Re: SET DEFAULT or ?

Gene, Again, I am not a VFP developer, but my understanding from the Clipper/VO/X# XBase fork: SET DEFAULT change the path where when not specifying a path, will determine where it will first look at trying to find the file.  The default is the Executing directory. SET PATH is used as

SET DEFAULT or ?

Hello: I have an app that has for years been executed out of the default directory with the data there, too. Now, I have to give at least the data an arbitrary location. Can I use SET DEFAULT for this and save having to rewrite hundreds of table referring statements? Or are

Re: [NF] Search String

Thank you Shai / שי Charles Hart Enzer, MD(Ohio, USA), FAACAP Aliyah: Cincinnati to Jerusalem's German Colony May, 2017 Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Cincinnati Medical Center WebSite: http://www.enzermd.com Publications http://www.enzermd.com/CV.html#Publications

Re: [NF] Search String

The best drive search tools are those that search the MFT (Master File Table) on NTFS volumes rather than iterating through the file system itself. It's like the difference between finding records in a DBF using the index as opposed to scanning each record individually. Two free examples are

Re: [NF] Search String

I use Nirsoft Searchmyfiles for searching by file names, for duplicate files, for non-duplicates, for files containing a string, many options, great tool. He has other really useful tools 8-) https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html KUJayhawk Steve in Florida On Tue, Aug 13, 2019,

Re: [NF] Search String

The easiest would probably be to fire a DIR command from your application: DIR SpecificDir\*.* /ON > specdir.txt // Order by Name DIR OtherDir\*.* /ON > otherdir.txt Then read the TXT files and compare the filenames after extracting it from lines. Since I am not a VFP but a Clipper/VO/X#

Re: [NF] Search String

A directory based file structure is a tree structure. There is no implied way to unfold a tree structure without recurse. And recurse is not a one-level action. So it cannot exist a file skeleton, acting on a solely level, to impact other levels. Gérard. On 13/08/2019 13:26, Richard Kaye

RE: [NF] Search String

Everything does have a UI if that's helpful. If you're at a command prompt, you can use e /e to open the GUI. -- rk -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech On Behalf Of Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:08 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Search String

Re: [NF] Search String

Great question I'm searching my entire hard drive for folders or files not found in the specific directory. I am using Windows 10. My search tool is: https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/ Shai / שי Charles Hart Enzer, MD(Ohio, USA), FAACAP Aliyah: Cincinnati to Jerusalem's German

Re: [NF] Search String

Hello. Using the windows command prompt, you can : dir "/[the_search_root_path]/*.*" /s /b /A-d | find /V "/[the_path_you_want_to_exclude]/" > /[your_output_text_file] /Gérard./ / On 13/08/2019 10:08, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote: I need a Search String: - All Documents in OTHER

Re: [NF] Search String

Where? In VFP? The command prompt? Powershell? -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

[NF] Search String

I need a Search String: - All Documents in OTHER DIRECTORIES - That are NOT in a SPECIFIC DIRECTORY Thank you. *Shai / שי **Charles Hart Enzer, MD(Ohio, USA), FAACAP* *Aliyah : Cincinnati to Jerusalem