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- LOCATE: File Find and Maintenance Utility Version 2.11 08-31-94
- (c) 1993 Donald Ray Hutchins, System Solutions ■ All Rights Reserved
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- This document provides a brief description of features for each update
- to LOCATE. Please note that NOT all fixes and enhancements are
- outlined here. See users manual, LOCATE.DOC, for detailed information.
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- Ver Date Description of Features
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- 2.11 08-31-1994 - added /LongName to display longer owner names
- (default is to display first 3 characters only)
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- 2.10 01-31-1994 - added support for /time NOT= and /date NOT=
- - added keywords DATE[_]CREATED / CREATION[_]DATE and
- TIME[_]CREATED / CREATION[_]TIME (NetWare only)
- to /T=,/Tnot=,/SetT=,/D=,/Dnot=,/SetD= (NetWare only)
- - added /L[ONG] option to suspend directory/ path
- abbreviations (prevents X:\...\PATH type abbreviations
- on display lines)
- - increased number of DOS PATH entries that LOCATE
- reads for /PATH searches (could have been a problem
- for users with unusually long PATH variables)...
- LOCATE now reads up to 128 entries (of any length)
- from the DOS PATH
- - fixed bug that caused net functions/features to
- fail on 'fake ROOTs' (NetWare only)
- - fixed bug that caused /NoNet to be ignored
- under some circumstances (NetWare only)
- - corrected bug that wrongly reported
- "Error Setting ATTR" when a "Set DATE" failed
- (i.e. with insufficient rights, etc.)
- - corrected anomoly that wrongly reported
- "Error Setting <Date | Time>" for a file that could
- not be opened (i.e. in use); now correctly
- reports "Error Opening File"
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- Ver Date Description of Features
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- 2.00 06-01-1993 - removed ALL restrictions in Shareware release; see
- info re: "Registration Changes" below
- - fixed problems with /O options under multi-server
- Novell NetWare environments
- - added color to all displays
- - improved performance for many file finds and SET's
- - improved error detection and reporting
- - new "extended-wildcard" support allows searching for
- files where a file-spec occurs anywhere in the
- file name (i.e. LOCATE *DATA finds files where
- "DATA" is found anywhere in the file[.ext])
- - added support for LOCATE environment variable to
- customize default behavior (i.e. SET LOCATE=...);
- supported options: /S /P /Q /M, etc...
- - redefined /C = current DIR only
- - /S (in place of /C in 1.3) = current DIR and under
- - /TEXT (find text occurrences) and related options
- - /BATCH (make batch file based on file entries)
- - /RUN (run command based on file entries)
- - /DIR (include DIR entries in the search)
- - /AGE (search by age of file, in days)
- - added support for "TODAY" and "NOW" in the date and
- time (and SET date and SET time) options
- - /CD (change to DIR on first find)
- - /DEL (delete files found - with confirmation)
- - /AUTO (suppress confirmation prompts with /SET, /DEL)
- - /### (maximum files to list and/or /SET)
- - /Q (quiet - no status display)
- - removed /E (examples) option; info now in program
- manual (LOCATE.DOC) file
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- *** Registration Changes in ver. 2.00 ***
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- - removed ALL restrictions in Shareware release
- - approved by ASP (Assn. of Shareware Professionals)
- - new reference manual included in Shareware release
- - new license policy; lifetime upgrades and support
- Ver Date Description of Features
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- 1.30 09-01-1992 - Novell NetWare 2.x, 3.x support (owners displayed)
- - /O=, /O NOT= (file owner filters)
- - /D (search by last modify date)
- - /T (search by last modify time)
- - /S (search by file size)
- - /SETO (set file owner option)
- - /SETD (set file date)
- - /SETT (set file time)
- - /SETA (set file attributes)
- - /PATH (search DOS PATH/ NetWare Search MAP only)
- - /E (examples of LOCATE syntax)
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- 1.21 08-01-1992 - fixed minor bugs in 1.20 (in /A= switch)
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- 1.20 07-01-1992 *** Released to Shareware ***
- - Improved performance
- - /V= (volumes/ drives to search)
- - /A= (file attributes list)
- - /R (registration information)
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- 1.10 03-01-1992 - Extended flexibility of options (smarter defaults)
- - /C (search current DIR and under)
- - /P (pause when screen is full)
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- 1.00 02-01-1992 - Initial Release
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- ║ LOCATE is Shareware ■ Enter LOCATE /R for Registration Information ║
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- ║ Feedback and comments are encouraged from ALL users, registered and ║
- ║ unregistered. Please see the README.1ST file (or type "LOCATE /R") ║
- ║ for information on contacting System Solutions Company. ║
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