The ACC-FIND command creates and saves a select-list of file items containing a specified character string. ACC-FIND functions in the same way as the FIND command, but on an account-wide basis: that is, ACC-FIND searches for the specified character string in every file dictionary and data file of the account you are logged on to.
Format
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ACC-FIND "string" [(I)] |
Parameter(s)
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string |
Sequence of characters for which to search. Enclose string in double quotes. String can be present in any attribute of a file item. |
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I |
Lists the item-IDs of the selected items on the terminal. |
Description
ACC-FIND creates a saved select-list containing the item-IDs of items that contain the specified character string. A list of each dictionary and data file is displayed on the screen as it is searched.
The select-list is saved in the POINTER-FILE. If the string is found in a data file, the saved list is given the item name in this format:
port# * filename
If the string is found in a file dictionary, the saved list item name has the format:
port# * DICT * filename
Finding a String
This example searches all files in the current account for the string "PRICE" and lists the items in which it is found:
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>ACC-FIND "PRICE" (I) |
A save-list of items found in each file will be stored in the POINTER-FILE under the name Port*File or Port*DICT*File
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FILE: DICT BOOK-CATALOG 3 PRICE FILE: BOOK-CATALOG FILE: DICT BP FILE: BP FILE: DICT CUSTOMERS AC FILE: CUSTOMERS FILE: DICT NEWORDERS AC AMOUNT TEST.AMOUNT PRICE FILE: NEWORDERS FILE: DICT ORDERS AMOUNT AC TEST.AMOUNT PRICE > |
The string "PRICE" was found in the dictionaries of four files. A separate select-list of item-IDs was created for each file. If the port number is 2, the item-IDs of the select-lists saved in the POINTER-FILE are as follows:
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2*DICT*BOOK-CATALOG 2*DICT*CUSTOMERS 2*DICT*NEWORDERS 2*DICT*ORDERS |