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- A r c h i v e F i n d e r
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- version 1.25
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- What is it ?
- ------------
-
- Archive Finder (AF) is a program that searches files on a disk. A bit
- like Peter Norton's FileFind/FileLocate (FF) or WhereIs. e.g. I need to
- know where my *.DOC files are located, the program finds and displays
- them, very very easy.
-
- But since then compression era started, we have more and more files
- Archived, ARJed, ZIPped, ARCed into archives. To find them out quite
- quickly, very few programs were available when AF came out. This
- version of Archive Finder can be compared in a way to SST from Keith
- Ledbetter or to Vernon Buerg's FileView (FV), except that you get more
- flexibility and *FREE SOURCE CODE* in Turbo Pascal.
- This is neither Commercial nor Shareware, nor Freeware. It is real public
- domain. The author has completely abandonned his rights on it. His name
- must be mentionned when you use AF or part of it in a package or program.
-
- Archive Finder recognizes .ARJ .ZIP .PAK .ARC .LZH .ZOO and some Mac .SIT
-
- Archive Finder will never WRITE to your disk (except if redirected). So,
- no harm, no data loss is possible. All it does is READ in a very
- conventionnal way.
-
-
- Yes, but how ?
- --------------
-
- The correct syntax for Archive Finder is :
-
- C:\> AF [FileMask] [-Parameter(s)] [/Parameter(s)] [...]
-
- The symbols `[` and `]` mean that all parameters are optional. You could
- simply enter AF <Return>
- (Don't... 'Could take quite a long time as this lists ALL files in and out
- archives on drives C, D and E).
-
- [FileMask] represents the DOS definition of the files you wish to find.
- So if you would like to list all the .DOC files, you would enter :
-
- C:\> AF *.DOC <Return>
-
- If you omit this mask, AF considers you're looking for all the files *.*
- 20 different masks can be searched simultaneously.
-
- AF accepts another wildcard `#` which replaces any digit (`0'...`9`).
- C:\> AF *.### will find HELLO.001 BACKUP.321 A.000
- but not HELLO.01 BACKUP.12T A.
-
- Since version 1.14, AF also recognizes the extended masks of 4Dos 3.x and
- so NDOS's too. That means you can place then `*` at the beginning and/or
- anywhere in the name or extension.
- Not so clear ? Let's see some examples :
-
- C:\> AF *A*.* picks up every file containing an `A` in it's name or ext.
- this is identical to `AF *A`
-
- C:\> AF *A*.* gets every file containg an `A` in its name only, any
- extension is valid.
-
- C:\> AF A*A.* finds all files with name starting and ending with `A`,
- any extension.
-
- C:\> AF A*B*A.* searches all files with name starting and ending with `A`
- and having a `B` anywhere between the two, any extension.
-
- AF A?B*A.* locates all files with name starting and ending with `A`
- and having a `B` at the third position.
-
- Remark:
- Suppose you wish to search for DOC*.* files.
-
- Don't add systematically `.*` at the end of your masks. It's tiring.
- The above example can be written easier `AF DOC*`.
-
- The ending `*` is not even useful since AF would add it automatically.
- So `AF DOC` is tedious enough. (I am still waiting for the computer
- reading in my mind, taking it's orders DIRECTLY at the source. Hope I
- live long enough to `see` that !).
-
- The [1-9A-Z] and other enhancements of 4Dos 4.0 and Borland's Grep are
- for the future (these are called `regular expressions`). Please take note
- that the file AF.INC is the standalone Pascal source of the mask matching
- mechanism. It's very short. Take a look at it and re-use it at will !
-
-
- Command line parameters
- -----------------------
-
- Parameters can be prefixed (preceeded) by either `-` or `/`. Most of
- them can be cumulated together.
-
- Some parameters change the state of `boolean` (True/False) values.
- In the list below, they are listed with a `+` or `-` sign to indicate
- the default value.
- You can either inverse the value or stick it to True or False. See below.
-
- /G+ Global search
- This tells AF to search for files on disk. If this option is turned
- off, AF will only search in archives.
