Short:        Smashing replacement for FDB
Author:       s6357@fb1.fhtw-berlin.de (Carsten Orthbandt)
Uploader:     s6357 fb1 fhtw-berlin de (Carsten Orthbandt)
Type:         util/cli
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

NAME
     FDB2 1.3 - FDB replacement

SYNOPSIS
 FDB2 P=PATTERN/A,DBD=DBASEDIR/K,MPATH/K,E=EXACT/S,
      CS=CASESENSITIVE/S,D=DIRS/S,F=FILES/S,O=ONCE/S,ALLDBS/S,
      NH=NOHEAD/S,NP=NOPATH/S,PG=PAGES/S,SETENV/S,DB=DATABASE/K 

DESCRIPTION
  FDB2 is a full replacement for FDB.
  If you donīt know what FDB does, read the docs.     

  OPTIONS

   PATTERN
    This is a standard AmigaDOS search pattern. It determines what FDB will search for.
   
   DBASEDIR
    Selects the directory where databases reside in.
    Default is "DEVS:".

   MPATH
    If a path is given with this option, only files with a matching path will be
    displayed. This pattern is expected to be "EXACT". If you want all files in
    "Work:Tools/" you should type MPATH "Work:Tools/#?".
    Default is "#?". 
   
   EXACT
    Show only exact matches of the given pattern.
    If EXACT is not specified, the pattern parameter "adospattern" is
    expanded to "#?adospattern#?" so it matches entries that contain
    the given pattern.
    Default is OFF.

   CASESENSITIVE
    If specified, search is case sensitive, otherwise not.
    Default is OFF.
   
   DIRS
    Show only matching directory names.
    Default is OFF.

   FILES
    Show only matching file names.
    Specifying both FILES and DIRS ends up in displaying all.
    Default is OFF.
   
   ONCE
    Show only first match, stop afterwards.
    Default is OFF.
   
   ALLDBS
    Take all files in DBASEDIR ending with ".codes" and use them as
    databases for searching.
    This option overrides the DATABASE option.
    Default is OFF.
   
   NOHEAD
    Donīt show any headers.
    Default is OFF.
   
   NOPATH
    Donīt show paths of matching entries.
    This does not apply do found directories.
    Default is OFF.

   PAGES
    This simply does nothing. It is only for compatibility with FDB.
   
   SETENV
    Use the current options as defaults and store them in "ENV:FDB2.prefs".
    Default is OFF.

   DATABASE
    Defines the database that will be searched.
    Databases have to be placed in the DBASEDIR.
    The standard suffix ".codes" is required. But you donīt have to type it.
    Default is "find.codes".

   
   
VERSION
     1.3  -  first public release

AUTHOR
     Carsten Orthbandt
   
COPYRIGHT
     Đ1995 Carsten Orthbandt

STATUS
     FDB2 is freeware under GNU License.