README File for IDE Diskinfo (diskinfo) program for Linux 2.2.6 - 2.2.14
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Diskinfo gathers information about IDE disks from /proc/ide/ide* and prints it in a nice format to the screen.

INSTALLATION
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I built diskinfo with all users in mind, simply:

	'tar -xzf diskinfo-X.X.tar.gz'
 	'cd diskinfo-X.X'
	'make'

the binary executable 'diskinfo' will be in the distribution directory.

to install, su to root and do:

	'make install'

to remove:

	'make uninstall'

NOTES
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Currently diskinfo works with Linux kernel 2.2.6 to 2.2.14. I do not know about any of the 2.3.X series, however, when the time comes I wholly intend on upgrading it if need be.

Also the man page blows so I included a usage section here:

CHANGES
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1.1 - 1.2
			* Made the file and directory handles somewhat dynamic
			* Checked for directories before getting and printing 
1.2 - 1.3
			* Built dynamic data structures to store information and 
			  print it all out at once in one location instead of
			  haphazardly
			* Switched data structures to pointer based structures
			* Broke out the program into several files (see FILES)
1.3 - 1.4
			* Changed the Code to be Objective C (nothing more than
			  moving stuff around a bit)
			* Updated contact information
1.4 - 1.5
			* Removed excessive typesetting stuff from code
			* Stopped using arbitrary string lengths (okay they
			  were estimations) and now use OS LINE_MAX macro
1.5 - 1.6
			* removed the use of OS LINE_MAX macro apparently not
			  many people have the header file.
1.6 - 1.7
			* removed the directory check, if the file handle
                          is not there, the structure simply remains empty
			* removed dynamic string allocation and replaced
			  with an indexed array
			* added system install/uninstall to make (upon request)
			* added version print option
			* added minihelper
			* updated man page documentation with
			  new options and also cleaned up the man page
1.7 - 1.8
			* updated contacted info
			* updated Makefile
1.8 - 1.9 
			* Minor formatting changes


TODO
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1.8 and 1.9 wil mostly be trimming and any possible efficiency changes 
that can be done. I don't see much there really. 2.0 will be an effort
to make diskinfo more dynamic internally. right now it has hard coded 
filehandles (a lot of them) and instantiates 8 empty data structures
upon startup. so the primary goals from 2.X+ will be:
	- get to procfs without using such a large array
	- true dynamic structures

1.8 and 1.9 will also remove brain deadisms (e.g calling file pointers 
different names in different functions is - well dumb)


USAGE
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Simple, currently you can have the following devices on IDE bus systems:

	'/dev/hda - /dev/hdh'

Simply type diskinfo <devname> for example:

	'diskinfo /dev/hda'

Multiple disks may be included like so:

	'diskinfo /dev/hda /dev/hdd . . .'

MAINTAINER
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Jay Fink
WWW Home: systhread.net
Email: jay.fink@gmail.com

LICENSE STYLE
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GNU/GPL (see COPYING)