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- FileFind user instructions
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-
- There are several programs that are designed to read messages and search for
- files based on the informaion provided in the SUBJECT LINE. If files are
- located, a new message is created and returned to the network for distribution.
- The new message will contain a list of all the available files matching the
- search paramiters.
-
- Messages are entered into the echos set up to be monitored must be addressed to
- "AllFix" in order to get a respons from all monitoring systems.
-
- Please note: If you are trying to get replys from Amiga systems only, you
- should address your message to "FileFind" instead of "AllFix".
- This will cause all non-Amiga systems to ignore the message.
- Amiga systems will respond to either name used.
-
-
- In the subject line, key words are entered by placing a / before each word.
-
- TO: AllFix (or FileFind as mentioned above)
- SUBJECT: /schworak /raytrace /money
-
- This example would look for any file with the key words "SCHWORAK", "RAYTRACE",
- or "MONEY" in the file name or description. The key words are not combined as
- filter. They are all searched for at the same time and if any of the words are
- found then the file is considered a match.
-
-
- If you want to search for a set of words to be in a description, you need to
- place the words in quotes. This will tell FileFind to search for an exact
- match. This is not recomended because it is harder to find a match. But if you
- already have a good idea of what you want, this may be helpful in reducing the
- number of messages that are returned.
-
- TO: AllFix (or FileFind as mentioned above)
- SUBJECT: /schworak "ray trace image"
-
- This example would look for any file with the key word "SCHOWAK" or the key
- phrase "RAY TRACE IMAGE" in the name or description. Of course, you are not
- going to find a file with a name matching a phrase. At least it is highly
- unlikely.
-
-
- If you want to search for a specific file name, you don't use any quotes or /
- before the search word. All information starting at any * or . characters in
- the name until the next space character will be ignored.
-
- For example, if you are looking for a file named SPACE.LZH, then FileFind will
- look for any file that starts with the text SPACE and will not use the .LZH in
- the search. This is because SPACE may be in .LZH on one system and .ZIP on
- another or any other format at that. Also, if you are searching for MOUSE*.*
- again only MOUSE will be used for the search. The *.* is dropped since that
- means anything else is a valid match anyway.
-
- When you use this methode, the description is not used in the search. It must
- match in the file name or no match is counted. If you want to search in the
- descriptions too, use one of the first two methods of key word searching using
- quoted text or the / character.
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-
- It is very important to remember, all file search messages must be addressed to
- "AllFix" unless you only want Amiga systems to respond then you may address
- the messages to "FileFind". The Amiga program will respond to either name.
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