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- The Seeker
- Version 3.0
-
- For IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, and compatible computers
- Copyright (c) 1990-92, Pliable Products
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- The Seeker is a unique program designed to find information hidden
- on your computer. It can search floppy disks, directories, or even
- entire hard disks! It searches through documents, programs,
- spreadsheets - and fast. On a typical IBM AT computer it can search
- at a rate of over 2 Megabytes per minute.
- Anytime you've forgotten where a particular piece of information is
- hiding, run The Seeker to find it in seconds.
-
-
- RUNNING THE SEEKER
-
- To run The Seeker, simply type:
-
- seeker
-
- and press Enter. The main screen will appear.
-
-
- Search for:
-
- ["ms-dos" or "word" or "command" ]
-
- First, enter the items that you want The Seeker to find. In the
- example above, three items are requested "ms-dos", "word", and
- "command". Note that each item is enclosed in quotation marks. If
- only one item was requested, the quotes would be unnecessary.
-
- Next tell The Seeker what directory to start searching. If you want
- to search the root directory of the C: drive (as in the above
- example), enter:
-
- C:\*.* or just C:\
-
- If you want to search the root directory of the A: drive, enter:
-
- A:\*.* or just A:\
-
- To search another directory, just type the name of the directory
- with a backslash (\) after it. If you want to limit the search to
- files with ".WP" as their extension, type something like this:
-
- C:\DOCS\*.WP
-
- Using this "pattern", The Seeker will confine its search to only
- those files whose names end in ".WP". See your MS-DOS manual on
- further use of file patterns.
-
- Include sub-directories:
-
- The next question is "Include sub-directories?". If you want The
- Seeker to search all directories within the chosen directory
- (sometimes called "trees"), answer 'Y' to this question.
-
- Sound on:
-
- If you want to turn the "beeps" off within The Seeker, answer 'N'
- to the question "Sound on?".
-
- Ignore case:
-
- The next question is "Ignore case?". If you want The Seeker to find
- all occurrences of your search items without regard to upper and
- lower case letters, answer 'Y'. If you want The Seeker to find
- exactly what you typed, answer 'N'.
-
- Wildcard character:
-
- The wildcard character is useful when searching for more general
- items. For example, if you search for "sl??t", The Seeker will find
- occurrences of "sleet", and "slept". Notice that each '?' matched
- exactly one character. There is no need to change the wildcard
- character unless you need to search for the question-mark character
- itself.
-
- Display by Word, Sentence, or Paragraph:
-
- Next, tell The Seeker whether you want its output to be shown by
- Word, Sentence, or Paragraph. Pick the one that best suits your
- search criteria.
-
- Send output to Screen, Printer, or File:
-
- Now tell The Seeker where the output is to be sent, to the Screen,
- Printer, or File. If you choose File, you must specify a file name
- in the next block.
-
- Prompt between files for editing:
-
- The last question to answer is "Prompt between files for editing?".
- If you answer 'Y' to this question, The Seeker will pause after
- each file in which the search is satisfied to ask if you want to
- edit it. If you answer 'Y', you must specify the name of your
- favorite editor in the next block.
-
- Your chosen options:
-
- More often than not, most of these questions will be answered the
- same way every time you use The Seeker. For this reason, The Seeker
- saves your answers to all questions so that they will be ready to
- go the next time you run The Seeker.
-
- Search:
-
- Now press F1 to start searching. Immediately, The Seeker goes to
- work looking for every occurrence of the item(s) that you listed.
-
- As The Seeker goes, it shows the name of the current file at the
- top of the screen. It also shows the number of files that it has
- searched and the number of occurrences it has found. It even shows
- its performance in characters-per-second (CPS).
-
- When The Seeker finds a match, it displays the file name and a
- portion of the file where the item was found.
-
-
-
- ***************************************************************
- This is a "share-ware" program. That means that you can give the
- program to anyone you like (or don't like) as long as the
- documentation (this document) accompanies the program wherever it
- goes.
-
- If you find The Seeker to be of use, please register your copy by
- sending $15 to the above address. Your name will be registered to
- receive updates as they occur. The Seeker may NOT be used in a
- commercial or business environment without being registered!
- *******************************************************************
- This program represents a substantial time investment on the part
- of its author and your registration fee will help keep the afford-
- able programs coming. The share-ware system is a great alternative
- to over-priced commercial software. The system only works when
- people register the software that they use. Thank you.
- *******************************************************************
-
- To get a hard copy of the order form from your printer, type the
- following on the command line:
-
- TYPE ORDER.FRM >prn
-
- Even if you don't plan on ordering anything, please call or write
- with your suggestions and comments. Thank you.
-
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