-
- /R initial diRectory
- If this options is not specified, AF starts in `\` (current disk's
- root directory).
- /R must be immediately (no whitespace) followed by the directory
- name.
- e.g.: AF /RC:\UTIL
- Specifying then final `\` is not necessary, except if the root
- directory is asked for.
-
- /S+ Sub directories too
- This will make AF look in the directories situated below then
- initial (/R) directory.
-
- /C Current directory only
- This is identical to AF /R. /S+
-
- /M Only this mask when searching into archives. Use this if you wish
- to search in FREE*.ZIP :
- AF /MFREE*.ZIP
- This mask is a regular DOS mask (*DOC*.ZIP not allowed). Only one
- mask is allowed here.
- If this option is not set, AF looks for /M*.*
-
- /A Only look for archives whatever their contents. This option is
- meant to `give an idea` of the number of archives present. It only
- gives the archive names (and their size if the /F parameter is
- specified). You can use the /M option to only look for the LZH
- archives : AF /A /M*.LZH (or AF -am*.lzh).
- If you use the /F switch, you can sort the archives by size :
- AF -af | Sort
- You can also use file masks and the /N switch (preventing the word
- `Archive` to appear). This is very useful for grouping all the archives
- containing one particular kind of file to execute a command on them :
- AF -A BBS.AD /N /M*.ZIP >FILELIST
- ^this creates a file called FILELIST containing the full path name
- of all the ZIP archives containing the file BBS.AD.
- If you use 4Dos or NDos, you can then enter :
- For %a in (@FILELIST) do Pkzip -d %a BBS.AD
-
- /P Do not look inside the archives. This options, of course, speeds
- up the search making AF act like any normal file finder.
-
- /E Make AF also write the name of the archives not containing the
- files matching the mask.
- if the /G option is on, the directories not containing files matching
- the mask(s) will also be displayed.
-
- /N Only display the full path name of the files. I could have called
- this option `batch mode`. It is useful to create file lists that
- can be re-used by archivers or 4Dos programs or whatever.
-
- /W Like Dos's /W switch for DIR : Wide display. Does only display
- the file name (nor drive nor dir).
-
- /T Display the size the file really occupies (if not in archive) or
- the size it would occupy (if in archive) when unpacked to the
- specified or implied disk. MSDOS uses disk space by clusters. So
- one file, even 1 byte long occupies 512 bytes on a diskette and
- at least 1024 bytes up to 8192 bytes on a hard disk depending on
- the FORMAT that was made.
- Specifying /T immediately followed by the name of the drive on which
- you want to unpack the files, AF calculates the size it would
- REALLY occupy on this particular disk. /T0 means current drive.
- This options automatically activates the /F switch (display totals).
-
- For example:
- AF /GTC /MARCHIVE.ARC *.PAS
- tells the size occupied by the *.PAS files (contained in ARCHIVE.ARC)
- once unpacked on disk C:
- AF /GTA /MARCHIVE.ARC *.PAS
- same but on A:
- AF /GT0 /MARCHIVE.ARC *.PAS
- if `0` (zero) is specified after the /T, AF detects what disk to
- use default or the one specified by /R.
- AF /GU /T- /MARCHIVE.ARC *.PAS
- if you use `-` (minus sign) as the disk's name, AF will not look
- for the real size. Use this when modifying an alias execution or
- using the /U switch.
-
- /F Display the totals. Number of files found in archives, not in archives
- and total, with the respective sub-total REAL size.
-
- /U Only display the totals. This automatically activates /F+ and /T0.
- You can remove /F switch by specifying /F- after /U
-
- /* High speed search : AF will not look for directories with an
- extension like SILLYSFT.DIR
- This REALLY speeds up the search. It is only active when AF does
- not have to look inside archives.
-
- /D Lets you select a date after and/or before which the file has been
- modified.
