!TOPIC 171 4FF
SYNTAX        (External third-party)

!TTY
4FF [/a:[-]rash][/l][/z][/s][/b][/d][/m:nn][/?] [start dir] {filenames}

!ENDTTY
PURPOSE

!TTY
A simple 4DOS-aware file finder.
!ENDTTY

COMMENTS

4FF is a simple file finder utility that displays 4DOS file descriptions
with the files it finds. 

The 4FF options are:

    /a:rash Search for files with these attributes set.
    /l      Do not search in .lzh archive files.
    /z      Do not search in .zip archive files.
    /s      Scan only subdirectories of given path `start-dir'.
    /b      Bare listing (omits size, date, and descriptions).
    /d      Scan all hard disks (address floppy drives explicitly).
    /m:nn   Set right margin to nn.
    /?      Show help display.


EXAMPLE

Find all executable, writeable files on the current drive.

    c:\> 4ff /a:-r *.exe *.com

Find all *.bak files not in .ZIP and .LZH archives on the current drive.

    c:\> 4ff /z /l *.bak

Find all files not in .ZIP archives in the c:\4dos\ directory.

    c:> 4ff /s /z c:\4dos\


