N New File Scan
This command will locate any files that are new since the specified date in the directories that you specify.
Subcommands
| [date] | This represents the date from which PCBoard begins a search for all new files. All files found are displayed. NOTE: If you pass the date on the command line (e.g., N;030394;A) and you want to specify only the files since your last scan then you would enter an S instead of an actual date. |
| [directory | #] When using this command, you must specify a directory or range of directories that PCBoard should search for the desired file(s). You may list a single directory, a range of directories in the format [#-#] or a list of directories in a [#;#;#] format. There are two letters you may use as a directory number. If you use A for the directory number, it tells PCBoard to search all file directories in the current conference. Likewise, if you use U for the directory number, the upload directory of the current conference will be searched. |
| D | All files found are queued for later download during your call. To download the files that have been queued, execute a download using either the D or DB commands. |
| S | PCBoard scans for files added since the date of the most recent files the caller has been shown. PCBoard keeps track of the most recent valid file date that you have seen in the file directories. For example, if you were to do a new scan searching all file directories on 12-24-94, but the latest file date that was displayed was 12-21-94, PCBoard will remember that the latest date you have seen is 12-21-94. |
| NS | Files are displayed in non-stop Mode (no More? prompts are displayed). |
Description
A system commonly has hundreds or thousands of files online. Rather than viewing each of these directories and attempting to pick out the new files, use this command to limit the files that are displayed by date. Using the subcommands you will have control over the date to begin the search and the directory or directories that you would like to search for new files.
Examples
One of the most common searches is to find new files in all directories of the current conference. To perform this search, you would type the following at a conference command prompt:
N;S;A
If you wanted to only scan the upload directory for files that have a date which is equal to or greater than 07-19-93, type the following at a conference command prompt:
N;071993;U
A more complex search may specify only a few of the available file directories in the conference. As an example, if you want to scan for new files since 05-22-94 in directories 1-4,. 15, and 20-25, type the following at the conference command prompt:
N;052294;1-4;15;20;25