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^CBob Napp


    ^1FindMe!^0 is a handy utility for locating a file or group of files on your
 hard disk.  At the DOS prompt, type:

^CFM filename

 For example:

 ^1FM README.DOC^0 - starting from the root directory, FindMe! searches all
                 the subdirectories in the current drive and locates all
                 occurrences of ^1README.DOC^0.

    Much like the DOS DIR command, the ^1*^0 and ^1?^0 wildcard characters in the
 filename.  For example:

 ^1FM *.TXT^0 - starting from the root directory, FindMe! searches all
            subdirectories of the current drive locating all files
            containing ^1.TXT^0 as the extension.

 ^1FM ABC?.TXT^0 - starting from the root directory, FindMe! searches all
               subdirectories of the current drive locating all filenames
               that are made of three or four letters, that contain ^1ABC^0
               as the first three characters, and that have ^1.TXT^0 as the
               extension.

    FindMe! also allows you to specify a drive and a path from which to start
 the search.  For example:

 ^1FM C:\TURBO\*.COM^0 - starting on the ^1C:^0 drive from the ^1TURBO^0
                     subdirectory, FindMe! will locate and display all files
                     that have ^1.COM^0 as the extension.  NOTE:  The search is
                     limited to only subdirectories that branch from the
                     ^1TURBO^0 subdirectory.

    Once FindMe! locates a file or group of files, all information associated
 with the location of the file(s) is displayed.  For example, if you typed ^1FM^0
 ^1*.SYS^0 at the DOS prompt, the program might display:

      FindMe! by Bob Napp  (c) 1990 Softdisk Publishing

 C:\
           IO.SYS   16125 bytes  03/21/1986  08:35 pm     R-O Hid Sys Arc
        MSDOS.SYS   28464 bytes  03/21/1986  12:00 pm     R-O Hid Sys Arc
        MOUSE.SYS   13793 bytes  07/31/1987  12:00 am
       CONFIG.SYS      67 bytes  09/06/1989  09:29 am                 Arc

 C:\DOS\
         ANSI.SYS    1651 bytes  03/21/1986  12:00 pm
        VDISK.SYS    6454 bytes  03/21/1986  12:00 pm

 C:\PCTOOLS\
     PC-CACHE.SYS     307 bytes  09/09/1988  03:04 pm

 C:\TD\
       TDH386.SYS    6591 bytes  05/07/1990  02:00 am                 Arc

 C:\FRANCE\
     BOOTPROT.SYS   13054 bytes  07/12/1989  04:32 pm
      KEYBUFF.SYS     758 bytes  07/12/1989  04:32 pm

      10 Files Found

    Along with the full path, filename, size of file, date, and time, FindMe!
 also reports whether the file(s) are Read Only (R-O), Hidden (Hid), System
 (Sys), or Archived (Arc).

    Advanced users of DOS may note that it is possible to redirect the output
 from FindMe! to a file or to a printer by using the redirection symbol (^1>^0).
 For example:

 ^1FM *.TXT >prn^0 - output is redirected to the printer.

 ^1FM *.SYS >LIST.TXT^0 - output is redirected to a file in the current
                      directory.


    Furthermore, you may encounter instances when FindMe! locates so many 
 files that the information scrolls off the display screen.  If you use the 
 pipe character (^1||^0) in conjunction with the DOS utility MORE, output will 
 temporarily halt when a full screen is displayed.  Press a key to restart the 
 display. 

    To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1FM^0.

DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FFM.EXE
