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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.
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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!
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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.
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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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