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█ Hello, █
█ Now it's really easy to register ... █
█ And it's only 20 $ or 20 Francs or 20 DM even if that's a bad business for a swiss :-) █
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█ CompuServe Shareware Registration █
█ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ █
█ If you are a CompuServe member, GOSWREG and select ID 10138. This registers █
█ you for FF2 V7.4. █
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█ Send me the money █
█ ++++++++++++++++ █
█ Send me an email to 100550,1100@compuserve.com. You get my postal adress then. █
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█ Transfer the money to my bank account █
█ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ █
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█ Zuercher Kantonalbank 8952 Schlieren (Switzerland) █
█ Account 1148-998.792, Markus Pfister █
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All right, so far for the business.
FF2 V7.4b release liner notes
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Grep repetition expression enabled
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Again an effort to increase FF2's regular expression search capabilities. Now you
can enter grep repetitions, e.g. {1,5}a means "there must be at least one and at most 5 "a"
in the searched text. Of course you can use the repetitions together with brackets {1,3}[a-z]
would say "there must be at least on times and at most 3 thimes a character between "a" and "z"
in the searched text. Something like ^hello*{1,3}[d-f]$ works to. It means:
- String must start at a line (^)
- must begin with "hello" followed by an arbitrary text
- must be followed by at least 1 and at most 3 characters between "d" and "f"
- then there must be an end of line ($)
So this would match: hello this is a new FF2 ee
and: hello this is a new FF2 def
but not: hello this is a new FF2 xx
I suggest that you open the "Regular expression" dialog under the "Config" menu and push
the help button. There you get a lot of examples, how to use these really powerful features.
Here the repetition samples. Note that you can write {1,3}a or {1-3}a
Case sensitive search is assumed!
{1,2}a and {1-2}a have the same meaning.
┌────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────┐
│Pattern │ Text │ match? │
├────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────┤
│he{1,2}lo │ hello │ yes │
│he{2}lo │ hello │ yes │
│he{1}lo │ hello │ no │
│he{1,5}lo │ hello │ yes │
│he{3,5}lo │ hello │ no │
│1{1-5}01 │ 101 │ yes │
│1{1-5}01 │ 1001 │ yes │
│1{1-5}01 │ 10001 │ yes │
│1{1-5}01 │ 100001 │ yes │
│1{1-5}01 │ 1000001 │ yes │
│1{1-5}01 │ 10000001 │ no │
│he{1,2}[a-z]o │ hello │ yes │
│he{1,2}[A-Z]o │ hello │ no │
│t{3}*s │ this this this │ yes │
└────────────────┴────────────────┴─────────┘
Case sensitive search is assumed!
{1,2}a and {1-2}a have the same meaning.
┌────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────┐
│Pattern │ Text │ match? │
├────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────┤
│{1,2}^ hello │ a ^ hello │ yes │
│{1,2}^ hello │ a ^^ hello │ yes │
│^{1,2}^ hello │ a ^ hello │ no │
│^{1,2}^ hello │ ^hello │ yes │
│^{1,2}^ hello │ ^^hello │ yes │
│hello{1,2}$ │ hello$ a │ yes │
│hello{1,2}$ │ hello$$ a │ yes │
│hello{1,2}$$ │ hello$ a │ no │
│hello{1,2}$$ │ hello$ │ yes │
└────────────────┴────────────────┴─────────┘
Duplicate files
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Now the message indicating
Bugs fixed
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In environment searches for LIBPATH the first path in your config.sys LIBPATH statement
was incorrectly parsed. This is fixed now.
FF2 V7.4a release liner notes
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Showing duplicate files located on a path/libpath; exlude them from batch file generation
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Finding duplicate files is one thing, removing them the other. What I missed was the ability
to find out whether I need a file or not. A good clue for that kind of check would be the
information, whether a file is included in a SET path specified in the config.sys or in the
libpath. FF2 V7.4a offers you now that option. From a listbox you select the pathes you want
to be informed about and in the search results output listbox you will find either a green or
red text saying that the file is ready to be thrown away or should be kept because of it's
inclusion in a path.
Preserving files located on a path in batch commands
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A new option in the batch generation dialog preserves the "red" files (the ones located
in a search or libpath that you choose in the duplicate file dialog) from the generation
of batch commands. This means that these files will be commented out. Another option
allows you to keep one instance of duplicate files. Again, this instance will be commented
out and preserved from batch command generation.
Writing search results to a file (Request from user Ray Faulkner)
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Now you can write the search results to a file. So far this was only
possible when you generated batch commands. With the new write option in
the batch menu you can write the search results unaltered to a file.
FF2 V7.4 release liner notes
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Finding duplicate files
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Ever wondered how many duplicate files you have on ALL your hard drives? FF2 V7.4 helps you
cleaning up. The new feature allows you to search for duplicate files in three ways:
1. Find files having the same name
2. Find files having the same name and size
3. Find files having the same contents (FF2 V7.4 compares them)
You find this utility in the extended search menu. Click on "duplicate files" and fill in
the appearing dialog. Note that you can't do text search / replaces while search for duplicate
files is activated. I hope this feature helps further to give FF2 V7.4 an outstanding place among
the OS/2 file search utilities.
File names containing blanks (Request from User Mike Coane)
Now you can edit a file with names that conatain blanks.
Displaying a message when nothing has been found
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Now FF2 displays a message when no files have been found. I didn't want you to have to answer
a message box, so the message appears in the search results listbox.
FF2 V7.3d release liner notes
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Passing environment to an executed OS/2 shell programm
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The passing of a user selected environment works now. If you add %PATH%=c:\mypath this path
will