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- TurboFIND Documentation TurboFIND
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- ■ INTRODUCTION
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- TurboFIND (TF) is a utility that allows you to find all occurrences of
- a file in all subdirectory of a specified disk. It is the fastest
- file finder I have seen so far, faster than FINDIT, WHEREIS, SEARCH
- and Peter Norton's File Find. For example, on my disk, where 1022
- files reside in 114 directories, it is able to find a file in 1.59
- seconds. (12Mhz AT, 25ms drive, Adaptec controller, 688 kb/sec
- transfer rate, no caching).
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-
- Files included in the TF77 archive:
-
- TF77.COM TurboFIND 8086 version
- TF77286.COM TurboFIND 80286 version
- TF77.DOC TurboFIND documentation (this file)
-
- Two versions of the program have been included. TF77 will run on any
- 8086 based machine, and TF77286 has been compiled with the 80286
- compiler switch set, making a smaller and faster executable that will
- run on any 80286/80386 machine, or any machine that has a V20/V30. You
- should rename the version you plan to use to something like TF, and
- delete the other one.
-
-
- ■ USAGE
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-
-
- To use the program, enter:
-
- TF <filespec> [switches]
-
- where:
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- - <filespec> is any valid DOS file specification, including
- wildcards, and drive specifier. If no filespec is specified,
- a help screen is displayed.
-
- - [switches] is only one of these, and is optional:
- - /D : Find and delete files. You will be asked for confirmation
- before deleting the files.
-
- - /L : Change directory where the first file found resides.
-
- - /S : Produce a short (as opposed to the default) display.
- A short display looks like this:
- C:\BIN\foobar.c
- C:\BIN\tf.c
- ...
- The default output looks like this:
- C:\BIN\
- foobar.c 256 bytes 1:09 am Tue Aug 9 88
- tf.c 17,300 bytes 2:25 am Mon Aug 8 88
- ...
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-
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- ■ EXAMPLES
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- tf ;display help screen.
-
- tf *.com ;find all COM files on the default drive, using
- ;default (long) output
-
- tf r*.bin /s ;find all files on the default drive matching r*.bin
- ;using short (/S) output
-
- tf budget.wk1 /l ;change directory where the first BUDGET.WK1 file is
- ;found.
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- tf *.bak /d ;find and delete all BAK files on the default drive.
- ;You WILL be asked for confirmation before deleting
- ;files. If a file you want to delete is read-only,
- ;you will be asked if you wish to delete it anyways.
-
- tf d:d??.txt ;find all files matching d??.txt on the d: drive.
- ;TF only works on high capacity disks and hard disks
- ;having 16-bit FAT tables. Support for 360k disks will
- ;be added in the next version.
-
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- ■ NOTICE
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- The TurboFIND program is NOT public domain. If you find it fast and
- useful, you are required to register it with the author. Registration
- is a whopping $5.00. This will get you updates as they are made
- available.
-
- You are authorized to distribute the program to friends, as long as
- all the files (documentation, READ.ME files (if any), and both COM
- files) are included and unmodified.
-
- You are NOT permitted to change the program or its documentation in
- any way.
-
- You may not bundle it with any other software or hardware.
-
- The C source code (TurboFIND is written in Turbo C 2.0 (**)) is
- available for $20.
-
- Send registrations, suggestions and bug reports to:
-
- Paul Giroux
- 81 Maisonneuve
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux (Quebec)
- CANADA H9B 1K5
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- CompuServe 72007,3677
- FidoNet 1:167/106.0
-
-
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- (**) Turbo C is a registered trademark of Borland International.
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