- AF *.COM /d+011580 : all .COM files modified on Jan,15 80 or after
- AF *.COM /d-011590 : all .COM files modified on Jan,15 90 or before
- AF *.COM /d=011590 : all .COM filed modified on Jan,15 90
- same as
- AF *.COM /d+011590 /d-011590
- If no date is specified after /D+ /D- or /D=, it means today.
- AF *.* /d= displays all the files modified/created today
-
- /I In a same way, this lets you select files to display depending on
- their size.
- AF *.COM /i+1024 : all .COM files greater or equal 1024 bytes
- AF *.COM /i-1024 : all .COM files below or equal 1024 bytes
- AF *.COM /i=1024 : all .COM files of exactly 1024 bytes
-
- /L Select which drives to search on. By default, AF looks on C, D and E.
- AF *.COM /lABC searches .COM files on A: B: et C:
- /L0 (zero) means only look on current drive or /R specified
-
- /B AF 1.19 and up have another look for displaying files, a bit like SST
- Supersonic Search Tools from Keith Ledbetter). The /B option is used
- to deactivate this look and give a more Dos-conventionnal display.
-
- /) This option tells you what AF understood while parsing your
- command line. VEERRRYYY useful to understand why something does not
- work as you would. If you have a problem with a command line, retype
- it (or recall it) and add /) or -)
-
-
- Redirections
- ------------
-
- AF can be used redirected. That is using the `|` and/or `>` sign.
- For example, to store the result of a search in file TEMP.LST you just
- add >TEMP.LST to your command line :
- Ex: AF *.PAS >PASLIST
- You could also ask for a pause between pages by typing
- AF *.PAS | More
- or get the sorted archives list in a file
- AF /AF |Sort >LISTARCH.TXT
- Etc...
-
-
- Entering parameters
- -------------------
-
- Note you can group commands together.
- Exemple :
- AF -cp same as AF /c /p
- But :
- Parameters /M... /R... and /L... can only be at the end of such a grouping :
- AF -cpm*.ZIP is valid
- AF -cp*.ZIPm is not
-
- You can also specify explicitely if the parameter should be activated or
- disabled. Just add a `+` or a `-` (minus) immediately after the command
- (command grouping is still possible). This is very useful to force a
- parameter if you use batches or synonyms/alias/doskeys.
- Example :
- AF /C+P+ same as AF /cp
- because -c et -p are `-` by default
-
- AF analyses the parameters one after the order from left to right. If an
- option appears twice on the same command line, is important :
- AF /P/P does nothing
-
-
- Examples
- --------
-
- To understand all the power of AF, you should try the following examples :
-
- Find all *.DOC files wether they are on the disk or placed in an archive :
- Af *.doc
-
- Find all *.DOC files only in archives :
- Af *.doc /G-
-
- Find all *.DOC files on the disk without looking in archives :
- Af *.doc /P
-
- Find all *.DOC files on the disk without looking into archives, searching
- only in directory \DOS and it's subdirectories :
- Af *.doc /P /R\DOS
-
- Find all *.DOC files on the disk, not in archives, only in directory \DOS :
- Af *.doc /P /S /R\DOS
-
- Find all *.DOC files on the disk, not in archives, only in current dir :
- Af *.doc /P /C
-
- Find all *.DOC files in the current directory and in *.ZIP archives (of current
- dir) :
- Af *.doc /G- /C /M*.ZIP
-
- Find all *.DOC files in the current dir and in *.ZIP archives, displaying
- REAL occupation size and total sizes :
- Af *.doc -t0fm*.ZIP
- can also be written
- Af *.DOC /T0 /F /M*.ZIP
-
- Find all *.DOC files on the disk, not in archives, displaying full path names
- (for use in batch files) :
- Af *.doc -pn
-
- Find all *.DOC and *.TXT files on the disk and within archives
- Af *.doc *.txt
-
- Find all *.DOC files, not in archives, on disk H: only :
- Af *.doc -plh
-
- Find all *.DOC files, only in archives being on H:
- Af *.doc -glh
-
- Find all files modified or created today
- Af /PD=
-
-
- Users of 4Dos / CED / DosEdit / DosKey
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- You HAVE TO make aliases (synonyms) with AF !
