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- FFG Compared to Other File Finders
-
- File Finder/Grouper (FFG) performs functions similar to those
- found in other utility programs, but here are some FFG features
- that some other file finders lack:
-
- 1. FFG uses the DOS wildcard characters '*' and '?' but they
- have extended function over the DOS counterparts. The
- extended functionality permits you to search for strings of
- characters that appear anywhere in the file name.
-
- 2. FFG can search for multiple file specifications in a single
- pass, such as find all BAT, COM and EXE files.
-
- 3. FFG permits you to concisely specify multiple file name
- search masks such as "*[ZIP,ARC,ARJ,LHA]*.[COM,EXE]" to find
- all archiving programs.
-
- 4. FFG can search all disk drives or selected disk drives.
-
- 5. FFG can search inside of archive files (ZIP, ARC, ARJ, LZH).
- (FFG also searches inside XEQ COM library files).
-
- 6. FFG can execute and arbitrary DOS command for each file
- found with or without a user confirmation before execution.
-
- 7. FFG finds hidden files and searches hidden directories.
-
- 8. FFG searches inside directories with name extensions (e.g.,
- THISISMY.DIR). Some file finders do not search these
- directories.
-
- 9. FFG can move to the disk and directory of the found file (/g
- option).
-
- 10. FFG can search for directories instead of files simply by
- appending a backslash '\' to the search name.
-
- 11. FFG can search by a date range, time range, size range, or
- day-of-week range using intuitive syntax to specify these
- criteria.
-
- 12. FFG can search by the file attributes or combination of
- attributes, such as finding all Hidden Read-Only files.
-
- 13. FFG can find files based on the day of the week (i.e., Sun -
- Sat) they were modified/created.
-
- 14. FFG permits you to exclude certain files base on name, date,
- time, size, attributes, day-of-week criteria.
-
- 15. FFG can search for files by date relative to today, such as
- all files modified/created 7 to 14 days ago.
-
- 16. FFG can search for files relative to the current time of
- day, such as all files modified/created within the last ten
- minutes.
-
- 17. The asterisk '*' can be used as a wildcard in date and time
- criteria, such as /d9/*/93 for all September 1993 files and
- /t13:* for all 1:00pm - 1:59pm files.
-
- 18. Current month (M), day (D), year (Y) can be specified in
- date criteria such as 1/1/Y-6/30/Y, M/D/Y (today)
-
- 19. Current hours (H), minutes (M), seconds (S) can be specified
- in time criteria such as H:M:S (now).
-
- 20. Partial dates and times are interpreted, such as 9/93 ->
- 9/*/93, 5/1 -> 5/1/Y (Y = current year), 92-93 -> all 1992-
- 1993 files, 9 -> 9:00:00am.
-
- 21. Multiple date, time, size, day-of-week, attribute criteria
- can be specified, which are combined in a logical AND or OR
- depending on how they are specified.
-
- 22. FFG lets you pause (press any key) or interrupt (press
- <ESC>) the search operation at any time.
-
- 23. FFG can be used to produce database files of its output
- (ASCII comma-delimited files)(/f, option)
-
- 24. FFG provides useful default output format options but
- permits extensive user customization of the output format.
-
- 25. FFG can be used to produce output as DOS batch files (.BAT)
- with DOS replaceable parameters (%1 through %9). The batch
- file can then be used to execute a arbitrary command against
- the group of files such as copy, back up, archive, delete,
- move, edit...). The power and flexibility of this feature
- is limited only by your imagination. Although some other
- finders have similar capability, they do not have the same
- flexibility.
-
- 26. By default, when FFG is searching all disk drives, it skips
- disk drives that are logical aliases of other physical
- drives that have already been searched. This avoids reports
- of multiple copies of a file when in fact there is only one
- physical copy of the file.
-
- 27. FFG lets you use 43- and 50-line video modes on EGA/VGA
- systems so you can see more on the screen.
-