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Looking for DOS Command to search a file on C drive
Name: FrogHat Date: December 18, 2000 at 14:22:20 Pacific
Comment:
Does anybody know a command that will find a file on C drive using a DOS/MS-DOS command? It would be nice to locate a file anywhere in C drive and then run that file right away. How do I do that?
Name: rambler Date: December 18, 2000 at 14:48:04 Pacific
Reply:
DIR {filename} /S
will search all folders for {filename}
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Response Number 2
Name: mcpt Date: December 18, 2000 at 14:50:33 Pacific
Reply:
To search in dos, goto C:\
type
dir/s filename.extension
if you dont know the file extension use filename.*
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Response Number 3
Name: Michael Date: December 18, 2000 at 18:45:10 Pacific
Reply:
To find the file and run it make this batch file.
@echo off if exist %temp%\runfile.bat del %temp%\runfile.bat dir /b /s notepad.exe > %temp%\runfile.bat call %temp%\runfile.bat
That's it. If you do not have a temp directory set in your DOS environment (DOS shell within windows will have one set already) then just add this after the first line
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