RE: Searching for text across subdirectories

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

  Since people on this list are likely using XYWrite 4.018, you
  may want to give some thought to using Lotus Magellan, which
  can be obtain for free off the net. It performs indexed
  searches, and is a DOS programme.

  M.W. Poirier

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Norman Bauman wrote:

> Patricia,
>
> The difference is speed. The big difference is between an indexed search
> and an unindexed search. An unindexed search, with FIND for example, simply
> greps through file after file, every time you want to search for a string.
> With a reasonable number of files, that can take a long time. An indexed
> search, with dTsearch or ZyIndex, first creates a huge index to every word
> in every file, which can take a long time, and then lets you find any word
> or combination almost instantly.
>
> Norman
>
> At 01:08 PM 9/24/03 -0400, Patricia M Godfrey wrote:
> >
> >The file could be corrupt after one download but not after another,
> >depending on the quality of the phonelines involved, sunspots, almost
> >anything. But Windows Find and U2's SSE both will do this. Unless this
> >application can find text in nontext formats?
> >Patricia
> >
> >
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