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Can't get descriptions to work

Apr
13
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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]
 
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.
 
They really don't seem to be working. DESCRIBE makes a data stream but donsn't put anything in it.

Code:
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
 
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.

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