Re: Off topic... but may be of interest.

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Sure. A file is a file.
Go to Search (under Start). In the "Search for files or folders named:"
box, put in all the file extensions using the wildcards, separated by
semicolons--e.g.:

*.txt;*.pgm;*.tst
In "Look in:" put in the right directory, if you want to limit (and thus
accelerate) your search.

On my XP system, it does find even zipped files.
>  Will Search pick up only files produced by DOS programmes?
>
>  MWP
>
> ------
> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> > Window's native Search facility can do this--or am I missing something?
> > >  Does any know of a small DOS or Windows programme that would allow
> > >  be to poll the hard drives for recently downloaded or changed TXT,
> > >  DOC, PDF, or XY4 type files? I have such a DOS programme, but it has
> > >  been acting up recently. It worked well for years till about a month
> > >  or so ago, when it started giving me a "runtime error 202" in mid-flight.
> > >  I cannot figure out what happened to cause it to do this, and everything
> > >  I've tried to correct the problem does not work.
> > >
> > >  For those amongst you who may be interested, go to the Garbo file
> > >  archive, and search for the programme called TODAY. It may be part
> > >  of a collection of DOS programmes that have been zipped together. It's
> > >  very useful if you modify files or download files and want to know
> > >  the names of all of the files in question, and their location on the
> > >  computer, say, since, yesterday at 14:00 hours.
> > >
> > >  If you do obtain this programme, I'd be interested to know if it
> > >  performs well for you, or do you too get a Runtime error?
> > >
> > >  Thanks.
> > >
> > >  M.W. Poirier
> >
> >
> > Harry Binswanger
> > hb@xxxxxxxx


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx