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!AWApr91/Goodies/Find/!Find/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1991-04.adf » April91 |
| Filename: | !AWApr91/Goodies/Find/!Find/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 08D3 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
FILE FINDER APPLICATION version 1.30
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This program is loaded from the Desktop by clicking on its
icon. It will then install itself on the icon bar.
The program is fully documented using the Interactive Help
Application (!Help) from the Archimedes Applications Disc 1.
The program is 'intelligent' and will make available for
search any Archimedes standard filing system, including floppy,
hard, ram and network systems. These can be cycled through using
the arrows by the 'Drive' box. If the filing system is not
installed, it will not be presented as a choice.
When using the network search option, to force the computer
to search a different network disc, type ':<disc name>.' in front
of the root directory name. NB The utility can not cope with
directories containing more than 77 files; files after the 77th
will be ignored.
Presenting the program with a filename, which can include
all standard wildcards, will produce a complete filename for any
file which satisfies those conditions. The more accurate the
file specification offered, the more accurately the required file
will be located. A search can be confined to specific
directories or a whole hard disc! The search is limited to a
maximum of 10 directory levels below the search directory. If
you need more (honestly?) perhaps your filing system should be
reviewed!
For example :
Entering '$.RISCapps' as the root directory and '!A*' as the
required file will list two files.
$.RISCapps.!Alarm
$.RISCapps.!Alarm.!Alarm
But, entering the same root directory but '*A*' as the
required file will list 70 possibilities if both applications
discs have been copied onto a hard disc (try it!).
Similarly, offering the filename 'IntMetrics' with no
further data will produce the three possible filenames of
$.RISCapps.!Fonts.Corpus.Medium.IntMetrics
$.RISCapps.!Fonts.Portrhouse.Standard.IntMetrics
$.RISCapps.!Fonts.Trinity.Medium.IntMetrics
Further information on any file located can be obtained as
usual by typing *INFO or *FILEINFO.
This application was written by Andrew Vawer, October 1989. 00000000 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. | 00000010 20 46 49 4c 45 20 46 49 4e 44 45 52 20 41 50 50 | FILE FINDER APP| 00000020 4c 49 43 41 54 49 4f 4e 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |LICATION version| 00000030 20 31 2e 33 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 1.30. | 00000040 20 20 20 20 20 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d | ===========| 00000050 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================| 00000060 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |=========. | 00000070 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 | . Th| 00000080 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 6c 6f |is program is lo| 00000090 61 64 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 44 65 |aded from the De| 000000a0 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e |sktop by clickin| 000000b0 67 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 73 20 0a 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 |g on its .icon. | 000000c0 20 49 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 69 6e | It will then in| 000000d0 73 74 61 6c 6c 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 6f 6e 20 |stall itself on | 000000e0 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2e 0a 0a 20 |the icon bar... | 000000f0 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 | The program | 00000100 69 73 20 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e |is fully documen| 00000110 74 65 64 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e |ted using the In| 00000120 74 65 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 48 65 6c 70 20 0a |teractive Help .| 00000130 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 28 21 48 65 |Application (!He| 00000140 6c 70 29 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 41 72 63 |lp) from the Arc| 00000150 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |himedes Applicat| 00000160 69 6f 6e 73 20 44 69 73 63 20 31 2e 0a 0a 20 20 |ions Disc 1... | 00000170 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 | The program i| 00000180 73 20 27 69 6e 74 65 6c 6c 69 67 65 6e 74 27 20 |s 'intelligent' | 00000190 61 6e 64 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 61 76 |and will make av| 000001a0 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 0a 73 65 61 |ailable for .sea| 000001b0 72 63 68 20 61 6e 79 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 |rch any Archimed| 000001c0 65 73 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 66 69 6c 69 |es standard fili| 000001d0 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2c 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 |ng system, inclu| 000001e0 64 69 6e 67 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79 2c 20 0a 68 61 |ding floppy, .ha| 000001f0 72 64 2c 20 72 61 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 65 74 77 |rd, ram and netw| 00000200 6f 72 6b 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 73 2e 20 20 54 68 |ork systems. Th| 00000210 65 73 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 63 79 63 6c 65 |ese can be cycle| 00000220 64 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 |d through using | 00000230 0a 74 68 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 73 20 62 79 20 74 |.the arrows by t| 00000240 68 65 20 27 44 72 69 76 65 27 20 62 6f 78 2e 20 |he 'Drive' box. | 00000250 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 73 | If the filing s| 00000260 79 73 74 65 6d 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 0a 69 6e |ystem is not .in| 00000270 73 74 61 6c 6c 65 64 2c 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c |stalled, it will| 00000280 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 65 | not be presente| 00000290 64 20 61 73 20 61 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 2e 0a 0a |d as a choice...