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- Documentation for WHEREII.COM
- by Ted Eyrick 11/11/84
-
- Description:
-
- WHEREII is an MSDOS 2.xx+ generic utility that searches all directories and
- subdirectories for matching file names. This is very useful, and saves
- a lot of hair pulling when you know the file is somewhere, or you suspect
- duplicate files exist.
-
-
- Documentation:
-
- Purpose: Searches for specified file(s) through all DOS 2.xx+
- directories on the specified drive, listing matching files
- with their appropriate directories and sub-directories.
-
- Format: WHEREII [filespec] [filespec] [filespec] ....
-
- Type: External
-
- Filespec: The filespec consists of the drive, filename, and extension
- and has the syntax drive:filename.ext
- for example A:DECISION.DAT
-
- Drive: The drive: can be omitted if the drive to be
- searched is the default drive (the one you were
- using when you issued the WHEREII command).
-
- Filename.Ext: The global file characters ? and * can be used
- in both the filename and the extension.
-
-
- Operation:
-
- The following example illustrates all of the features of the WHEREII
- command:
-
- WHEREII *.BAT A:HA??.* b:te*.* <enter>
-
- Note: <enter> means press the Enter key
- Note: Each filespec is separated from the next by a space.
-
- Let us assume that the default drive is C. Then this example first searches
- all of the directories and subdirectories of drive C for all files which
- have the extension .BAT. When this search is completed then drive A is
- searched for all files which have four characters in the filename and
- the first two characters are HA. Then finally drive B is searched for
- all files whose first two characters are TE.
-
- If there are more than 23 *.BAT files found in the first search the
- screen will prompt you for More? . Pressing the N key will end the
- search or pressing any other key will continue the search.
-
-
- History:
-
- This is the latest version of the WHERE, WHEREIS, WHEREIR series.
- The original version of this series was published in Softalk, January,
- 1984, p. 101. The original author is unknown. If you have questions
- suggestions or problems please write the author of this version:
- Ted Eyrick
- Eytek, Inc.
- P.O. Box 160307
- San Antonio, Texas 78280
-
-
- Tip:
-
- Using the command
-
- WHEREII A:filename.ext <enter>
-
- along with the program NDOSEDIT permits rapid searching of diskettes
- in drive A for the location of any filename.ext . Pressing the Up Arrow
- key of the numeric keypad causes the NODSEDIT program to repeat the
- command for another diskette.
-