Dfind File Finder Utility
Dfind is a program that assigns short logical names to a wildcarded file
specification. These logical names can then be used in all DCL commands,
thereby saving you a lot of typing. It serves as a partial replacement
for the DIRECTORY command and can greatly reduce (or eliminate) the need
to SET DEFAULT to different directories. At the sites that have tried this
utility, it has become as indispensable as the command recall facility.
You will wonder how you ever managed without it. Trust me.
For example, normally if you wish to find and modify a program called
something_SALES_something.* you would go:
$ DIR DISK1:[PROGRAMS...]*SALES*.*
Directory of DISK1:[PROGRAMS.HEREFORD]
BULL_SALES_REPORT.FOR
CALF_SALES_REPORT.COB
COW_SALES_REPORT.FOR
$ SET DEF DISK1:[PROGRAMS.HEREFORD]
$ EDIT BULL_SALES_REPORT.FOR
With Dfind installed you would go:
$ D DISK1:[PROGRAMS...]*SALES*.*
D1: DISK1:[PROGRAMS.HEREFORD]BULL_SALES_REPORT.FOR
D2: DISK1:[PROGRAMS.HEREFORD]CALF_SALES_REPORT.COB
D3: DISK1:[PROGRAMS.HEREFORD]COW_SALES_REPORT.FOR
$ EDIT D1
That is 41 keystrokes instead of 96!!! And you can, of course, use the Dfind
logical names (D1, D2 etc.) in any command expecting a file specification.
Dfind supports many of the same qualifiers as the DIRECTORY command
such as /SINCE, /BEFORE etc., which makes it even more useful. Full details
in the readme file in the zipped distribution.
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