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@X38│ @X3EHelp: @X3F(Z)ippy Directory Scan (G)lobal                                      @X3B│@X0B
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      This command enables you to search through the file descriptions in
      various file directories for the text that you specify.
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   Subcommands (specific to the "global" version)
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      @X0BVER             @X03Displays version and registration information

      @X0BNS              @X03Doesn't pause at the end of a conference scan
                      in order to allow flagging of files and also sends an
                      'ns' parameter to PCBoard itself when issuing the text
                      scan.

      @X0BP               @X03Pauses before each conference is scanned, asking the
                      user whether or not to scan the conference.  The
                      prompt the user is given can accept the following:

                      (Y)es, scan this conference.
                      (N)o, do not scan this conference.
                      (A)bort all further conference scanning.

      @X0BNP              @X03Specifies the exact opposite of the 'P' subcommand.

      @X0BTP              @X03Pauses in each conference asking for text to scan
                      the conference with.

      @X0BNTP             @X03Specifies the exact opposite of the 'DP' subcommand.

      @X0BSTP             @X03Pauses in each conference asking for which directories
                      to scan in the conference.

      @X0BNSTP            @X03Specifies the exact opposite of the 'STP' subcommand.
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   Description (specific to the "global" version)
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      As systems need to further organize their file areas, many are turning
      to multiple conferences.  It becomes quite cumbersome to manually
      join a conference, do a text scan, then join another conference, do
      a text scan, etc.  This command will do this automatically for you.
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   Examples (specific to the "global" version)
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      One of the more common global text scans would be one that doesn't prompt
      you in each conference if you wish to scan the conference or not.  To
      perform this type of text scan, you would enter the following command:
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          ZG;NP
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      If you wanted to make the global text scan behave exactly like if you
      manually did a text scan in each conference, which includes asking you
      for text and directories to scan, you would enter the following
      command:
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          ZG;TP;STP;NP
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      If you wanted to do the exact same thing as the previous example except
      have the global text scan ask you if you wanted to scan the conference,
      you would enter the following command:
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          ZG;TP;STP;P
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   Subcommands (exact copy of the "regular" version)
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      @X0B[directory #]   Directory number to search.@X03  PCBoard scans for the
                      indicated text in this directory.  When using the Zippy
                      Directory Scan command, you must specify a directory or
                      range of directories that PCBoard should search for the
                      file specification.  You may list a single directory, a
                      range of directories in the format #-# or a list of
                      directories in a #;#;# format.  There are two letters
                      that you may use as a directory number.  If you use A
                      for the directory number, it tells PCBoard  to search
                      all file directories in the current conference.
                      Likewise, if you use U for the directory number, the
                      upload directory of the current conference will be
                      searched.

      @X0B[search text]   Text to search for. @X03 This is the text you wish to
                      search for in the directory listings.  If you wish to
                      search for an imbedded space (e.g., "TEST "), you will
                      need to imbed that part of the string in quotes as
                      shown above.  Since you cannot enter quote characters
                      on the command line you would not be able to enter the
                      above example on the command line. This search string
                      may also make use of Boolean operands if you wish to
                      further qualify your search.

                      NOTE:  The search is not case-sensitive.  This means
                      that if you search for the word TEXT then it is the
                      same as if you had searched for word Text.  In other
                      words, capitalization of your search text does not
                      matter.

      @X0BD      @X03         Each file found with the specified text is flagged for
                      download.  The system does not immediately download the
                      files, but waits until the D or DB user commands.

      @X0BN       @X03        This subcommand enables you to include the minimum file
                      date from which the scan should search for.  This is
                      identical to the N user command but you can use it in
                      conjunction with a zippy scan to help restrict the file
                      descriptions that you search.

      @X0BNS    @X03          Screen output is displayed in nonstop or continuous
                      mode.
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   Description (exact copy of the "regular" version)
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      This command scans the file directories to find a specified text
      string.  If you do not specify the text to search for on the command
      line, you will be prompted to enter the text you wish to search for.
      Possibly one of PCBoard's most powerful time-saving features, the Zippy
      directory scan command will locate text in both the file name field and
      the descriptions. Like other PCBoard searching features, the zippy
      directory scan command utilizes Boolean operands (AND, OR, and NOT).
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   How To Make Your Search More Specific (exact copy of the "regular" version)
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      Quite often you may notice that your search found too many matches.
      Rather than wading through all of the matches to find what you were
      really after, let PCBoard help you make your search more specific so
      that you can save some additional time.

      Perhaps the easiest way to restrict your search is to use Boolean
      operands. As an example, let's say that you scanned all file
      directories in the current conference for the word DISK. After a couple
      of screenfulls, you realized that you did not make your search
      specific.  At this point, you realize what you are really after is a
      utility which will format a floppy disk. You could enter "Format a
      disk" in the text to search for. However, you are pretty sure that all
      of the descriptions of the utilities that format disks would not
      contain "Format a disk" in the description.

      What you would need to use in this example is the Boolean AND operator.
      In the text to search for, tell PCBoard that you want to search for
      DISK & FORMAT.  The & character signifies to PCBoard that you want to
      search for both words in the description but you do not care if they
      are right next to each other in the description.  Instead, you just
      want them to be anywhere in the file description.

      If you searched for DISK & FORMAT and it still turned up too many
      matches, you may need to restrict your search even further. You notice
      that some of the matches were dated back in 1989 and may not be
      compatible with your current system.  Therefore, you want to display
      only utilities that are dated 01-01-90 or older. What you could do, is
      use the N subcommand as described above. You would type the following
      for this final search:

          Z N 010190 DISK & FORMAT A

      You will notice that this tells PCBoard to zippy scan all file
      directories but only display those files that are newer than 01-01-90
      and that have the words DISK and FORMAT in the description.
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   How To Make Your Searches Less Specific (exact copy of the "regular"
   version)
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      Sometimes you may want to make your searches less specific.  You may be
      wondering why you want to make your searches less specific.  Perhaps
      the best way to illustrate this is with an example.

      If you were searching for all hard drive utilities you may enter HARD
      DRIVE as your search text.  However, some people may call them hard
      disks instead of hard drives.  You are now faced with a small dilemma.
      You either have to run two searches, or you have to find a way to
      search for either HARD DRIVE or HARD DISK. To specify that you want to
      search for either phrase you use the Boolean OR operator.  You use the
      | character to denote the Boolean OR operator.  If you will recall, we
      were going to search for HARD DRIVE or HARD DISK.  If you simply
      replace the word or with the | character that will make the search
      string correct.

      Now, when you search, you will be searching for HARD DRIVE or HARD DISK
      anywhere in the description.  You could get fancy with Boolean
      operators and consolidate this just a little more by searching for HARD
      & (DRIVE | DISK). Since you are going to be looking for HARD DRIVE or
      HARD DISK, you can just say search for the word HARD and either the
      word DISK or DRIVE.
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   Examples (exact copy of the "regular" version)
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      Perhaps the simplest example would be to search for a single word in
      all file directories in the current conference.  If you wanted to
      search for the word VGA then you would enter the following at the
      conference command prompt.
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          Z VGA A
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      Obviously, this would probably turn up quite a few matches, so you may
      want to define your search better.  If you were only interested in
      games that supported VGA then you may want to modify so that you search
      for the words VGA and GAME.  You would enter the following at the
      conference command prompt:
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          Z VGA & GAME A
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      Since you are searching for the words VGA and GAME, it does not matter
      what order you put the words in.  For example, you would perform the
      exact same search if you typed the following:
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          Z GAME & VGA A
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