Subj : SHEZ To : Steve Quarrella From : Robert Bull Date : Sun Nov 12 2000 02:48 pm Hello, Steve; 19 Oct 00 14:43, Steve Quarrella wrote to Robert Bull: SQ> At this point, it's "IF I hear anything." At least we haven't had a SQ> bounce. It was recently pointed out to me that some of the old-time DOS authors are probably getting tired of the same old stuff and just want to get out from under... rb>> today, and wound up using QAZ to search the archives for it. SQ> I'm not familiar with that one. Is it a utility to search through SQ> archives? I do that with SHEZ, but have to figure out how to do it From my personall ALLFILES list; QAZ_361.RAR 141719 12-21-94 QAZ v3.61 is an "almost universal" archive viewer and file-finder: over FIFTY formats are recognized! Loads of features! ======================[ BEGIN QUOTE ]====================== QAZ is an "almost universal archive viewer". It will recognize, if not view, most compressed- or archive(r)-file formats, specifically in the DOS platform, although other types (from the Amiga, Macintosh and Unix) are recognized as well. (See the file WHICHARC.TXT for more details.) QAZ is also capable of searching a drive for archives which contain a specified set of files, or of returning exit codes identifying the file type or attributes of the file (such as whether an archive contains AV information or password-protected files) which can be used by other software. The output of QAZ is to standard-output, which means it can be used as an online BBS viewing utility. The format of the listing is very cust- omizable to suit users' individual tastes. =======================[ END QUOTE ]======================= Partial contents list of manual; (8) Listing in ANSI Color -A[+|-]{ADILONR}={code} (9) Bare Listing -B[+|-] (10) Customize Miscellaneia (Character Codes) -C[DLMTW]{code} (11) Searching files by Date and-or Time -D[H]{from}[,]{to} (12) Setting the Date Format -DF{DNSV012} (13) Setting the Time Format -DT[LMNS] (15) Case Settings -L[LSU+-] (16) Miscellaneous Functions -M{CDFINQSX03+-} (17) Ordering (Sorting) the Listing -O[-]{ADNOPRST} (19) Loading Options -POfilename (20) Return Code Options -R[ACIV] (21) Searching Files by Size -S[A]{low}[,]{high} (22) Set the format of the Ratio -SR[0-3] (23) Viewing the Directory Tree -T[PFD]{depth} (24) Setting Search Options -U{ABDERSTVX} -UI{depth} (25) Defining the View -V{ACDHINOPRST} (26) Wide Listings -W[+|-] (27) Line Width -WL{code} (28) Time Zone -Z[+|-]{GMT-hour} (29) Attribute Filtering -I{^ADHPRSTVWX} (30) Pause between screens -P (31) Tee output to file -Y[+-:]{filename} (32) Execute DOS Command if File is Found -E[AVY-] "command" (33) Picklists @filename (34) Setting the Default Options (35) Setting Extra Archive Specifications (36) Default QAZSPECs with the -US Option (37) QAZPATH (38) Return Codes given by the -RI option (39) Return Codes given by the -RA option (Check the included QAUTH.BAT file.) (40) Return Codes given by the -RV option (41) Thanks & Ackowledgements (42) More Miscellanea, the -MX option: (43) Other Stuff... I think it's readily available on SimTelnet, but there's a link on Rich Green's Web site. Notice the nice feature to be able to run a batch file with the found file as an argument. SQ> every time I want to do it, and recall that it's clunky. FWIW, SQ> I DO get a lot of mileage out of the SGREP utility that comes with SQ> SHEZ. I've come across programs that work well, but I have to read the manual every time... something inadequate about the online help, probably. SQ> around the block. I don't know if you remember the Hack Report, but No... SQ> the friendly competition is gone, but I can guarantee he's more of an SQ> authority of some of these newer archivers than I am. Walking encyclopaedias ;-) SQ> Like the aforementioned Windows Commander. I'm using that one plugin SQ> with ARC, and have to admit that it's working out pretty well for me. WC is a really good program. It makes working with Windows rather more tolerable, at least as regards file-management and archive handling. SQ> Don't know that I can get beyond the point and shoot of SHEZ, but I SQ> might be able to live with, say, hitting ALT-F3 to invoke LIST.COM. Some programs assume that point-and-shoot on a file meant unarchive it, but I'd rather have view it as the default myself. Regards, Robert. --- GoldED 3.00.Beta2+ * Origin: The Luminous Void (2:2500/1.4) .