pFind 6.3
don570
I see the need of a better example, because you have not understood how it works...... There is no option to filter what files to act on in the execute function. It will act on EVERY file in the list (or the files that are selected). [FILE] should not be replaced by any other word/expression, but has to be included in then execute command as '[FILE]'.
rm [FILE]
will remove every (selected) file in search-result-list.
In pFind 5.10, it looks like this:
Feedback wanted!
Sigmund
I see the need of a better example, because you have not understood how it works...... There is no option to filter what files to act on in the execute function. It will act on EVERY file in the list (or the files that are selected). [FILE] should not be replaced by any other word/expression, but has to be included in then execute command as '[FILE]'.
rm [FILE]
will remove every (selected) file in search-result-list.
In pFind 5.10, it looks like this:
Feedback wanted!
Sigmund
Version 5.10
See main post
Note!
This one requires gtkdialog-0.8.2
changelog
- Bump dependency to gtkdialog 0.8.2 (thanks to thunor)
- Sort from headers rather than from menu. (thanks to thunor)
- Removed the limitation MAX_LIST_ITEMS. (thanks to thunor)
- Update hit-list after rename, trash, delete
- Syntax improvement in execute command dialog. (thanks to don570)
- Show which files that will be affected for copy/move/execute (thanks to don570)
- Bugfix: Show correct errormessage for actions (thanks to don570)
See main post
Note!
This one requires gtkdialog-0.8.2
changelog
- Bump dependency to gtkdialog 0.8.2 (thanks to thunor)
- Sort from headers rather than from menu. (thanks to thunor)
- Removed the limitation MAX_LIST_ITEMS. (thanks to thunor)
- Update hit-list after rename, trash, delete
- Syntax improvement in execute command dialog. (thanks to don570)
- Show which files that will be affected for copy/move/execute (thanks to don570)
- Bugfix: Show correct errormessage for actions (thanks to don570)
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thank you for the extra option to copy files which are found. this can really help creating sfs
I use this to create my sfs.
1. change date to the future
2. compile program
3. change back the date
4. pfind all files which created/changed during the compile date then copy (which i used my own script) into newfolder
5. check content of newfolder and make it sfs
obviously this make creating sfs more easy.
btw did this program properly copy "link" ? or does it copy the "linked files" ?
thanks again
I use this to create my sfs.
1. change date to the future
2. compile program
3. change back the date
4. pfind all files which created/changed during the compile date then copy (which i used my own script) into newfolder
5. check content of newfolder and make it sfs
obviously this make creating sfs more easy.
btw did this program properly copy "link" ? or does it copy the "linked files" ?
thanks again
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I see where I was wrong with Action > Execute a command
I was putting a demonstation file in /root and then executing
a command using the filename only. The command would work
because the PWD was /root.
It wouldn't work if the demonstration file was located anywhere else.
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I was putting a demonstation file in /root and then executing
a command using the filename only. The command would work
because the PWD was /root.
It wouldn't work if the demonstration file was located anywhere else.
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I tested version 5.10 and everything worked including links ,copying
and moving.
I have a couple of suggestions and a couple of small bugs.
First of all, here is my suggestion for the window to execute a command.
Using FILELIST rather than FILE might make the instructions easier
and a reminder that cut and paste is possible as well.
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and moving.
I have a couple of suggestions and a couple of small bugs.
First of all, here is my suggestion for the window to execute a command.
Using FILELIST rather than FILE might make the instructions easier
and a reminder that cut and paste is possible as well.
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My second suggestion is to get rid of a feature.
When you first right click on a file on the hitlist, this menu pops up
However 'Send to trash' sends all files to trash. I think it
would be better to use 'Execute a command' --> rm [FILELIST]
to delete all the files simultaneouly.
The first time a user right clicks on a hit list, you have assumed that
the user wants to select all the files. However this isn't a method
that any other program uses to select all the files in a list and it
makes right clicking on an individual file difficult and confusing.
It would be better to go back to the old method of right clicking on
an individual file to hilite it and pop-up a menu that is useful
just for one file.
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When you first right click on a file on the hitlist, this menu pops up
However 'Send to trash' sends all files to trash. I think it
would be better to use 'Execute a command' --> rm [FILELIST]
to delete all the files simultaneouly.
The first time a user right clicks on a hit list, you have assumed that
the user wants to select all the files. However this isn't a method
that any other program uses to select all the files in a list and it
makes right clicking on an individual file difficult and confusing.
