Curtis Systems Software P.C. - CSSDIR OS/2 vs Win

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Comparison of CSSDIR OS/2/eComStation(eCS) versus Windows version:

The OS/2-eComStation and the Windows version are nearly identical in functionality.

differences and notes between platforms:

CSSDIR current version: OS/2-eComStation is 5.01, Windows is 3.21
CSSDIR OS/2-eComStation's version tested on:
Warp4 fp9, eCS: 1.03, 1.14, 1.2, 1.2R, 2.0RC4. Release Notes
CSSDIR Windows' version tested on:
NT sp6, 2000, 2000 pro, 2000 server, and XP. Release Notes
CSSDIR Lean system requirements details for all platforms.
setting CSSDIR's priority via /Py: only available in OS/2-eComStation
CSSMON use in Windows must spell out the full namedPipe
Shareware version only available in OS/2-eComStation.
Windows version currently does not support computing message digests, contact us on availability.
OS/2-eComstation can compute CRCs and messages digests on files that are 2 gigabytes or larger.
Windows version can detect 8 more file attribute types which exist in Windows filesystems
OS/2-eComStation lists EA sizes and PRO version can compute EA CRCs
OS/2-eComStation also have a GUI, for windows GUI contact us.
Due to the more varied market there are two levels of the windows version, see details.
Out of the box default setting for Virtual Memory (VM) limits on usage
(User may increase for specific huge invocations requests)
Windows is 100 megabyte
eComStation is 1 gigabyte
OS/2 Warp4 is up to 1 gigabyte (requires a fixpak applied for extended VM up to 2 gigabytes), otherwise the limit is its available private process memory, usually about 200-250meg.
The reason eComStation and some OS/2 versions have a higher default is because the OS VM implementation works as expected, no matter how many processes make use of it.
REXX bonus utilities cssrss.cmd and shortCuts: d.cmd, ds.cmd, dm.cmd, dsm.cmd
can only be used in Windows IF users installs REXX.
Util mode of CSSDIR only available in OS/2-eComStation.
currently this adds capability of changing a dir/file entry's lastWritten timeStamp
Pricing is different between platforms