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Access-Finder
Posted: Mon 11 Jul 2011, 20:39
by jpeps
Access-Finder searches for files in a selected directory that were accessed before/after a selected date. Choose a search level for including sub-directories.
Change Log:
Ver 1.0 7/11/11
Ver 2.0 7/15/11 Added "after" search function; Added "day"
Ver 2.5 7/28/11 Added "Accessed/Modified" search option
Ver 3.0 8/2/11 Close child output window for multiple searches;set default directory to pwd (great when loading from terminal); added "yesterday" search button for fast search of current files.
Ver 3.1 8/8/11 Bug Fix: removed leading 0 from day for bash computation
Ver 4.0 6/17/12 Added cache finder. Finds cache files in chosen directory
Ver 4.1 1/20/13 Bug Fix: cache finder had typo (or options have changed)
Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 22:35
by jpeps
Version 2.0: See Changelog
Posted: Fri 29 Jul 2011, 06:41
by jpeps
Ver 2.5 Added "Accessed/Modified" file search option
Posted: Tue 02 Aug 2011, 21:05
by jpeps
Version 3.0 Close child output window for multiple searches; set directory default to present working directory (useful when loading from terminal); add "Yesterday" search button for locating current files quickly
Posted: Tue 09 Aug 2011, 02:15
by jpeps
Version 3.1 Bug fix. "Yesterday" wasn't working correctly since bash can't handle digits with leading 0 (another reason why I use my own mc calculator in personal scripts).
Posted: Wed 10 Aug 2011, 23:05
by BarryK
jpeps,
That can be a useful little utility! I have downloaded it to try it out.
Posted: Fri 12 Aug 2011, 00:27
by don570
Found this spelling mistake
Also the button at the bottom of your child window
could be changed
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<hbox>
<button ok>
<action type="closewindow">OUTPUT</action>
</button>
</hbox>
or this code will center the icons using hard spaces
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<hbox>
<button ok>
<action type="closewindow">OUTPUT</action>
</button>
<text><label> </label></text>
</hbox>
Posted: Fri 12 Aug 2011, 01:42
by jpeps
Don't see any improvement by using an hbox. Thanks for spotting the typo. (fixed).
Posted: Sun 17 Jun 2012, 17:44
by jpeps
Added cache finder button. Finds cache files in chosen directory, sorted by file size. This is useful when your save file space keeps decreasing, and you don't know why. (note: ignores "depth" setting).
Posted: Tue 19 Jun 2012, 17:55
by don570
It is possible to control the width of a combobox .
Two hbox widgets are needed.
I changed your code a bit and made the month change....
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<hbox>
<text>
<label>Month</label>
</text>
<hbox>
<combobox width-request="77" tooltip-text="Select month">
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Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2013, 15:55
by jpeps
Updated non-working sort option for the cache. (either typo or it changed).
Accepted as an essential application
Posted: Tue 01 Dec 2015, 10:11
by Pelo
Accepted as an essential application... make searches faster because range is reduced... Pfind has the criteria, but not taken in account... or i am a silly user...
Posted: Tue 01 Dec 2015, 14:33
by Flash
What filesystems will Access-Finder NOT work on, if any?
Re: Accepted as an essential application
Posted: Wed 02 Dec 2015, 02:51
by MochiMoppel
Pfind provides the same search criteria, and some more, but the explanation is wrong...or better, it's misplaced.
Flash wrote:What filesystems will Access-Finder NOT work on, if any?
Why would anyone want it to work? I don't understand why someone needs to know the access time... ah, no, access "date", which I find even less useful. That's a serious question because I have found the atime pretty unreliable. It doesn't necessarily indicate the time when a file was accessed for reading (
that is what I would like to know) and it can be suppressed by an application to increase performance.
Strangely Access-Finder doesn't allow to search for a much more important property, the ctime.
if stuff is never accessed, peharps it is useless...
Posted: Wed 02 Dec 2015, 07:08
by Pelo
MochiMoppel told in english what i wanted to explain,
Acces time why ? Because if stuff is never accessed, perharps it is useless...
Re: if stuff is never accessed, peharps it is useless...
Posted: Wed 02 Dec 2015, 07:44
by MochiMoppel
Pelo wrote:Acces time why ? Because if stuff is never accessed, perharps it is useless...
I wouldn't call the copy command useless
Something is above my Q.I, about understanding access time
Posted: Wed 01 Jun 2016, 15:33
by Pelo
Something is above my Q.I, about understanding access time... It should be the last time you use it, shouldn't it ?
My goal is to delete useless stuff..
Posted: Wed 01 Jun 2016, 18:02
by gcmartin
Hi @Pelo
WHY??? How does a file which hasn't been accessed hurt or affect performance? Most of today's PCs are not memory/disk constrained. And for the filesizes you are considering vs the potential problems that could incur....
This is NOT a housekeeping question. I am just curious to the benefit you are envisioning as it might be useful across the community.
Just something to consider.
as i ignore completely what means such lib,
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2016, 11:41
by Pelo
It's a newbie method.
as i ignore completely what means such lib, huge ones, as dri, i suppose if not accessed would be useless...
Un peu tiré par les cheveux
(Hazardous, very hazardous !)
But 3d, bluetooth, and print can be deleted if you don't have hardware at home.
the bloat !
These ones are not really fun to play Puppy Linux..: bank, todolist, Phones numbers..