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WHEREIS vs. FIND [was XyWrite orphaned]



Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Thu, 30 Oct 97
06:02:56 +0000

-> > BTW, with PULL.PM (in SmartSet), you can issue WH(EREIS) on
-> >the CMline and view or edit the output in an Untitled screen;
-> >e.g.: PULL WH *.PRN
->
-> Hey! Son of a gun... so it does. Any advantage over FIND?

Each has its uses, depending on your purpose. If the object is to
have an editable list of fully-qualified filenames, use PULL
WHEREIS. If you want to open files in XyWrite or otherwise operate
on a directory listing, use FIND. All other things being equal,
WHEREIS has a slight edge in speed.


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Carl Distefano
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