DATES FILESPEC

One way to find a lost file which you know was created on or about a given date is to change the Sort Order to Date (Alt-S D) and then to go to S(howall). Alternatively, a new facility in XTree Gold 3 allows you to specify a date or date range in Filespec.

Key F, then <, = or > followed by a date, and only files dated on or before, on, or on or after that date will be shown. These can be combined with other filespecs, positive or negative. Thus to show, for example, only .DOC and .TXT files dated February 1995 but no files starting with A, you should key F and then enter the Filespec as

     >1-2-95   <28-2-95   *.DOC   *.TXT   -A*.*

You can invert the Filespec, to show all files except those specified, by Ctrl-I F.

Tom Ruben

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