I think you are looking for AltaVista Discovery.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> >Behalf Of Alan S. Harrell
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:31 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [SaF] search program
> >
> >
> >On 27 Mar 2001, at 18:40, Harry Jones wrote:
> >
> >> I used to have a program a long time ago that was similar to
> >> altavista, in fact I think it was written by the altavista
> >folks. What
> >> it did was search your local machine for keywords, whether
> >they were
> >> file names or data within the files. Does anyone know the
> >program I'm
> >> talking about or a similar one? I'm trying to locate an
> >address I know
> >> I have somewhere on this machine, just don't know WHERE.
> >
> >Shareware
> >=========
> >
> >(This one reads like the best of the bunch.)
> >
> >"Advanced Find and Replace"
> >
> >Features:
> >
> >*Search files with smart queries as with AltaVista or Google.
> >
> >*Replace simple or multiline text in multiple files.
> >
> >*With batch replace operation you can easily replace or
> >update hundreds
> >of different links in several files.
> >
> >*Saves results in XML and other formats.
> >
> >*Works with command line params.
> >
> >*Extremely fast, easy to use and excellent documentation is
> >included.
> >
> >*It is a great time-saver for programmers and Webmasters
> >
> >http://vasin.hypermart.net/afr/index.htm
> >
> >Also can be downloaded at ZDNet and Download.com
> >
> >$29.00
> >
> >~~
> >
> >Find It (32bit) v3.04
> >
> >http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,000SE2,.html
> >
> >~~
> >
> >EF Find v1.10
> >
> >http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,001BJ5,.html
> >
> >~~
> >
> >Freeware
> >========
> >
> >Xteq X-Find v1.0
> >
> >http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,0017LX,.html
> >
> >...or...
> >
> >http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10096-100-
> >1461509.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-1-1.1461509
> >
> >Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be
> >entered into your browser's address box as one line.
> >
> >...or...
> >
> >http://www.xteq.com/downloads/index.mv#xfnd
> >
> >~~
> >
> >Text Find
> >
> >http://www.textfind.com/
> >
> >~~
> >
> >StringFinder
> >
> >http://all4soft.netfirms.com/stringfinder.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >Alan
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
