

Does it actually put the description into one of the NTFS properties I can see in things like Windows File Manager? Now, that *would* be worth the admission fee...

 

[Alpengreis]

Hi Tim

Oh, okay, didn't know that (since v25) ... uhhh, sorry about that and thanks for clarification!