Short: Fast cross volume file & dir search & action utility v3.0 Author: jcates@page.az.net (James Cates) Uploader: jcates page az net (James Cates) Type: util/wb Replaces: LocateV2 Requires: OS2.0+ Architecture: m68k-amigaos With LocateV3 you can not only find it FAAAAAST you can run it, view it, listen to it, display it and edit it! Changes since 2.0 Menus & Hotkeys. Online help. Multiple databases (for those of you with removable media devices.) Point & click preferences. Iconization gadget. Save Output to file. Change databases on the fly... and more! Why another file search program? Actually Locate is NOT another search program but a front end for FIND and UPDATEDB an excellent CLI only search and database duo written by Larry Phillips. With two hard hard drives and 9 partitions it 'was' a royal pain to search through each and every partion one at a time for a file I had misplaced. Not to mention that searching all the dirs and subdirs took what seemed like an eternity! Installing LocateV3.1 Simply unarc the file and place the programs in their respective directories. C: files in C: etc. You may place Locate in any Dir you choose. IMPORTANT- You will need to create a directory named FindDB and assign FindDB: to it. I suggest you add a line similar to the following to your user-startup. ASSIGN FindDB: work:FindDB LocateV3.1 DOES require CanDo.Library to run properly. IF you are updating from 2.0 keep the following in mind and respond accordingly: Beginning with LocateV3.1 ALL databases should have a unique name. The name MUST NOT be find.codes! ALL databases MUST be in your FindDB: assigned volume. Getting Started BEFORE running Locate you should edit the first line of locate.prefs For example: dh0: dh1: dh2: dh3: etc. etc. NOTE each volume must be seperated by a space. When first run Locate will ask you to select a database to work with. If this is the first time you are running Locate, click past this, leaving the file name blank. A new database will be created using the 'default path' you specified in the first line of the locate.prefs file. After your first database is created you may change the default path from within Locate, using the Preferences option. NOTE: be prepared for a wait. Udating the DataBase can take from 10-20 minutes depending on the number of volumes you include, their size and the number of directories and files included on/in the volume/partion. Once the database is created, save it with a descriptive name. The database MUST be saved to the FindDB: assigned volume. You now have the FASTEST file/dir search utility I have seen on the Amiga! And what's more there will be NO NEED TO ENTER A PATH TO SEARCH!!! To find a file or directory once the database is complete type in the pattern and click on the LOCATE button you will have an entire listing of all Directories and Files that contain any or all of your specified search pattern within 5 seconds! KNOWN BUGS I have had some reports of LOCATE removing the Workbench Pattern when exiting (ONLY with older model Amiga's and/or OS chips prior to 2.0) I have found NO reason for this bug and have no intention of buying an A500 to check it out. See online help for detailed button, menu, gadget & preferences information. I hope you enjoy using Locate as much as I have enjoyed working on it! Please address comments and suggestions for improvements on the interface to the Author. ICONS for this program & dir are NEWICONS! IF you don't have the NEWICONS patch installed they will show up as single pixels on your Workbench!