-
- This is a FileFind equivalent (just faster)
- Syn FF AF /P /* /R%1 %2 %3 for CED
- FF=AF /P /* /R%1 for 4Dos
-
- To view one/many archives in current dir (this is the most powerful one) :
- Syn V=AF -CG-t0M%1 -l0 %2 %3 %4 for CED
- V=AF -cg-t0M%1 -l0 for 4Dos
- With this you can do :
- v View all archives contents
- v a View all archives, any type, name starting with an `A`
- v a:*.ZIP View all A:*.ZIP archives
- v * *.DOC View all *.DOC files contained in archives of current dir
- v * /g View everything in the current dir, inside and outside archives
- and so on...
-
- Even a DIR command (you won't get the directory names) :
- DDIR=AF /PC %1
-
- A DIR displaying real file sizes :
- FDIR=AF -pct0f %1
- p=don't look in archives
- c=only in current dir
- t0=detect current or specified disk
- f=display totals
-
- Remark: In the examples of FF and V, the first parameter (%1) is passed
- to /R or /M. If you wish to add parameters to the command line
- with a /U for instance, you will have to enter :
- FF .\ /U
- V * /U
-
- The `*` alone is the widest mask for AF. It's MSDOS *.*'s
- equivalent. *.* will work also but is much tedious.
-
-
- If you missed the beginning
- ---------------------------
- I'm sorry, since version 1.25 of AF is the first English version, I won't
- waste time/energy translating all the list.
-
- - 1.25 English version
-
-
- Diffusion
- ---------
-
- This program is placed in public domain WITH ITS SOURCES. Anyone can use,
- give away, modify or include all or part of it at the only condition of
- explicitly giving proper credit to it's author. When I say anyone, I
- really MEAN it, even for commercial purposes, even for CDROMS...
-
-
- Planned changes
- ---------------
-
- - Correctly handle SIT (mac) files and add CPT (mac compactor) formats
- - Sorts (that's not sure)
- - File exclusions
- - Limit searches to n files
- - Command execution on found files
- - improvements of -) option
- - Debugging of masks containing a #
- - Support of all TPZ archives
- - Use of an environment variable and/or config file to modify AF's default
- options (you can recompile it if you have nearly any version of TP/BP),
- changing the default options to you convenience
-
-
- Contact
- -------
-
- Minitel (France) 3615 DP
- 3614 ABO
- 3715/3614 LEGEND
-
- For BBS write to JC BOGGIO
- Hermes HQ BBS (France) (33) (1) 69 00 76 72
- ILink net PASCAL and COMPRESS conferences
- (on Almac BBS)
-
- CompuServe (I hate it) 100117,3213
-
- Usenet cat@spia.fr.mugnet.org
-
- FidoNet via Almac BBS to JC BOGGIO but I don't have
- the node number and the correct address.
-
- French mail Jean-Christophe Boggio
- 8, rue de la Corne
- 37370 Chemillé sur Dême
- France
-
-
- Thanks
- ------
-
- to JrB for writing LhFind (which searches in Yoshi's LZH). It was
- AF's ancestor
- to Philip Burns, the author of PibCat for the ZOO format
- to Vernong Buerg's FileView which gave me the idea of the /W command
- (i never used it before)
- to Master Yoshizaki (Lharc's author) for making me discover compression
- to Master Jung (RK not CG) for writing the best ever (the easiest and
- most powerful) archiver, I named ARJ.
- to Keith Ledbetter (SST author) for the challenge
- to PkWare for their PkArc and PkZip 1.1 programs (PkZip 2.x is really
- an awful bug nest. I hate being forced to use it.
- to Patrick `Next` Teil for his TPZ archiver and his shell for AF
- to all of those who reported bugs, ideas (GEX, California, Kadorbra,
- Next, Solex and the other ones)
- to you for using Archive Finder.
-
-
- Author: Jc Boggio Diffusion: Public domain with Turbo Pascal source code
- Version: 1.25 Date: March, 2 1993
-
-