[arachne] Re: Can't find a file

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On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:58:44 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> I mentioned XDIR because I thought you were looking for a replacement
> for the DIR /S command in MS-DOS. XDIR /S does exactly the same; it
> finds all files matching the search pattern in all sub directories
> in and below the specified dir on the same drive.

Ah, I see it all. I did not try XDIR with the /S option.

> I did not know that you were looking for a tool that finds files
> across all drives, otherwise I would not have recommended XDIR.

I wasn't. That was just an extra that I found with LOCATE.

> Perhaps you should tell what exactly you are looking for before
> complaining that the proposed solutions do not work for you.

Perhaps you should give more information when you suggest a solution.
Your reply on this matter said this:

> the command you are looking for is called XDIR in DR-DOS.

Which I tried, and it didn't do what I wanted.

You went on:

> If you enter DOSBOOK DIR, you are presented with all kinds of topics
> related to the DIR command, including the XDIR command.

DOSBOOK DIR takes me only to the opening screen of DOSBOOK. From there I
clicked on INDEX, and scrolled down to DIR. The page that opened from
that did not mention XDIR.

Since then I have scrolled the index down to XDIR where I do get a page
that explains all about it.

Thank you anyway for your suggestion, which now gives me three solutions
to the problem.

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