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- XFF - THE ultimative and very fast File- and Directory-Finder
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- D O C U M E N T A T I O N
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- ┌─────────────────────────────┐
- │ EXTENDED-FILE-FINDER (XFF) │
- │ Version: 1.50.A 01.02.1992 │
- │ Revision 1.50.D 01.05.1992 │
- └─────────────────────────────┘
-
- (C) 1989-1992
- MDI Maikel-Data International
- Postlagerkarte 094360 E
- D-7000 Stuttgart-10
- Germany, Europe
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- The latest (current) MDI-program-versions may be ordered at :
- Public Brand ■ 3750 Kentucky A.■ Indianapolis, IN 46241 ■ USA
- PC-SIG ■ 1030 D East Duane Avenue ■ Sunnyvale, CA 94086 ■ USA
- CDV Shareware ■ Ettlinger Str. 5 ■ D-7500 Karlsruhe ■ Germany
- PD-Service Lage ■ Postfach 1743 ■ D-4937 Lage/Lippe ■ Germany
- _____________________________________________________________
- XFF V.1.50 - 1 - (C) 1989-1992 MDI
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- ABBREVIATIONS used in this documentation :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- MDI = Maikel-Data International XFF = Extended-File-Finder
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- SYSTEM-REQUIREMENTS :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- XFF is designed to run on an IBM PC/XT/AT/386/486/... or
- 100%-compatible microcomputer with any graphics-adapter, one
- floppy-disk-drive and 256 kBytes of RAM.
- XFF requires operating-systems MS-DOS / PC-DOS 2.00 or later.
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- DISCLAIMER :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- XFF IS LICENSED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
- ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ABSOLUTE ALL
- WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL MDI BE
- LIABLE FOR INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE
- USE OF XFF. YOU ARE USING XFF ON YOUR OWN RISK !
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- GENERAL REMARKS about (c)opyright and distribution :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- XFF (with documentation) is (c)opyrighted work and NOT in the
- Public-Domain. All rights reserved worldwide ! You must not
- decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer or modify XFF in any
- way. This document has to be distributed always together with
- the executable file XFF.EXE. This document and the executable
- file may be changed by MDI at any time without an indication.
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- XFF is N O T (!) for sale, it is absolute free of charge.
- If SW-/PD-VENDORS are interested in distributing XFF, the
- charges for distribution MUST NOT exceed US$ 10.00 per disk !
- If you find XFF of value, please distribute it free and share
- it with all your friends.
- ! Copying XFF into mailboxes, BBS's and ftp-servers welcome !
-
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- SUGGESTIONS - DONATIONS - PROBLEMS :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Because we (MDI) do not raise any fee (!!!) for using our XFF
- we have an urgent entreaty to YOU :
- Please drop us a notice from where you received our program.
- This in no circumstance for you, but your notice give us very
- important information where people know about our program !
- You can help us improving XFF by sending suggestions,
- discovered problems or new ideas. AND of course you may send
- us donations(), they'll be GREATLY appreciated (see app. E).
- Please send all messages and contributions () to :
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- █ MDI █ is a - if you want anonymous -
- █ Postlagerkarte 094360E █ "registration-form". Please
- █ D-7000 Stuttgart - 1 █ fill out this page and send it
- █ Germany / Europe █ back to MDI.
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- _____________________________________________________________
- XFF V.1.50 - 2 - (C) 1989-1992 MDI
-
- XFF USAGE and ADVANTAGES :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Purpose : XFF checks the indicated disk(s) / path very fast
- to find any of the specified entries. You may use
- the wildcards "*" and "?" to specify the entries
- you want XFF to search for (refer appendix B, too).
- If desired, XFF looks inside archived files to find
- the specified entries. Please refer appendix D for
- the supported archiving-programs.
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- In most PC-NETWORKS, XFF will work proper and fast.
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- You may interrupt XFF with any keystroke. An interruption is
- indicated with a big cursor (█). Any next keystroke instruct
- XFF to continue. XFF may be aborted with [ESC] or [CTRL-C] at
- any time.
-
- XFF reports the results in one of the following languages :
- - English - French - German
- The convenient language will be detected automatically, but
- you may choose an other language with the parameter /Mcode.
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- XFF offers the possibility to redirect the output into a file
- or to a printer. Please refer appendix A for more details.
-
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- General remarks :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- XFF always starts in the root-directory [:\] if there is
- nothing other indicated. With parameter /P you may instruct
- XFF to start in the current directory. But it's also possible
- to start XFF in any path on any drive.
- Example : C:\OTTO > XFF d:\back\*.bak
- So XFF begins to search for entries in D:\BACK. XFF always
- shows the name of momentary examined path/file on the screen.
-
- The text-retrieval-algorithm used with parameter /R, will be
- optimized in a future version.
-
-
- Annotation to the statistics-output :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- The significances of the symbols F, A and S are
- F : number of files including archived files
- A : number of files STORED INSIDE archived files
- S : number of subdirectories
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- Please notice : some of the following parameter-combinations
- are senseless, e.g. /O with /S,/R or /S with /F,/C,/L etc ...
- _____________________________________________________________
- XFF V.1.50 - 3 - (C) 1989-1992 MDI
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- XFF INPUT-PARAMETERS :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Usage : XFF [drive:][\][path\] [name.ext] [S] [> Redir] │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- [drive:] drive to search on
- [\][path\] path to search in
- [name.ext] what to search for (for wildcards refer app. B)
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- [> Redir] output-redirection (redirection refer app. A)
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- [S] switches to be set :
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- /A[list] : search on all [listed] existing DOS-drives.
