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Uploader: "Wizardry and Steamworks" <mail@grimore.org>
Type: util/dir
Replaces: util/dir/HuntnGather.lha
Version: 1.7.4
Version: 1.7.5
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
 
Hunt & Gather - File search and indexing utilities.
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-=:[ Changes ]:=-
 
20211105:
* Use a single binary for all CPUs.
* Refocus the documentation to match the latest changes.
* MuForce and MuGuardianAngel memory usage stress testing.
* Large storage (cca. 8k directories / 80k files) stress testing.
* Use locale for string comparisons on the Amiga.
* "Gather" now requires either of -a (add), -r (remove), -c (create).
* Allow multiple paths when issuing the "Gather" command.
20211114:
 
* Rewrite and preparations for pooling memory the Amiga way.
 
-=:[ Introduction ]:=-
 
 
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The "Gather" utility is used to index a path. The following command:
 
 
Gather -c RAM:
 
 
will create a file in the S: directory named "gather.db". "Gather"is
verbose by default and will show the user what the utility is doing
but the behaviour can be changed with the "-q" (quiet) flag that will
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In order to look for a file, the "Hunt" utility is then invoked with
an AmigaOS search pattern, for instance, the pattern "#?test#?:
 
 
Hunt #?test#?
 
 
"Hunt" will then search the database previously generated by the
"Gather" utility and will print out all the paths corresponding to the
files matching the supplied pattern.
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the paths to be indexed; for example, all the following paths are
valid:
 
 
RAM:
DH0:System/
 
 
When the "Gather" utility runs, a database is created at "S:gather.db"
containing all the found files.