PillarSoft

The search dialog will probably get the most use of any part of WarpZip. There are so many features available that make working with archives easier. It will take some experimenting to learn everything but here are some things that you will be able to do.

Check the size of a directory along with it's subdirectories:

• Search a directory for "Zip's" or OS/2 "Packed" files.
• Search a directory and it's subdirectories for "Zip's" or OS/2 "Packed" files.
• Drag an archive from the search dialog to the directory container for unarchiving in the directory dropped on.
• Click on the "PillarShift" bar to expose the archive viewing window and drag an archive to it for viewing.
• Double click an archive to view its' contents.
• Copy or move an archive to the target directory. (select from "File" menu)
• Rename or delete an archive. (select from "File" menu)
• Grep - Search archives for a string or partial string of text. (more)
• A "Kill search" button appears during a search to allow stopping the thread of a search.
• Use "Find" from the popup menu to single out archives in a large listing.

The "Subdirectory Info" button allows you see how many files would be involved in a "Search" for zips or unpacks in the subdirectories as well as the current directory. Zip search speeds have been increased dramatically now so the subdirectory info actually takes longer than the zip search! It only makes sense to use the subdirectory info button when searching for "Packed" files now. On this machine, in a "Zip" file search, a thousand files are searched in about a second compared to almost 19 seconds for an OS/2 "Packed" file search so if you have 20,000 files on a drive like I have on some of mine you may not want to search the whole thing for "Packed" files. (I guess that's only about 6 minutes but it seems longer when you're waiting...)