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WHEREIS vs. FIND [was XyWrite orphaned]
- Subject: WHEREIS vs. FIND [was XyWrite orphaned]
- From: Carl Distefano CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 07:01:06 +0000
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
CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/