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- A File Find/Delete Utility
- (C) Copyright 1989 - By Ronald C. Bieber
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- Let's face it. At one time or another, your going to lose
- files. Whether you misplace them in an out of the way subdirectory,
- move them to a different drive, or archive them. Well, don't worry.
- Now there's Quick Find.
-
- Quick Find was written because, like everyone, I lose files all
- the time, and although there are a lot of "whereis" programs out there,
- none cover all of the aspects of finding files. THIS ONE DOES! Here
- are some of Quick Find's features:
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- 1. FAST directory tree searching.
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- 2. Capability to search every drive on your
- computer.
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- 3. Search only the current directory and it's
- subdirectories for a file.
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- 4. COMPRESSED FILE SEARCHING!
- Quick Find currently supports eight (8) of the
- majorly used archiving utilities:
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- PKARC/PKPAK PKware Inc.
- PAK Nogate Consulting Inc.
- ARC System Enhancement Associates
- DWC Dean W. Cooper
- PKZIP PKware Inc.
- ZOO Rahul Dhesi
- LARC Miki/Okumura/Masuyama
- LHARC Haruyasu Yoshizaki
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- Quick Find can search all of these files to
- find what you're looking for.
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- Self extracting archives are supported for
- all methods except ZOO.
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- 5. Global delete function - Delete any unwanted
- duplicates, anywhere!
-
- Explanation of switches:
- ------------------------
-
- QF-Quick Find File Find/Delete Utility Version 4.50 Oct 27 1989
- Copyright 1989 by Ronald C. Bieber; All rights reserved.
-
- Usage: QF [d:] filespec [switches] [>outfile]
-
- Switches:
- /A Search for files on all drives
- /C Search only current directory and it's subdirectories
- /CF Search compressed files
- /CO Only search compressed files
- /D Delete found files
- /E Display list of archive formats supported ...
- /N Do not confirm deletions (used with /D)
- /P Pause Mode; Press a key to continue ...
- /T Print Subdirectory Totals
-
- Following are the meaning of those archaic switches displayed
- above:
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- /A - Searches all of your drives for the specified file.
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- /C - This switch is provided for those of us who know what
- general area a file should be, but can't find it. This
- will cause QF to start searching in the current working
- directory and recursivly search through all of it's
- subdirectories.
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- /CF - This switch will cause QF to search any of the
- aforementioned compressed files as if they where just
- another directory, along with searching the rest of the
- disk.
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- /CO - This switch will cause QF to search ONLY the compressed
- files on your disk. (you can intermix this with the /C
- option if you know where the file is and still can't
- find it.
-
- /D - Delete Found Files ... When this switch is specified,
- when a file is found, QF will ask you if you want to
- delete it. And, of course, answering "Y" at this prompt
- will delete it.
-
- /E - Displays a list of formats supported (pretty self
- explanatory).
-
- /N - This can only be used with the /D switch. This turns
- off the confirmed delete and automaticly deletes any
- files it finds. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WANT THESE FILES
- DELETED BEFORE USING THIS SWITCH!!!
-
- /P - Pause Mode. This will display any found files a screen
- at a time. No explanation needed, right?
-
- /R - Redirect output. If a filename is specified, as in
- QF *.* /R:QF.OUT, all output will be redirected to the
- file QF.OUT. If just QF *.* /R is entered (with no
- filename), output will go to the default printer.
-
- /T - This switch will print files found/file size subtotals
- at each directory break. If you want this option on
- all of the time, it, as well as any other switches, can
- be set in the QF_OPT environment variable.
-
- Command line switches can be issued in 4 different ways:
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- 1. QF -CF -C -A -CO (etc.) filename
- 2. QF filename /CF /C /A /CO etc ...
- 3. Any combination of 1 & 2
- 4. Default switches can be set using the DOS
- SET command. The following command inserted
- in your AUTOEXEC.BAT would make QF search
- compressed files by default.
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- SET QF_OPT=/CF /T
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- Any number of switches can be set in the QF_OPT
- environment variable.
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- You can pipe QF's output to a printer or data file too if you
- like.
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-
- MISCELLANEOUS:
- -------------
-
- You may distribute QF as much as you like, as long as this
- documentation file is distributed with it. Also, although it's
- not required, if you find that you're using QF quite a bit, you could
- send a $10.00 donation as well.
-
- All donations may be sent to:
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- Ron Bieber
- 801 Washington - Apt 2F
- Woodstock, IL 60098
-
- I stress this:
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- NO DONATIONS ARE REQUIRED! If you don't feel like
- sending anything, then don't. I wrote this for my benifit, and I
- thought someone else may find it useful. Anyone is free to use it,
- give it to your friends, etc. No charge.
-
- By the way, I will not assume ANY responsibilities for ANY
- damages arising from the use of this program. There is not a heck of
- a lot that can go wrong, besides using the delete procedure
- irresponsibly. In other words, USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!
-
-
- LAST MINUTE NOTES:
- ------------------
-
- 07-Aug-89:
-
- As of this writing a file was being distributed called LH114.EXE.
- Please note that because this is NOT an official release from Yoshi,
- Quick Find will not support '.ICE' file extensions.
-
- 04-Sep-89:
-
- As of this writing, someone who goes by the name Micheal L. Perty
- had downloaded QF, changed my name in both the .EXE and .DOC file, and
- re-uploaded it to a BBS. As of version 3.60, I have implemented 32-bit
- CRC self checking in Quick Find, upon start-up, to check whether the
- QF.EXE file has been tampered with in any way.
-
- QUESTIONS, ETC.:
- ----------------
-
- Any question's about the operation of QF, or anything like that,
- you can leave messages to me on the following bulletin board systems:
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- Polysyncronism BBS ................. (312) 358-5104
- Computer Direct BBS ................ (312) 382-3270
- Corporate Headquarters BBS ......... (815) 886-3233
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- SPECIAL THANKS
- --------------
- I would like to thank the following people for making Quick Find what
- it is today:
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- BETA TESTERS:
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- Robert Neal, Sysop of Corporate Headquarters BBS,
- Jeff Darling, Sysop of Polysyncronism BBS,
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- FOR INPUT:
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- Patrick Grote for his interest, review and input on
- ways to improve this program.
-