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From: joes@idunno.princeton.edu (Joe Studholme)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Searching for (and finding) HFS filenames by keyword...
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Date: 5 Nov 90 23:12:37 GMT
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Hi.

  I am hunting for a way to get HyperCard to do the following:

    Search a volume
    Find all files that contain a given string  in their name  
    Return the path (the long filename) of each file for which we get a 
     "hit"

For example, Jake K. User types the string "Druid" and its the 'find' 
button. Hypercard will then search the hundreds of megabytes worth of 
files on our server.  After a (hopefully brief) pause, Jake is rewarded by 
seeing a scrolling list with the results; aka:
                      
                           ----------------------------
                           |  Druidic font            |
                           |   MacDruid               |
                           |   Druids and Dragoons    |
                           ----------------------------

He clicks on an item, and PRESTO - a copy is made, the file is run (or 
destroyed), or whatever.

Now, I would have thought that there would be an XCMD or XFCN by now that 
did this. But I can't seem to find one in my usual sources.  Any help 
would be appreciated...

            <Joe Studholme>
            <joes@idunno.princeton.edu>
            <CIT Advanced Applications Group>