WF - Wild Find, Version 1.01, (960603) (C) NPL Corporation 1988, 1996.

Find Files in or View Archive Directories of
    ARC, ARJ, COM, DWC, EXE, GZ, HA, HAP, HPK, ICE, LBR, LZH, LZS, MD, NWPACK,
        OS/2 PACK, PAK, PUT, RAR, SQZ, Z, ZIP, ZOO and more files.

 Usage:
    WF [d:][startpath][pattern] [switches]

 Switches:
    /W Wide Listing In 5 Columns      /C Continuous Listing
    /A Archives Contents Listing      /? This Help Screen
    /Nyymmdd newer than yymmdd        /Oyymmdd Older than yymmdd

 Wild Cards like OS/2:
  * matches any number of characters  e.g. *O*C* matches cOmmand.Com
   ? matches any single character      e.g. ?.EXE matches Q.exe

 While searching: <ESC> cancels <ANYKEY> pauses.
 While pausing:   <C> continuous mode <P> page mode.

For Whom:
=========
        Anybody who occasionally loses track of the location of files. "I
        must have it somewhere ...." should sound familiar. If dir /s
        can't do the job or e.g.  Vernon D.  Buerg's FV.COM is too limited
        or inaccurate.  If you're only looking for DOS-files FF or a
        similar utility is much faster !!

Description:
============

        WF recursively descends the directory tree (starting in the
        supplied drive/dir; default current drive and current dir) and
        searches for the file pattern specified; matching files are
        displayed on the console regardless of their date.

        Features:      scans all files for archive signatures no matter
                       what extension.

                       scans for archives in archives (this only works
                       with 'stored' archives) no matter how deep they
                       are nested.

                       OS/2-like wildcards makes it possible to find
                       files by a part of their filename or extension.
                       The period character if present is treated as a
                       normal character.

                       supports more archive types than any other utility
                       available today. (exception QAZ 3.09 but hangs
                       frequently with my testarchives)

        Commandline:   [d:]        optional drive to search.
                       [startpath] optional startpath may be relative to
                                   current dir or absolute.
                       [pattern]   OS/2-like file specification.

                       if no commandline is given WF will prompt you

        Switches:
                       /? displays a helpscreen
                       /C starts the program in continous listing mode
                          the output can be paused by hitting a key.
                       /A changes the default behaviour from filefinder
                          to list all files in matching archives.
                       /W brief listing in 5 columns.
                       /N find files newer than yymmdd
                       /O find files older than yymmdd


        Defaults:       search normal files as well as compressed files,
                        start in current dir of current drive, search for all
                        files, pause at the page end, give verbose output.

History:
========
        wf   - version   1.01  updated RAR
        wf   - version   1.0   finally fixed redirection
                               added InstallShield for Windows archives
        wf   - version   0.99x added more archivers
        wf   - version   0.993 HPACK 0.75 & 0.78 added
        wf   - version   0.992 NWPACK added
        wf   - version   0.991 RAR added
                               UNPACK added
                               /O /N options added
        wf   - version   0.96  COM (LHARC sfx) added.
        wf   - version   0.95  MD  added MD archive types.
                                   added compressed size to output of /A
                               LZH fixed type 1 & 2 header bug.
                               SQZ fixed SQZ header overflow.
                               DWC added path recognition.
                               DWC fixed time conversion.
                               PUT added support for V2.20
        wf   - version   0.94  first public  version for DOS.
        wf/2 - version   0.94  first public  version for IBM OS/2 2.x.
        wf   - version < 0.94  limited test releases

Known bugs and anomalities.
===========================
        On some networked systems the standard Borland C functions for
        reading files give erroneous results WF may not find all of
        the files in archives.

        Since most archivers change their file formats between version
        changes WF may report garbage or loop.

        Not every writer has publicly and/or correctly documented their
        archive formats so i had to reverse-engineer most of them.
        WF has been tested with the following archivers:

        PKZIP         1.1-2.04g  by PKWARE Inc.
        ARJ           2.50       by Robert K. Jung.
        LHA           1.13-2.13  by Haruyasu Yoshizaku.
        ZOO           2.10       by Rahul Desi.
        ARC           3.60       by PKWARE Inc.
        DWC           5.10       by Dean W. Cooper.
        HAP           3.00       by Hamarsoft.       (no V2.10 support)
        HPACK         0.75       by Peter Gutman LSB version
        HPACK         0.78       by Peter Gutman MSB version
        HYPER         2.50       by P. Sawatzki & K.P. Nischke
        LUU           2.13       by Vernon D.Buerg.
        LARC          3.33       by K. Miki, H. Okumara & K. Masuyama.
        PAK           2.51       by Nogate Consulting.
        PUT           1.00       by Jim Hass.
        SQZ           1.08.3     by J.I. Hammarberg.
        MDCD          1.00       by Mike DavenPort
        UNPACK        3.0        by IBM for OS/2 1+
        RAR           2.00       by Eugene Roshall
        UNPACK        ??         by IBM(R)
        NWUNPACK      ??         by NOVELL(R)
        INSTALLSHIELD ??         by ??
        Z             ??         by ??
        GZIP          ??         by ??

        If you have any constructive comments or discovered features
        not mentioned in this document. Send them to the address beneath.

Future Enhancements
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Even more archive type support, enhancements you or I see fit.

Other Utilities by the same author
==================================
MNU          Novell Menu compatible Menu system
             reads standard .MNU files with enhancments.
1001         Batch Enhancer
             much like symantecs BE
NWC          Novell workstation check
             is IPX, NETX, VLM or ODI stack loaded, find login drive etc.
IPXCOPY      copy (hard)disks over IPX.
             multiply installed software to multiple similar PC's
             no matter what OS.
DC           (de)compress (hard)disks to/from imagefile.
             multiply installed software to similar PC's
             no matter what OS.
NV           (Netware) Version scanner
             faster and more descriptive than version.

Legal stuff
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All mentioned products are copyright of their respective owners.
NPL Corporation can not take any responsibilties for the consequences
of using it's products.

About WF
===============
If you find this program useful in any way, you are kindly requested to send
me some money (dfl 20.00/us $10.00 suggested, or whatever you think it's worth).
This is no obligation whatsoever; however, if you do send me money, you will
be informed of my other utilities. (both present and future, of the same
category: programs that make life a little easier).

[Note to US users: if you'd like to register: if possible for you, please
try not to send me a cheque, but try something else (if possible, again).
The handling charges charged by my bank on a US cheque are about us $4.75
(there's dfl 0.50 left over from a us $5.- cheque.)]

If you do send me some money, you should state "WF versionNo.", and if
possible how or where you received this program.

You are encouraged to copy this program, and to give it away to everyone that
might be interested, but please do not spread modified copies of this program.

If you have any questions, you can always contact me, and I will try to answer
them...

Nico Looije, (100565.1437@Compuserve.com)
Prins der Nederlandenstraat 9,
3151 SB Hoek van Holland,
The Netherlands.

Postal Giro account: #5135902 - N.P. Looije - Hoek van Holland.
Bank account:        #32.32.77.314 ("RaboBank") - N.P. Looije, Hoek van Holland
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