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Article #3186re : DOS dir command - how does it work
From: dbearly
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 1990 15:03
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 1990 15:03
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Several programs I have written recently in TC use the findfirst/findnext commands to locate directories and recurse the disk directory tree using these functions. I would like to know how programs such as NORTONs ff (find file ) seem to recurse the directory tree extremely quickly. Anyone know how they do it?? Dom. dbearly@vax1.tcd.ie dbearly@unix1.tcd.ie Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Rep. of Ireland
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!vax1.tcd.ie!dbearly From: dbearly@vax1.tcd.ie Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: re : DOS dir command - how does it work Message-ID: <1990Nov27.150315.7319@vax1.tcd.ie> Date: 27 Nov 90 15:03:15 GMT Organization: Trinity College Dublin Lines: 12