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- DOCUMENTATION FOR Whereis COMMAND
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-
- Purpose: Searches for specified file(s) through all DOS
- 2.0 directories listing matching files with their
- appropriate directories and sub-directories.
-
- Format: WHEREIS [filename[.ext]]
-
- Type: External
-
- Remarks: This command is from the January 1984 issue of
- "Softalk for the IBM Personal Computer" by John
- Socha. It will work correctly on the volume on
- which it is resident. It does not automatically
- cross over onto other volumes. (Note the absence
- of an optional volume label in the format
- description. The following examples demonstrate
- proper usage (where {CR} indicates a carriage
- return:
-
-
- WHEREIS myfile.txt {CR}
-
- WHEREIS myfile.* {CR}
-
- WHEREIS *.bas {CR}
-
- WHEREIS *.* {CR}
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