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WHERES - File Find Utility v2.61
(c) Steven Kerr, 1993
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WHERES is distributed as freeware, whch means that you can use it
without charge, but sole ownership and copyright is retained by the
author.
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Thanks for taking the time to try WHERES! It's a small utility for
finding files on your hard drive. The idea behind it is that it's both
simple to use and as fast as I could make it.
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The syntax for WHERES is as follows :-
WHERES Filename -Exclude /P /TString
The parameters can be in any order except Filename, which must be first.
I'll go through each of the parameters in turn.
Filename :-
You can tell WHERES which file(s) to search for in several different
ways.
1) Filename.Ext : For example, READ.ME
2) *.Ext : For example, *.ME
3) Filename.* : For example, READ.*
In example 2, you can leave out the * wildcard and in example 3 you
can leave out the .* wildcard. WHERES will add both automatically.
4) Filename. : For example, README.
Use the method shown in example 4 to search for files without extensions.
Note the trailing period.
-Exclude :-
Use this parameter to stop WHERES from searching certain drives. This
option is useful if you have network or CD-ROM drives on your system
which you wouldn't normally want to search.
You can exclude as many drives as you wish, just by adding more
-Exclude parameters. For example, to exclude drives F: and G: from
the search, add -F -G to the command line.
/P :-
This parameter enables page pausing. This means that after a certain
number of files have been found (usually 1 less than the number of
lines you have your screen set to) a message will be displayed at the
bottom :-
■ Hit a key for the next page or press Esc to abort...
Giving you time to either look at the files that have been found or
abort the search. It's useful to be able to abort the search when
WHERES is paused because on a powerful computer, it can be difficult
to hit a key fast enough between pauses to abort the search.
Note : WHERES' page pausing adusts automatically to whatever screen
length you use.
/TString :-
This parameter will search each of the files found for the word
String and only display them if it is found. For example, to search
each file found for the word help, you would include /Thelp on the
command line.
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An example of using WHERES is to search for WHERES.DOC, which you're
reading now. Assume, for example, that all you know about the file is
that it has a .DOC extension. The command line could be :-
WHERES .DOC -E -F /P /TWheres
┬── ┬─ ┬─ ┬─ ┬───────
1 ──────┘ │ │ │ │
2 ──────────┘ │ │ │
3 ─────────────┘ │ │
4 ────────────────┘ │
5 ───────────────────┘
1) Search for *.DOC (WHERES adds the wildcard automatically).
2) Exclude drive E: from the search. For example a CD-ROM drive.
3) Exclude drive F: from the search. For example a network drive.
4) Enable page pausing in case lots of files are found.
5) Search for the word Wheres in each file found.
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Error Messages :-
There are none! Anything WHERES finds that it doesn't understand, it
ignores. This may seem a touch irresponsible at first, but as WHERES
doesn't actually modify any files on your hard disk at all, the only
possible problem is that it might not do exactly as you wanted.
For example, if you type :-
WHERES -F -G /P *.TXT
WHERES will search your hard disk(s) for the file '-F'. The
solution is to abort and make sure the filename parameter comes
first.
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To see a brief help screen summarizing the above, run WHERES without
any command line parameters.
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If you need any further help, or have any comments or suggestions
regarding WHERES, I can be contacted in the following ways :-
EMail :-
Internet : steven.kerr@almac.co.uk
Fidonet : 2:259/27 or 2:259/17
I can also be found in the echomail network ILINK in the SHAREWARE
conference.
Postal Mail :-
16 Spottiswoode Gardens
Mid Calder
West Lothian
EH53 OJU
SCOTLAND