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^Cby
^CMartin Richardson
FIND ATTRIBUTE lets you quickly locate all files with a specific attribute
in the current directory, or in another designated directory. The program is
designed to search for all child directories related to a specified parent
directory.
The attributes you are able to search for include: Read Only, Hidden,
System, Archive, and Directory:
* READ ONLY files are protected from being changed or deleted
by any DOS operation.
* HIDDEN files cannot be seen by ordinary DOS operations,
such as DIR.
* SYSTEM files are similar to Hidden files in that they cannot
be seen by ordinary DOS operations; however, this attribute
allows you to distinguish between a "special" system file
and a "normal" file that is simply hidden.
NOTE: Both Hidden and System files can be used just like other
files; they just won't show up in DOS lists like those shown
by the DIR command.
* ARCHIVE files are files that have not been backed up since
the last system back-up. Some backup utilities will use this
attribute to back-up only those files that were modified.
* DIRECTORY files are not really files at all! They are simply
directories of other files.
The proper syntax for using the Find Attribute is:
FINDATT [/A] [/D] [/S] [/H] [/R] [directory]
where [/A], [/D], [/S], [/H], [/R] are the attributes for which you would like
to search, and [directory] is the directory in which you would like the
search to begin.
All of the parameters are optional. If no [directory] is given, the current
directory is searched. If no parameters are given, a quick run-down of the
syntax is displayed.
FILES USED BY FIND ATTRIBUTE:
^FFINDATT.EXE