It would be better to go back to the old method of right clicking on
an individual file to hilite it and pop-up a menu that is useful
just for one file.
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Last edited by don570 on Mon 26 Nov 2012, 18:11, edited 1 time in total.
A couple of small bugs in version 5.10
A couple of small bugs--->
When I do a move of a file on the hitlist, then look at the hitlist
to see if it has changed..... I see that the path is has been changed
correctly, but the filename remains the old name.
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When I do a copy of a file on hitlist, the copy is correctly made
but the hitlist has become blank.
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When I do a move of a file on the hitlist, then look at the hitlist
to see if it has changed..... I see that the path is has been changed
correctly, but the filename remains the old name.
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When I do a copy of a file on hitlist, the copy is correctly made
but the hitlist has become blank.
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gtkdialog 082 bug
Ok, solved. It was the gtkdialog problem again which I encountered in the pmusic thread
/usr/sbin/gtkdialog points to /usr/sbin/gtkdialog3
after installation of gtkdialog082 there will be a new gtkdialog in
/usr/local/GtkDialog/082/gtkdialog082
now I copied this gtkdialog082 to /usr/sbin and renamed it to gtkdialog3
...and everything works (so far)
I am going to test this software a bit more - the 5.05 version refused to copy .ppt files. I hope the problem is solved now
/usr/sbin/gtkdialog points to /usr/sbin/gtkdialog3
after installation of gtkdialog082 there will be a new gtkdialog in
/usr/local/GtkDialog/082/gtkdialog082
now I copied this gtkdialog082 to /usr/sbin and renamed it to gtkdialog3
...and everything works (so far)
I am going to test this software a bit more - the 5.05 version refused to copy .ppt files. I hope the problem is solved now
Re: gtkdialog 082 bug
I am thankful for all testingDromeno wrote:I am going to test this software a bit more - the 5.05 version refused to copy .ppt files. I hope the problem is solved now
Sigmund
bugs in pfind 5.10
My girlfriend and I just tested the 5.10 version (lucid puppy 528005)
We found that it can not copy all files which it finds. We wanted pfind to search a drive for a couple of doc, pdf and ppt files with the same word in the filename, then copy those to a new directory
In this case, .ppt files were found but not copied
plus: the folder icon in the pfind copy action didn't do anything, we had to enter the path to the destination directory by copy&paste
We found that it can not copy all files which it finds. We wanted pfind to search a drive for a couple of doc, pdf and ppt files with the same word in the filename, then copy those to a new directory
In this case, .ppt files were found but not copied
plus: the folder icon in the pfind copy action didn't do anything, we had to enter the path to the destination directory by copy&paste
top 100
Hi Zigbert,
Thanks for your quick fix. I don't know yet what the problem with the ppt files can be but it is likely in their names (most linux filemanagers can find but not copy files with uncommon characters in their names, it would be much handier if such characters were just replaced with something else)
unrelated: in order to clean up and reorganize a file systems it can be handy to have a kind of enhanced gdmap or treesize. Treesize crashes when dirs are too large, it often can not be used for entire disks. Windirstat (portable windows app) can. I know that windirstat is derived from a linux app named kdirstat but there is no kdirstat for puppy that I know of. But even if there was it would not come with a function which I often use in TuneUpUtilities Diskexplorer on a windows machine: this program can produce a top 100 list of largest files/directories in a given dir or disk.
This would be a great help when you are confronted with a rapidly filling 2fs but don't know which file it is which is.causing the trouble
Is it difficult/possible to add a top 100 largest dir/files in pfind?
Thanks for your quick fix. I don't know yet what the problem with the ppt files can be but it is likely in their names (most linux filemanagers can find but not copy files with uncommon characters in their names, it would be much handier if such characters were just replaced with something else)
unrelated: in order to clean up and reorganize a file systems it can be handy to have a kind of enhanced gdmap or treesize. Treesize crashes when dirs are too large, it often can not be used for entire disks. Windirstat (portable windows app) can. I know that windirstat is derived from a linux app named kdirstat but there is no kdirstat for puppy that I know of. But even if there was it would not come with a function which I often use in TuneUpUtilities Diskexplorer on a windows machine: this program can produce a top 100 list of largest files/directories in a given dir or disk.
This would be a great help when you are confronted with a rapidly filling 2fs but don't know which file it is which is.causing the trouble
Is it difficult/possible to add a top 100 largest dir/files in pfind?