ALSOBROOK@yalemed.bitnet (04/05/91)
Hi to all BIONETers! I know this section is labelled "PC-SOFTWARE", but
I didn't think anyone would mind this posting. Are any of you aware of
a VAX/VMS equivalent of the Norton Utility's "file find" IBM-PC program?
I just hate digging through my whole directory tree to find one misplaced
file (although utilities like 'SWING', which is a VAX almost-equivalent
of XTREE, do help)! Maybe there's even a standard VMS utility that can
do it, but I sure can't find one. Thanks to everyone, even if all you did
was read this!
John Alsobrook ALSOBROOK@YALEMED.BITNETTOM@PHARM.SUNYSB.EDU (Thomas Easton) (04/05/91)
> > Hi to all BIONETers! I know this section is labelled "PC-SOFTWARE", but > I didn't think anyone would mind this posting. Are any of you aware of > a VAX/VMS equivalent of the Norton Utility's "file find" IBM-PC program? > I just hate digging through my whole directory tree to find one misplaced > file (although utilities like 'SWING', which is a VAX almost-equivalent > of XTREE, do help)! Maybe there's even a standard VMS utility that can > do it, but I sure can't find one. Thanks to everyone, even if all you did > was read this! > John Alsobrook ALSOBROOK@YALEMED.BITNET Actually, i've recently written a 'file-find' in VMS DCL, though i'm calling it WHEREIS.COM. We're sort of trying it out here at the moment, & if it seems ok (& there's interest) i'll try sending it off to the Embl Netserv (if so i'll repost directions on how to get it). If you absolutely can't wait-a-week [ 8-) ], let me know. tom easton
harper@nic.funet.fi (Robert Harper) (04/05/91)
ALSOBROOK@yalemed.bitnet writes:
Ja>Hi to all BIONETers! I know this section is labelled "PC-SOFTWARE", but
Ja>I didn't think anyone would mind this posting. Are any of you aware of
Ja>a VAX/VMS equivalent of the Norton Utility's "file find" IBM-PC program?
Ja>I just hate digging through my whole directory tree to find one misplaced
Ja>file (although utilities like 'SWING', which is a VAX almost-equivalent
Ja>of XTREE, do help)! Maybe there's even a standard VMS utility that can
Ja>do it, but I sure can't find one. Thanks to everyone, even if all you did
Ja>was read this!
Ja> John Alsobrook ALSOBROOK@YALEMED.BITNET
You can use the VMS SEARCH command to find files that you are looking for.
If you get to the top directory and do:
$ SEARCH <...> filename.ext
Then VMS will zip through the current and subdirectories to find the file
you want... If you do not remember the file name but remember a word in your
file you can also search for that and if you put a qualifer like /WINDOW=10
SEARCH will give you ten lines of context around the word that you were
looking for.
There is also a programme called MAINT which will allow you to TAG files
and DELETE, COPY, them. MAINT is also quiet useful in that if you SELECT
a file you can VIEW it with the equivilent of TYPE/PAGE. The only trouble
I have found with it is that it sometimes messaes up record formats.
But anyway it is a useful utility in conjuction with SWING.
-=ROB=-