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- /C : make a CRC-calculation with all found files.
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- /H : show help-screen.
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- /H+ : show license-screen -----> PLEASE READ THIS !!!
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- /I : search only for "invisible" entries, this means
- only entries with hidden- or system-attributes.
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- /L : look also in archived files.
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- /O : look only in archived files.
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- /E[spec] : show exact the [specified] contents of one
- archived file (notice : only one is allowed)
-
- /Mcode : modify the output-language of XFF, where
- code = 33 means French language and
- code = 49 means German language.
- Any other code = means English language.
-
- /P : start search in present (= current) directory.
-
- /Rtext : search only for files containing the specified
- text. With /R, a text MUST be specified (blanks
- are prohibited inside this text).
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- /F : search only for files (not for directories).
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- /S : search only for directories (not for files).
-
- /T : toggle the format of the output-date between
- MM-DD-YYYY and TT.MM.JJJJ.
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- /D+|-|=MM-DD-YYYY : search only entries, where the date is
- newer (+) than MM-DD-YYYY or
- older (-) than MM-DD-YYYY or
- same (=) as MM-DD-YYYY.
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- _____________________________________________________________
- XFF V.1.50 - 4 - (C) 1989-1992 MDI
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- XFF EXAMPLE-CALLS :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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- XFF : search for *.* on current drive.
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- XFF /H : show the main help-screen.
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- XFF /H+ : show important license-screen.
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- XFF ?af.* : search entries matching ?af.*
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- XFF f: : search for *.* on drive F:
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- XFF d:\test\ : search for *.* in path D:\TEST
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- XFF /L : search for *.* on current drive
- and in all archived files.
-
- XFF *.da /O : search for *.da only in archived
- files on current drive.
-
- XFF c:\xyz.zip /E : show exact the complete contents
- of the archived file c:\xyz.zip
-
- XFF c:\xyz.zip /E*.bak : show all files matching *.bak in
- the archived file c:\xyz.zip
-
- XFF *.com /I : search for "invisible" entries
- matching *.com on current drive.
-
- XFF *.exe /P /C : search for *.exe in present path
- and make CRC-test to found files
-
- XFF a*.* /S : search a*.* directory-entries.
-
- XFF *.bat /A : search *.bat on all dos-drives.
-
- XFF *.bat /Aabdg : searche for *.bat on dos-drives
- A:, B:, D: and G:
-
- XFF s*.exe /R(C) : search for all files matching
- *.exe and containing text "(C)".
-
- XFF *.cfg /D+12-31-1991 : search for *.cfg, where the date
- is newer than "12-31-1991".
-
- XFF *.gfx /T /N : search for *.gfx, do not scan
- subdirs, toggle the date-format.
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- XFF /M1 : set output-language to English.
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- XFF /M33 : set output-language to French.
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- XFF /M49 : set output-language to German.
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- XFF *.bak > prn : search for *.bak and send the
- output to the printer.
- _____________________________________________________________
- XFF V.1.50 - 5 - (C) 1989-1992 MDI
-
- APPENDIX A - explanation of [> Redir] :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- XFF allows you to "redirect" the output. In the description
- above, it's called [> Redir]. This means, you may send the
- output into a file or direct to your printer.
- [> Redir] into any file : > [drive:\path\] filename.ext
- [> Redir] to a printer : > prn
-
- Example: XFF *.* > a:\otto\result.dat (output into file)
- XFF d:\otto\*.pif > prn (output to printer)
-
-
- APPENDIX B - explanation of wildcards "*" and "?" :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- The "*" wildcard means ignore all characters to the right and
- the "?" wildcard means any character in that position is in a
- match.
- Example : *.bak : any filename with the extension of .bak
- ?.* : filename with one char. and any extension
- ??.?? : filename and extension with two charcters
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- APPENDIX C █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ ▀ ▀▀█
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- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- IBM PC/XT/AT - IBM International Business Machines
- PC-DOS - IBM International Business Machines
- MS-DOS - Microsoft Corporation
- MDI and logo - MDI Maikel-Data International
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
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- APPENDIX D - ARCHIVING-PROGRAMS supported by XFF :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- *.ARC : PKARC 3.50/3.60, PKPAK 3.61 (C) PKWARE Inc.
- *.ARJ : ARJ 2.00/2.20 (C) Robert Jung
- *.ICE : LHICE 1.14 (C) H.Yoshizaki
- *.LZH : LHARC 1.13, LHA 2.10/2.12 (C) H.Yoshizaki
- *.PAK : PAK 2.51 (C) NoGate Con.
- *.ZIP : PKZIP 1.02/1.10 (C) PKWARE Inc.
- *.ZOO : ZOO 2.01/(2.10) (C) Raul Dhesi
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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- APPENDIX E - contributions and donations :
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- The employment of XFF is absolute free of charge for you ....
- ... BUT :
- If you find XFF of value, you may send MDI a donation, maybe
- US$ 10.00 (≈DM 15.-) [or more ?]. YOUR financial support will
- help us improving XFF and other software-products.
-
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- ! ! Thank YOU very much for YOUR support ! !
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- _____________________________________________________________
- XFF V.1.50 - 6 - [EOF] (C) 1989-1992 MDI
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