Why would you want to use a third-party search for
J script files, if there is a great tool in Session Manager,
called Find in Files?


--- Devon McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has anyone else had a problem with the Windows (XP) search tool?  I've found
> that when I search, e.g. the J directory for a word I expect to find in a
> script (.ijs) file, I get no hits even when I have a file with that word in
> it.  The newer tool that comes with Office 2007 is even worse - there is no
> apparent option to search file contents - but the older tool is still
> available.  However, this is a moot point if the older tool doesn't work.
> 
> For example, I create the file "testSearch.ijs" containing the single line:
> 
> NB. Test if Windows search can find "discombobulate".
> 
> then I right click on a directory above the one where this file is saved,
> enter "discombobulate" in the entry field for the "A word or phrase in the
> file:" option, and click on the "Search" button.  This finds no files.
> 
> I find myself using ancient DOS tools - "sweep" and "grep" - for an
> effective search.  Is there anything about the "ijs" suffix that might
> quietly exclude these files from consideration by Windows?
> 
> -- 
> Devon McCormick, CFA
> ^me^ at acm.
> org is my
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