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>      To change default settings, select
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties</B
> command in
      <B
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>Settings</B
> menu. This launches the
      <SPAN
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><A
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>The <TT
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><B
>Invoke sync before getting usage
    info</B
></TT
> check box ensures
    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDiskFree</TT
> has the most up-to-date data
    when its display is updated. Under normal operating conditions,
    the kernel doesn't
    always immediately write file data to the disks, storing it in a
    memory buffer and then periodically writing to the disks
    to speed up operations. Checking this box forces the kernel to
    update the disk files before GDiskFree's display is updated, ensuring
    up-to-date information. This comes at the cost of slightly slower
    performance.</P
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>Checking the <TT
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><B
>Show drive mount points</B
></TT
>
    check box displays the mount point beneath each drive. This is the
    equivalent of the directory in your file system in which the
    disk's contents appear.</P
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><TT
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><B
>Dial Orientation</B
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> can be used to change
    the appearance of <TT
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>GDiskFree's</TT
> display,
    either lining the dials up horizontally or stacking them vertically.</P
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><TT
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><B
>Update interval</B
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> determines the time, in
    seconds, between <TT
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>GDiskFree</TT
>
    updates. Change the number by left-clicking with your mouse on the
    slider bar and sliding it to the left or right. The update
    interval, in seconds, displays above the slider bar.</P
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>Setting this to 1 second is probably a bad idea, as your
	  computer will spend a substantial portion of its time and energy
	  updating <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDiskFree</TT
> instead of doing
	  real work.</P
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>You can also control the size and positioning of
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDiskFree</TT
> when launching it from the
      command line with the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>geometry</B
> command line
      option. <B
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>gdiskfree --geometry 200x300+30+50</B
>,
      for example, will create a <TT
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>GDiskFree</TT
>
      window 200 pixels wide and 300 pixels high, with its top left
      corner located 30 pixels horizontally and 50 pixels vertically
      from the top left corner of your screen.</P
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