1. Lookin' for File in all the wrong places
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at FLASH.NET>
Jul 03, 1997
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Last edited Jul 04, 1997
I was hopin' maybe somebody around here has come up with a pretty fast
routine for finding all instances of a file on a hard drive, then
returning the paths to those files.
If not, how would I go about finding a file, let's say it's called
"findme.now," on a hard drive most efficiently? Currently, I'm using
routines supplied by RDS, but I just know there's faster ways to be
had... And I'd prefer a non-machine code type solution, if available.
Thanks guys! (any gals around here?)
ck lester
2. Re: Lookin' for File in all the wrong places
> I was hopin' maybe somebody around here has come up with a pretty fast
> routine for finding all instances of a file on a hard drive, then
> returning the paths to those files.
>
> If not, how would I go about finding a file, let's say it's called
> "findme.now," on a hard drive most efficiently? Currently, I'm using
> routines supplied by RDS, but I just know there's faster ways to be
> had... And I'd prefer a non-machine code type solution, if available.
Look for listdirs.ex, it's a directory recursion demo. It should be easy to
convert to what you want...
> Thanks guys! (any gals around here?)
> ck lester
Anders
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3. Re: Lookin' for File in all the wrong places
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 21:30:50 +0600 "C. K. Lester" <cklester at FLASH.NET>
writes:
>
>I was hopin' maybe somebody around here has come up with a pretty fast
>routine for finding all instances of a file on a hard drive, then
>returning the paths to those files.
>
>If not, how would I go about finding a file, let's say it's called
>"findme.now," on a hard drive most efficiently? Currently, I'm using
>routines supplied by RDS, but I just know there's faster ways to be
>had... And I'd prefer a non-machine code type solution, if available.
>
>Thanks guys! (any gals around here?)
>ck lester
>
you could use "dir findme.now /s"
But this is a dos command and would have to be passed to a file.
"dir findmen.now /s >found"
Then you would have to parse "found".
GOOD Luck
