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- FI (File Info)
-
-
- Description: Either saves comments about files or lists specified
- directories and the file comments you saved previously by
- using this command. FI saves comments about files in a file
- named FILEINFO.FI in each specified directory. If FILEINFO.FI
- does not exist, FI creates it.
-
- Syntax: Version 4.0: FI [(drive:)][(path)][(filespec)] [(comment)]
- [/C] [/D] [/E] [/L] [/N] [/P] [/PACK] [/S]
-
- Version 4.5: FI [(drive:)][(path)][(filespec)] [(comment)]
- [/C] [/D] [/E] [/L] [/P] [/PACK] [/S]
-
- Parameters:
-
- (drive:) The single-letter specifier (A:, B:, C:, etc.) for the drive
- you want to use. Follow the letter with a colon. The current
- drive is the default.
-
- (path) The full name (C:\WP\LETTERS) of the directory you want to
- process. The current directory for the designated drive is the
- default.
-
- (filespec) The name of the file whose FILEINFO.FI file entry you want to
- update or list.
-
- (comment) The comment you want to save with the specified files. The
- comment need not be enclosed in quotes and can be a maximum of
- 65 characters long.
-
- /C Lists only those files that have comments.
-
- /D Deletes comments from the specified files.
-
- /E Lets you change or enter a comment in an edit window. You can
- use WordStar-compatible editing commands within the one-line
- edit window.
-
- /L Displays the entire 65-character comment for each file. If you
- include this switch, FI does not display the size, the date
- stamp, and the time stamp of each file. If you omit /L, FI
- displays the file size, the date stamp, the time stamp, and
- the first 36 characters of each stored comment.
-
- /N Use this switch with the /E switch if your machine is not
- fully IBM-compatible.
-
-
- /P Displays the results in pause mode: You initially see one
- screenful of information, and you must press the Spacebar to
- see the next screenful. Press Enter to scroll up one line at a
- time. Press any key other than Spacebar, Enter, or Escape to
- exit pause mode. You can also enter pause mode during normal
- display by pressing any key other than Escape. Use the Escape
- (ESC) key to stop execution.
-
- /PACK Compresses deleted (flagged but not removed) entries from the
- FILEINFO.FI file.
-
- /S Processes all files in all subdirectories under the current or
- specified path.
-
- Example: To add the comment Document'' to all DOC files in the WP\DOC
- directory and its subdirectories and to display the results in
- pause mode.
-
- Enter: FI \wp\doc\.DOC Document /P /S
-
- See: <NUFA>, <NUFF>, <NUFS>, <NULD>, <NUNCD>.
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