Search files in folders and archives, but exclude catalogs

[peterb]

This is a duplicate entry for the german entry -
"Dateisuche, in Archiven, ohne Archive von Diskdir"
I thought this would reach more users

Hello,

how can I exclude specific catalog types or archive types
when searching for files (ALT-F7), and the option
"search archives (all expect for UC2)" is activated?

I want to find files in physical folders and real archives
like ZIP, RAR etc, but I like to exclude catalog archives
like DiskDir listings.

- search file "testfile", option "search archives" off:

c:\Tmp\test\sub1\testfile_a.txt
c:\Tmp\test\sub1\testfile_b.txt
c:\Tmp\test\testfile_1.txt
c:\Tmp\test\testfile_2.txt

- search file "testfile", option "search archives" activated:
(this includes unwanted hits in diskdir catalogs)

c:\Tmp\test\sub1\testfile_a.txt
c:\Tmp\test\sub1\testfile_b.txt
c:\Tmp\test\diskdir.dir/sub1\testfile_a.txt < how to exclude them?
c:\Tmp\test\diskdir.dir/sub1\testfile_b.txt < ..
c:\Tmp\test\testfile_1.txt
c:\Tmp\test\testfile_2.txt

thanks all,
Peter

[peterb]

Solved.

Sorry, ohoh, stupid me ... using TC for so long,
and then I forgot about option "ignore list".

Not the fastest method but works.
If someone has a faster way, let me know.

thanks
Peter

[MVV]

Not so bad way:) you can turn ignore list off, then write path to your ignore list (IgnoreListFile parameter of wincmd.ini) and then enable it just before search from batch, and even open search dialog then.

[KucingLapar]

I think a more desirable solution is by specifying exclusion mask in the search text

find: testfile | *disk.dir*

[peterb]

Hello KucingLapar,

testfile | *disk.dir*
will not work, disk.dir is a catalog
(treated like an archive, via Diskdir WCX)

enjoy,
Peter