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      This command enables you to search through the file descriptions in various
      file directories for the text that you specify.
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   Subcommands
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      @X0B[directory #]   Directory number to search.@X03  PCBoard scans for the 
                      indicated text in this directory.  When using the Zippy 
                      Directory Scan command, you must specify a directory or 
                      range of directories that PCBoard should search for the 
                      file specification.  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 
                      that 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.

      @X0B[search text]   Text to search for. @X03 This is the text you wish to 
                      search for in the directory listings.  If you wish to 
                      search for an imbedded space (e.g., "TEST "), you will 
                      need to imbed that part of the string in quotes as 
                      shown above.  Since you cannot enter quote characters 
                      on the command line you would not be able to enter the 
                      above example on the command line. This search string 
                      may also make use of Boolean operands if you wish to 
                      further qualify your search.

                      NOTE:  The search is not case-sensitive.  This means 
                      that if you search for the word TEXT then it is the 
                      same as if you had searched for word Text.  In other 
                      words, capitalization of your search text does not 
                      matter.

      @X0BD      @X03         Each file found with the specified text is flagged for 
                      download.  The system does not immediately download the 
                      files, but waits until the D or DB user commands.

      @X0BN       @X03        This subcommand enables you to include the minimum file 
                      date from which the scan should search for.  This is 
                      identical to the N user command but you can use it in 
                      conjunction with a zippy scan to help restrict the file 
                      descriptions that you search.

      @X0BNS    @X03          Screen output is displayed in nonstop or continuous 
                      mode.                
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   Description
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      This command scans the file directories to find a specified text 
      string.  If you do not specify the text to search for on the command 
      line, you will be prompted to enter the text you wish to search for.  
      Possibly one of PCBoard's most powerful time-saving features, the Zippy 
      directory scan command will locate text in both the file name field and 
      the descriptions. Like other PCBoard searching features, the zippy 
      directory scan command utilizes Boolean operands (AND, OR, and NOT).
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   How To Make Your Search More Specific
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      Quite often you may notice that your search found too many matches.  
      Rather than wading through all of the matches to find what you were 
      really after, let PCBoard help you make your search more specific so 
      that you can save some additional time.

      Perhaps the easiest way to restrict your search is to use Boolean 
      operands. As an example, let's say that you scanned all file 
      directories in the current conference for the word DISK. After a couple 
      of screenfulls, you realized that you did not make your search 
      specific.  At this point, you realize what you are really after is a 
      utility which will format a floppy disk. You could enter "Format a 
      disk" in the text to search for. However, you are pretty sure that all 
      of the descriptions of the utilities that format disks would not 
      contain "Format a disk" in the description.

      What you would need to use in this example is the Boolean AND operator.  
      In the text to search for, tell PCBoard that you want to search for 
      DISK & FORMAT.  The & character signifies to PCBoard that you want to 
      search for both words in the description but you do not care if they 
      are right next to each other in the description.  Instead, you just 
      want them to be anywhere in the file description.

      If you searched for DISK & FORMAT and it still turned up too many 
      matches, you may need to restrict your search even further. You notice 
      that some of the matches were dated back in 1989 and may not be 
      compatible with your current system.  Therefore, you want to display 
      only utilities that are dated 01-01-90 or older. What you could do, is 
      use the N subcommand as described above. You would type the following 
      for this final search:

          Z N 010190 DISK & FORMAT A

      You will notice that this tells PCBoard to zippy scan all file 
      directories but only display those files that are newer than 01-01-90 
      and that have the words DISK and FORMAT in the description.
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   How To Make Your Searches Less Specific
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      Sometimes you may want to make your searches less specific.  You may be 
      wondering why you want to make your searches less specific.  Perhaps 
      the best way to illustrate this is with an example.

      If you were searching for all hard drive utilities you may enter HARD 
      DRIVE as your search text.  However, some people may call them hard 
      disks instead of hard drives.  You are now faced with a small dilemma.  
      You either have to run two searches, or you have to find a way to 
      search for either HARD DRIVE or HARD DISK. To specify that you want to 
      search for either phrase you use the Boolean OR operator.  You use the 
      | character to denote the Boolean OR operator.  If you will recall, we 
      were going to search for HARD DRIVE or HARD DISK.  If you simply 
      replace the word or with the | character that will make the search 
      string correct.

      Now, when you search, you will be searching for HARD DRIVE or HARD DISK 
      anywhere in the description.  You could get fancy with Boolean 
      operators and consolidate this just a little more by searching for HARD 
      & (DRIVE | DISK). Since you are going to be looking for HARD DRIVE or 
      HARD DISK, you can just say search for the word HARD and either the 
      word DISK or DRIVE.
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   Examples
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      Perhaps the simplest example would be to search for a single word in 
      all file directories in the current conference.  If you wanted to 
      search for the word VGA then you would enter the following at the 
      conference command prompt.
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          Z VGA A
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      Obviously, this would probably turn up quite a few matches, so you may 
      want to define your search better.  If you were only interested in 
      games that supported VGA then you may want to modify so that you search 
      for the words VGA and GAME.  You would enter the following at the 
      conference command prompt:
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          Z VGA & GAME A
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      Since you are searching for the words VGA and GAME, it does not matter 
      what order you put the words in.  For example, you would perform the 
      exact same search if you typed the following:
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          Z GAME & VGA A
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