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 The "How To" of FileFind Requests
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Originally developed by Jeff Schrunk.  Last Revision: 2003-09-04

The FileFind system offers people the ability to search for files via echomail
by writing messages addressed to the name "ALLFIX", without quotes.  The files,
file specifications, and keywords (preceded by a
'/') are placed on the subject line.  The message body may be left
empty.

ALLFIX will scan the configured message areas and process all FileFind
requests.  It will scan the BBS file areas and if any matches are found, it
will write a reply in the appropriate area.

Since the FileFind requests are sent via echomail, one request may receive
multiple replies.  One problem with this system is that the flow of mail may
easily get out of hand.  ALLFIX has a number of features to reduce the amount
of mail.  First, no more than 15 files will be included in a reply.  Second, it
has the ability to ignore any local FileFind requests.  Third, ALLFIX will not
process FileFind requests that contain less than 4 non-wildcard characters (ie.
characters other than the '?' and '*' wildcards).  Lastly, ALLFIX has the
ability to ignore FileFind requests that are older than the configured number
of days.

To facilitate searching for files, ALLFIX supports two elementary boolean
operators; AND and OR.  These operators may be used between filespecs and
keywords.

 Ex. /SOUND AND /32bit

In the previous example, ALLFIX will search for files that have both the
keyword SOUND and the keyword 32bit in the description.

 Ex. /SOUND AND /32bit OR /SOUNDBLASTER

In the previous example, ALLFIX will search for files with the keyword SOUND
and the keyword 32bit in the description, or for any files with the keyword
/SOUNDBLASTER in the description.

Sometimes a keyword may contain the special character "/".  ALLFIX will
normally interpret that as a special character signalling that the rest of the
text entered is a keyword.  In order to prevent ALLFIX from doing that, the
keyword can be enclosed in double quotes.  For example, when searching for the
keyword OS/2, it should be specified as "OS/2" and not as /OS/2 which may be
interpreted incorrectly by ALLFIX.

Bob Swift, Moderator, FILEFIND Echo.

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