| 000002a0 20 20 20 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 | When using | 000002b0 74 68 65 20 6e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b 20 73 65 61 72 |the network sear| 000002c0 63 68 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 74 6f 20 66 6f |ch option, to fo| 000002d0 72 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 |rce the computer| 000002e0 20 0a 74 6f 20 73 65 61 72 63 68 20 61 20 64 69 | .to search a di| 000002f0 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 6e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b 20 |fferent network | 00000300 64 69 73 63 2c 20 74 79 70 65 20 27 3a 3c 64 69 |disc, type ':<di| 00000310 73 63 20 6e 61 6d 65 3e 2e 27 20 69 6e 20 66 72 |sc name>.' in fr| 00000320 6f 6e 74 20 0a 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 |ont .of the root| 00000330 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 2e | directory name.| 00000340 20 20 4e 42 20 54 68 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 | NB The utility| 00000350 20 63 61 6e 20 6e 6f 74 20 63 6f 70 65 20 77 69 | can not cope wi| 00000360 74 68 20 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 69 65 73 20 |th .directories | 00000370 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |containing more | 00000380 74 68 61 6e 20 37 37 20 66 69 6c 65 73 3b 20 66 |than 77 files; f| 00000390 69 6c 65 73 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 37 |iles after the 7| 000003a0 37 74 68 20 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 69 67 6e |7th .will be ign| 000003b0 6f 72 65 64 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 50 72 65 73 |ored... 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If| 00000570 20 0a 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 | .you need more | 00000580 28 68 6f 6e 65 73 74 6c 79 3f 29 20 70 65 72 68 |(honestly?) perh| 00000590 61 70 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 66 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 |aps your filing | 000005a0 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 |system should be| 000005b0 20 0a 72 65 76 69 65 77 65 64 21 0a 0a 20 20 20 | .reviewed!.. | 000005c0 20 20 46 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 3a 0a | For example :.| 000005d0 0a 20 20 20 20 20 45 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 27 |. Entering '| 000005e0 24 2e 52 49 53 43 61 70 70 73 27 20 61 73 20 74 |$.RISCapps' as t| 000005f0 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 |he root director| 00000600 79 20 61 6e 64 20 27 21 41 2a 27 20 61 73 20 74 |y and '!A*' as t| 00000610 68 65 20 0a 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 66 69 6c |he .required fil| 00000620 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 69 73 74 20 74 77 6f 20 |e will list two | 00000630 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 24 2e 52 |files... $.R| 00000640 49 53 43 61 70 70 73 2e 21 41 6c 61 72 6d 0a 20 |ISCapps.!Alarm. | 00000650 20 20 20 20 24 2e 52 49 53 43 61 70 70 73 2e 21 | $.RISCapps.!| 00000660 41 6c 61 72 6d 2e 21 41 6c 61 72 6d 0a 0a 20 20 |Alarm.!Alarm.. | 00000670 20 20 20 42 75 74 2c 20 65 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 | But, entering| 00000680 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 64 | the same root d| 00000690 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 62 75 74 20 27 2a 41 |irectory but '*A| 000006a0 2a 27 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 0a 72 65 71 75 69 |*' as the .requi| 000006b0 72 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 69 |red file will li| 000006c0 73 74 20 37 30 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 69 6c 69 74 |st 70 possibilit| 000006d0 69 65 73 20 69 66 20 62 6f 74 68 20 61 70 70 6c |ies if both appl| 000006e0 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 0a 64 69 73 63 73 20 |ications .discs | 000006f0 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 |have been copied| 00000700 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 68 61 72 64 20 64 69 73 | onto a hard dis| 00000710 63 20 28 74 72 79 20 69 74 21 29 2e 0a 0a 20 20 |c (try it!)... | 00000720 20 20 20 53 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 6c 79 2c 20 6f 66 | Similarly, of| 00000730 66 65 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 6e |fering the filen| 00000740 61 6d 65 20 27 49 6e 74 4d 65 74 72 69 63 73 27 |ame 'IntMetrics'| 00000750 20 77 69 74 68 20 6e 6f 20 0a 66 75 72 74 68 65 | with no .furthe| 00000760 72 20 64 61 74 61 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 64 |r data will prod| 00000770 75 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 70 6f |uce the three po| 00000780 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 73 |ssible filenames| 00000790 20 6f 66 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 24 2e 52 49 53 43 | of.. $.RISC| 000007a0 61 70 70 73 2e 21 46 6f 6e 74 73 2e 43 6f 72 70 |apps.!Fonts.Corp| 000007b0 75 73 2e 4d 65 64 69 75 6d 2e 49 6e 74 4d 65 74 |us.Medium.IntMet| 000007c0 72 69 63 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 24 2e 52 49 53 43 |rics. $.RISC| 000007d0 61 70 70 73 2e 21 46 6f 6e 74 73 2e 50 6f 72 74 |apps.!Fonts.Port| 000007e0 72 68 6f 75 73 65 2e 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 2e |rhouse.Standard.| 000007f0 49 6e 74 4d 65 74 72 69 63 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |IntMetrics. | 00000800 24 2e 52 49 53 43 61 70 70 73 2e 21 46 6f 6e 74 |$.RISCapps.!Font| 00000810 73 2e 54 72 69 6e 69 74 79 2e 4d 65 64 69 75 6d |s.Trinity.Medium| 00000820 2e 49 6e 74 4d 65 74 72 69 63 73 0a 0a 20 20 20 |.IntMetrics.. | 00000830 20 20 46 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d | Further inform| 00000840 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 66 69 6c |ation on any fil| 00000850 65 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 65 64 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |e located can be| 00000860 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 61 73 20 0a 75 73 | obtained as .us| 00000870 75 61 6c 20 62 79 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 2a 49 |ual by typing *I| 00000880 4e 46 4f 20 6f 72 20 2a 46 49 4c 45 49 4e 46 4f |NFO or *FILEINFO| 00000890 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 |... This app| 000008a0 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 20 77 72 69 |lication was wri| 000008b0 74 74 65 6e 20 62 79 20 41 6e 64 72 65 77 20 56 |tten by Andrew V| 000008c0 61 77 65 72 2c 20 4f 63 74 6f 62 65 72 20 31 39 |awer, October 19| 000008d0 38 39 2e |89.| 000008d3
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